THE SPLENDOUR OF SOLOMON’S BUILDINGS
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 7:1. SOLOMON WAS BUILDING HIS OWN HOUSE THIRTEEN
YEARS—Because no previous building preparations had been made for
the palace as for the temple, and there was less urgency about the
king’s house than that God’s Holy Plac... [ Continue Reading ]
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 name with the king) is designated in
2 Chronicles 2:13, by the title of honour אב—_i.e._, master,
teac... [ Continue Reading ]