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It seems impossible to determine what is meant by the “mouth” of
the laver, or what by its “chapiter.”...
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CHAPTER 7 THE HOUSE OF SOLOMON AND PHARAOH'S DAUGHTERTHE FURNISHINGS
OF THE TEMPLE
_ 1. The house of the forest of Lebanon (1 Kings 7:1)_
2. The royal palace and the house of Pharaoh's daughter (1 K...
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1 KINGS 7. SOLOMON'S PALACE (1 KINGS 1-12). THE TEMPLE IMPLEMENTS
(1KINGS 13- 51). Twenty years (_cf._ 1 Kings 9:10 with 1 Kings 7:1)
was Solomon engaged in building. After completing the Temple he bu...
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BORDERS. panels. Removed by Ahaz (2 Kings 16:17). Replaced by Hezekiah
(2 Chronicles 29:19). Existed at taking of Temple (Jeremiah 52:17;...
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_And the mouth of it_ Here the pronoun must, I think, be referred, as
in -corners (feet) thereof" of 1 Kings 7:30, to the base. The bases
appear to have had a circular orifice in the top, which is her...
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C. THE METALLIC OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COURTYARD 7:23-47
Associated with the courtyard of the Temple were the following items:
(1) the bronze sea (1 Kings 7:23-26); (2) the bronze stands and basi...
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_AND THE WORK OF THE BASES WAS ON THIS MANNER: THEY HAD BORDERS, AND
THE BORDERS WERE BETWEEN THE LEDGES:_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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SOLOMON'S PALACE
This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an
account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 7
SOLOMON’S PALACES
V1 Solomon took 13 years to build his palace.
V2 The first great hall that he made was called the ‘Hall of the
Fores...
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(13-50) The exceedingly graphic and elaborate description of the work
of Hiram on the vessels and furniture of the Temple, and on the great
pillars, bears on the very face of it the most evident marks...
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AND THE MOUTH. — This is most obscure, and in our version
unintelligible. Keil renders it: “And the mouth of it (the laver)
was within the chapiter, and in a cubit above it; and the mouth of it
(the c...
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וּ֠ פִיהוּ מִ בֵּ֨ית לַ † כֹּתֶ֤רֶת...
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THE IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE
1 Kings 7:13; 1 Kings 8:12
"The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at
Jerusalem, worship the Father But the hour cometh, and now is, whe...
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1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1
THE TEMPLE
1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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VASES AND LAVERS
1 Kings 7:27
In addition to the great molten sea, described in the previous verses,
there were ten portable vessels, or vases, that ran on wheels, so that
they could be pushed across...
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Taking advantage of the treaty with Hiram, Solomon also built a house
for himself, the house of the forest of Lebanon, a description of
which is given in the commencement of this chapter.
It is surely...
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And the (q) mouth of it within the chapiter and above [was] a cubit:
but the mouth thereof [was] round [after] the work of the base, a
cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it [were] gravings...
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(27) And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one
base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height
of it. (28) And the work of the bases was on this manner:...
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The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the
priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and
dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people
desi...
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It is rather, to my mind, the house of Solomon that prefigures the
church, as such, in connection with Christ; the temple, the Father's
house on high, where we are brought to dwell. "We are his house...
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AND THE MOUTH OF IT WITHIN THE CHAPITER, AND ABOVE, WAS A CUBIT,....
On the lid of the base rose up a lesser base, called the chapiter,
which was circular, like a coronet, as the word signifies, the i...
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And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above [was] a cubit: but
the mouth thereof [was] round [after] the work of the base, a cubit
and an half: and also upon the mouth of it [were] gravings with...
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_The mouth of it_ So he calls that part in the top of the base which
was left hollow, that the foot of the laver might be let into it.
_Within the chapiter_ Within the little base, which he calls _the...
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1 The building of Solomons house.
2 Of the house of Lebanon.
6 Of the porch of pillars.
7 Of the porch of Iudgement.
8 Of the house for Pharaohs daughter.
13 Hirams worke of the two pillars.
23...
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THREE MORE HOUSES
(vs.1-12)
Only one verse speaks of Solomon's own house, which took 13 years to
build. However, the order of that house is seen in chapter 10:4-5.
This is typical of the Church of Go...
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13-47 The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think,
were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for
strength and establishment in all their religious exercises...
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THE MOUTH OF IT; so he calls that part in the top of the base which
was left hollow, that the foot of the laver might be let into it, and
fastened in it. WITHIN THE CHAPITER, i.e. within the little ba...
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1 Kings 7:31 opening H6310 inside H1004 crown H3805 top H4605 cubit
H520 opening H6310 round H5696 shaped...
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HIRAM FASHIONS THE MOLTEN SEA AND THE TEN LAVERS WITH THEIR
INSTRUMENTS (1 KINGS 7:23).
Hiram also fashioned the molten Sea, or Sea made of cast-work. The
Hebrew word ‘sea' (yam) is nowhere else in Sc...
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THE FASHIONING OF THE BASES FOR THE LAVERS (1 KINGS 7:27).
As well as ‘the Sea' at which priest could wash their hands and
feet, there were also to be ten large wash bowls, situated on ten
moveable ba...
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THE FURNISHING AND EMBELLISHMENT OF THE TEMPLE (1 KINGS 7:13).
The passage is divided into two parts. The first part emphasises that
what is described was the work of Hiram, a skilled metalworker and...
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CONTENTS: Work on the temple and Solomon's house.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram.
CONCLUSION: God who is best should be served and honored with our
best.
KEY WORD: Work ended, 1 Kings 7:51.
STRON...
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1 Kings 7:1. _Solomon was thirteen years_ in building his own palace
in Jerusalem, because fewer workmen were employed, many of whom were
still engaged on the exterior parts of the temple.
1 Kings 7:2...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 7:23 See note on 2 Chron. 4:2–6. The SEA
OF CAST METAL was a large metal basin containing water. It would
remind the people of how the Lord created the world out of water ...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 7:13. FETCHED HIRAM OUT OF TYRE—He seems to have been
eminent among the artists in metals for which Tyre and Phœnicia were
then renowned. This man (of like nam...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S PALACES AND THE PREPARATION OF THE TEMPLE VESSELS.—The
first twelve verses of this chapter constitute a break in the long
account of the Temple, its furniture and its consecration...
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But Solomon was building his own house for thirteen years, and he
finished all of his house (1 Kings 7:1).
So it shows where his priorities began to turn. Seven years building
the house of God, then t...
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The mouth — So he calls that part in the top of the base which was
left hollow, that the foot of the laver might be let into it. The
chapiter — Within the little base, which he calls the chapiter,
bec...