2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 3 The place and time of building the temple. The measure and ornaments thereof, 2 CHRONICLES 3:1. The cherubims, 2 CHRONICLES 3:10. The veil and the pillars, 2 CHRONICLES 3:14. WHERE THE LORD APPEARED UNTO DAVID; which place the Lord had consecrated by his gracious appearance th... [ Continue Reading ]
Of this verse, and the rest of this chapter, SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 6:1".... [ Continue Reading ]
SOLOMON WAS INSTRUCTED; partly by his father David, and partly by the Spirit of God, which inspired and guided him in the whole work. Or, _these were Solomon's foundations_, the Hebrew verb being put for the noun, as it is elsewhere. The sense is, These were the measures of the foundations upon whic... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HEIGHT WAS AN HUNDRED AND TWENTY; this being a kind of turret to the building. The breadth of it here omitted is expressed to be ten cubits, 1 KINGS 6:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GREATER HOUSE, i.e. the holy place, which was thrice as large as the lesser house, or the holy of holies, which is called _the most holy house_, DEU 8. SEE POOLE ON "1 CHRONICLES 28:11".... [ Continue Reading ]
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OF THE NAILS, i.e. of each of the nails or heads of those nails whereby the plates were fastened to the boards. THE UPPER CHAMBERS; of which SEE POOLE ON "1 CHRONICLES 28:11".... [ Continue Reading ]
OF IMAGE WORK; made in the shape of young men or boys, as they commonly are. Or, _of movable work_; so called because they were not fixed to the mercy-seat, as the Mosaical cherubims were, but stood upon their feet, as it is said here 2 CHRONICLES 3:13, in a moving posture.... [ Continue Reading ]
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HEB. TOWARDS THE HOUSE, or rather, _that house_; not the holy house, as divers understand it; for then their backs must have been turned towards the ark, which was indecent, and directly contrary to the posture of Moses's cherubims, which looked towards it; but _the most holy house_, which was last... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VEIL, to wit, the inner veil before the most holy place by comparing this with EXODUS 26:31 1 KINGS 6:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE THE HOUSE, i.e. before the holy house, or before the temple as this is explained, 1 CHRONICLES 3:17, lest it should be understood of the most holy house, of which he had spoken before. THIRTY AND FIVE CUBITS high, to wit, both of them; of which SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 7:15".... [ Continue Reading ]
AS IN THE ORACLE; as he had done, or like unto those which he made, in the oracle; of which see 1 KINGS 6:21. The particle _as_ is oft understood, as GENESIS 49:9 DEUTERONOMY 33:22, &c. AN HUNDRED POMEGRANATES in each row, or two hundred in all, as it is said, 1 KINGS 7:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
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