Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. Ver. 1. _Moreover, he made an altar of brass._] This altar was a type of the cross of Christ, yea, of Christ himself. "We also have an altar," &c. Heb 13:1... [ Continue Reading ]
Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. Ver. 2. _Also he made a molten sea._] See on 1 Kings 7:23, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
And under it [was] the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast, when it was cast. Ver. 3. _The similitude of oxen._] Haply called knops. 1Ki 7:24... [ 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. 4. _It stood upon twelve oxen._] Prefiguring, sa... [ Continue Reading ]
And the thickness of it [was] an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; [and] it received and held three thousand baths. Ver. 5. _Three thousand baths._] See on 1 Kings 7:26. There it is said "two thousand baths": _Dicendum hic addi, &c., _ salth... [ Continue Reading ]
He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea [was] for the priests to wash in. Ver. 6. _He made also ten lavers._] See on 1 Kings 7:37 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set [them] in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. Ver. 7. _And he made ten candlesticks of gold, according to their form._] According to David's pattern. _ Five on the right hand._] See 1 Kings 7:49 .... [ Continue Reading ]
He made also ten tables, and placed [them] in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold. Ver. 8. _He made also ten tables._] Lyra holdeth that all these were for shewbread, each of them having twelve loaves weekly set thereon, one hundred thirty... [ Continue Reading ]
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. Ver. 9. _Furthermore he made the court._] See 1 Kings 6:30 . _ And the great court,_] _i.e., _ The people's court, called here _gnazarah:_ _a_ haply because here G... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south._ Ver. 10. _And he set the sea._] See 1 Kings 7:39 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; Ver. 11. _And Huram made the pots, and the shovels._] This diligent and exact description of these vessels of the temple showeth that all things needful t... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Chronicles 4:12 [To wit], the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters [which were] on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which [were] on the top of the pillars; Ver. 12. _And the chapiters._] Of these, see 1 Kings 7:16 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which [were] upon the pillars. Ver. 13. See 1 Kings 7:18; 1 Kings 7:20 .... [ Continue Reading ]
He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; Ver. 14. See on 1 Kings 7:27, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass. Ver. 16. _Did Huram his father,_] _i.e., _ Whom Solomon called father for his age and great worth.... [ Continue Reading ]
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. Ver. 17. _In the clay ground._] In holes digged in the earth, without moulds did he cast them, say some.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, [of] pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy [place], and the doors of the house of the temple, [were of] gold. Ver. 22. _And the snuffers, &c._] See on 2 Chronicles 4:11 .... [ Continue Reading ]