But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. Ver. 1. _But Solomon was building his own house._] Here he took greater leisure, and had less help, both for materials ready prepared, and for the people's forwardness to help it on. Add hereunto, that in these th... [ Continue Reading ]
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. Ver. 2. _He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon._]... [ Continue Reading ]
_And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen [in] a row._ Ver. 3. _Upon the beams._] Heb., Ribs: for beams are to a building what ribs are to a living creature. In Africa they make, if not beams, yet rafters for houses, of the whale's ribs.... [ Continue Reading ]
And [there were] windows [in] three rows, and light [was] against light [in] three ranks. Ver. 4. _In three rows,_] _i.e., _ In three stories, called also ranks here. _ And light was against light._] _Fenestrae ex diametro,_ through lights, we call them.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the doors and posts [were] square, with the windows: and light [was] against light [in] three ranks. Ver. 5. _With the windows._] All were square: and so this house was, _ad elegantiam, amaenitatem et recreationem tota comparata,_ very pleasant.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch [was] before them: and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] before them. Ver. 6. _Were before them._] Or, According to them: all was suitable, and sightly.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, [even] the porch of judgment: and [it was] covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. Ver. 7. _Then he made a porch for the throne._] That stately throne of ivory. 1Ki 10:18-20 _ Even the porch of judgment._] Built for the... [ Continue Reading ]
And his house where he dwelt [had] another court within the porch, [which] was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken [to wife], like unto this porch. Ver. 8. _Had another court._] Called "the middle court." 2Ki 20:4 _ Like unto this porch._] All was... [ Continue Reading ]
All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great court. Ver. 9. _According to the measure of hewed stones._] Though costly, yet as great as other hewe... [ Continue Reading ]
And the foundation [was of] costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. Ver. 10. _And the foundatlon was of costly stones._] Heb., Precious; yet not of emeralds, carbuncles, sapphires, as Isaiah 54:11, but of marble, porphyry, &c., which were longlasting. _... [ Continue Reading ]
And above [were] costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. Ver. 11. _And above were costly stones._] Above ground, as well as under.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the great court round about [was] with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. Ver. 12. _And the great court round about._] Surrounding the king's house. _ Both for the inward court of the house of... [ Continue Reading ]
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. Ver. 13. _And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram._] He had done so long since; viz., when he first set upon temple work, 2Ch 2:14 _; _ 2Ch 3:15 to the description whereof the history here returneth.... [ Continue Reading ]
He [was] a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. Ver. 14. He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naph... [ Continue Reading ]
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. Ver. 15. _Of eighteen cubits high apiece._] Thirty-five cubits high, saith another prophet, 2Ch 3:15 that is, saith Pellican, both of them together were thirty-five cubits... [ Continue Reading ]
And he made two chapiters [of] molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter [was] five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter [was] five cubits: Ver. 16. _To set upon the tops of the pillars._] Hence they were called chapiters, or heads, _coronamenta, epis... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Kings 7:17 [And] nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which [were] upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. Ver. 17. _And nets of checker work._] These were very pleasant to the eye, and in adition significant: not su... [ Continue Reading ]
And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that [were] upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. Ver. 18. _And he made the pillars._] That is, He thus decked them. Peter Martyr saith that these pillars resembled a man,... [ Continue Reading ]
And the chapiters that [were] upon the top of the pillars [were] of lily work in the porch, four cubits. Ver. 19. _Were of lily work._] As also of other flowers, leaves, and fruits, _implexu coronario incursantibus._ In the porch.] That was before the holy place; for there these pillars were set,... [ Continue Reading ]
And the chapiters upon the two pillars [had pomegranates] also above, over against the belly which [was] by the network: and the pomegranates [were] two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. Ver. 20. _And the pomegranates were two hundred._] On each side a hundred, hanging down front... [ Continue Reading ]
And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. Ver. 21. _And he set up the pillars in the porch._] For within the temple was nothing but golden. _ And called... [ Continue Reading ]
And upon the top of the pillars [was] lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. Ver. 22. _And upon the pillars was lily work_] To show the beauty and sweetness of Christ and his people, those especially that are more eminent, the glory of the churches; such as were James, Cephas, and John... [ Continue Reading ]
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: [it was] round all about, and his height [was] five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. Ver. 23. _And he made a molten sea._] As a large laver for the priests to wash in. 2Ch 4:6 the Hebrews used to cal... [ Continue Reading ]
And under the brim of it round about [there were] knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops [were] cast in two rows, when it was cast. Ver. 24. _Ten in a cubit._] Three hundred knops under the lily work, on the brim of the sea. 2Ch 4:3... [ Continue Reading ]
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea [was set] above upon them, and all their hinder parts [were] inward. Ver. 25. _It stood upon twelve oxen._] Figuring out t... [ Continue Reading ]
And it [was] an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. Ver. 26. _It contained two thousand baths._] This it held ordinarily; but if filled up to the brim, it could hold three thousand baths. 2Ch 4:5 Out o... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 27. _And he made ten bases of brass._] To bear up so many lesser layers. 1Ki 7:38... [ Continue Reading ]
And the work of the bases [was] on this [manner]: they had borders, and the borders [were] between the ledges: Ver. 28. _They had borders._] Around the vessel, like panes of wainscotting; whereon were engraven lions, oxen, and cherubims; to teach the priests courage, painfulness, and prudence.... [ Continue Reading ]
And on the borders that [were] between the ledges [were] lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges [there was] a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen [were] certain additions made of thin work. Ver. 29. See on 1 Kings 7:28 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver [were] undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. Ver. 30. _And every base had four brazen wheels._] To remove the laver from place to place, as occasion required.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 their borders, foursquare, not round. Ver. 31. _And the mouth of it within the chapiter._] The rou... [ Continue Reading ]
And under the borders [were] four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels [were joined] to the base: and the height of a wheel [was] a cubit and half a cubit. Ver. 32. _And under the borders were four wheels._] Whereby the laver was _trusatile sive ambulatorium._ See 1 Kings 7:30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the work of the wheels [was] like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, [were] all molten. Ver. 33. _Like the work of a chariot wheel,_] _i.e., _ Curiously wrought, and as having axle-tree, naves, felloes, spokes, all cast together i... [ Continue Reading ]
And [there were] four undersetters to the four corners of one base: [and] the undersetters [were] of the very base itself. Ver. 34. _And there were four undersetters._] Heb., Shoulders, sc., to uphold the vessel.... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the top of the base [was there] a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same. Ver. 35. _Was there a round compass._] Which was made, it should seem, to receive the water which came out at the cocks.... [ Continue Reading ]
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. Ver. 36. _According to the proportion of every one._] Heb., According to the nakedness; that is, the true resemblance... [ Continue Reading ]
After this [manner] he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, [and] one size. Ver. 37. _All of them had one casting._] To teach uniformity about the things of God. It is a sweet thing when "with one mind and one mouth God is glorified" as "the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,... [ Continue Reading ]
Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: [and] every laver was four cubits: [and] upon every one of the ten bases one laver. Ver. 38. _Then made he ten lavers of brass._] And all to show the filthiness of sin, and the necessity of Christ's blood, 1Jn 1:7 Zec 13:1 wherewith... [ Continue Reading ]
And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. Ver. 39. _On the right side of the house._] That is, Of the priests' court, who had hereby plenty of water, wherein they m... [ Continue Reading ]
And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: Ver. 40. _And the shovels._] Which were to gather up the ashes, and to carry coals from the altar to put into the censers in the temple, for th... [ Continue Reading ]
The two pillars, and the [two] bowls of the chapiters that [were] on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which [were] upon the top of the pillars; Ver. 41. Here is a recapitulation of the forementioned particulars; whereunto Josephus addeth many... [ Continue Reading ]
And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, [even] two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that [were] upon the pillars; Ver. 42. See Trapp on " 1Ki 7:41 ".... [ Continue Reading ]
And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; Ver. 43. See Trapp on " 1Ki 7:41 ".... [ Continue Reading ]
And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; Ver. 44. See Trapp on " 1Ki 7:41 ".... [ Continue Reading ]
And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, [were of] bright brass. Ver. 45. See Trapp on " 1Ki 7:41 ".... [ Continue Reading ]
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan. Ver. 46. _In the plain of Jordon._] Where Christ afterwards was baptized; to show, saith an expositor, that by these lavers and vessels there cast, baptism was prefigured. _ In the clay ground._] Which w... [ Continue Reading ]
And Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed], because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. Ver. 47. _Solomon left all the vessels unweighed._] Many men deal with their preservations, saith one, as Solomon did with the brass of the temple: it was so much, he weigh... [ Continue Reading ]
And Solomon made all the vessels that [pertained] unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread [was], Ver. 48. _The altar of gold, and the table of gold._] Yea, tables, as it is in 2 Chronicles 4:19, ten tables for one made by Moses; to set forth the... [ Continue Reading ]
And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right [side], and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs [of] gold, Ver. 49. _With the flowers and the lamps._] The ornaments and the instruments thereof. Here some note that every table had its candlestick... [ Continue Reading ]
And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers [of] pure gold; and the hinges [of] gold, [both] for the doors of the inner house, the most holy [place, and] for the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple. Ver. 50. _And the hinges of gold._] Hinges and hooks, a... [ Continue Reading ]
So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; [even] the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD. Ver. 51. _So was ended all the work._] Solom... [ Continue Reading ]