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Verse 64. _DID THE KING HALLOW THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT_] The great
altar of burnt-offerings was not sufficient for the number of
sacrifices which were then made; therefore the middle of the court was...
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THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT - Or, “the whole area of the court “ - all
the “mid” space within the enclosing walls, which thus became one
huge altar, on any part of which victims might be offered at one an...
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CHAPTER 8THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE
_ 1. The great assembly (1 Kings 8:1)_
2. The transportation of the ark (1 Kings 8:3)
3. The glory of the LORD filling the house (1 Kings 8:10)
4. Solomon's o...
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SOLOMON'S DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE, PRAYER AND ADDRESS. This chapter
is mainly Deuteronomic, being clearly written from the standpoint of
one who has seen the Temple as the one national sanctuary of I...
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_meat offerings_ These consisted (see Leviticus 2:4-7) of fine flour
with oil and incense. In modern English the sense of -meat" has become
so restricted to flesh, that the R.V., to give a nearer idea...
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D. THE DEDICATORY CELEBRATION 8:62-66
TRANSLATION
(62) And the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the
LORD. (63) And Solomon offered for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
which he of...
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_THE SAME DAY DID THE KING HALLOW THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT THAT WAS
BEFORE THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: FOR THERE HE OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS,
AND MEAT OFFERINGS, AND THE FAT OF THE PEACE OFFERINGS: BECAUSE T...
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THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT] On what is believed to be the site of the
Temple court there is a large slab of rock, which would form a natural
altar. Meat offerings] RV 'meal offerings,' and so elsewhere....
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THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE. SOLOMON'S PRAYER
1. The chief of the fathers] i.e. heads of families. OUT OF THE CITY]
The Temple and Palace were built on the site of Araunah's threshing
floor (2 Chroni...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 8
THE CEREMONY AT THE OPENING OF THE *TEMPLE
V1 King Solomon called the leaders of the *tribes and the families in
*Israel together. The...
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בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֗וּא קִדַּ֨שׁ הַ...
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THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL
1 Kings 8:1
"Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice."
- 1 Samuel 15:22
BEFORE we enter on the subject of the Temple worship, it is necessary
to emphasize...
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THE TEMPLE SACRIFICES
1 Kings 8:62; 1 Kings 9:25
"I have chosen this house to Myself for a house of sacrifice."
- 2 Chronicles 7:12
"Gifts and sacrifices, that cannot, as touching the conscience ma...
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PETITION AND SACRIFICE
1 Kings 8:54
The man, as we have seen, who kneels most humbly before God is
empowered to bless the people in God's name. What an august and noble
testimony the king bore: “Ther...
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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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The Temple being finished, the great ceremony of dedication commenced.
The permanent link between Tabernacle and Temple was the Ark of the
Covenant. With great care and impressive ceremony, they had c...
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_Court of the priests. An altar was there erected, in haste. Fire from
heaven came to consume the victims, 2 Paralipomenon vii. 1. (Calmet)_...
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(62) В¶ And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice
before the LORD. (63) And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace
offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand
oxen,...
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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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The circumstances which revealed the character of this rest were
remarkable. The staves, with which the priests had borne the ark, were
now the memorial of their journeys with God, who, in His faithfu...
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THE SAME DAY DID THE KING HALLOW THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT THAT WAS
BEFORE THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,.... The court of the priests that was
before the holy place, adjoining to it, in which was the altar of...
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The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that [was]
before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings,
and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because...
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_The same day_ Or rather, at the same time. For it can scarcely be
supposed that it could all be done the same day. _Did the king hallow
the middle of the court_ Namely, the court of the priests in wh...
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1 The feast of the dedication of the Temple.
12 and
54 Solomons blessing.
22 Solomons prayer.
62 His sacrifice of peace offrings.
1 THEN [NOTE: 2 Chronicles 5:2.] Solomon assembled the Elders of...
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The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was
before the house of the Lord, consecrating it as a place where
sacrifices might be offered on temporary altars; FOR THERE HE OFFERED
B...
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The Feast Of Dedication...
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THE ARK AND TABERNACLE FURNITURE
(vs.1-13)
The temple being completed, there was one matter of importance
remaining. Thus, for the bringing of the ark to the temple Solomon
assembled the elders of Is...
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62-66 Solomon offered a great sacrifice. He kept the feast of
tabernacles, as it seems, after the feast of dedication. Thus should
we go home, rejoicing, from holy ordinances, thankful for God's
Goodn...
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THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT, to wit, of the priests court, in which the
great altar was. This he consecrated as he did the great altar, to
wit, by sacrifices; but with this difference, that he consecrated...
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1 Kings 8:64 day H3117 king H4428 consecrated H6942 (H8765) middle
H8432 court H2691 front H6440 house H1004 LORD...
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THE GREAT SACRIFICIAL OFFERING AND FEAST (1 KINGS 8:63).
This special feast of dedication commenced seven days prior to the
Feast of Tabernacles (thus incorporating the Day of Atonement). Large
scale...
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CONTENTS: Ark brought in; Skekinah glory fills the temple. Solomon's
sermon.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: All cost and pains are lost on stately structures unless
God has been in the work,...
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1 Kings 8:1. _Solomon assembled the elders,_ after twenty years'
labour. That is, in the fourth year of his reign he began to build the
temple; in seven years and a half more he finished and dedicated...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 8:65. HAMATH IS THE GRECIAN EPIPHANEIA, the principal city of
Upper Syria, on the Orontes, the Northern frontier of Palestine
(Numbers 13:2; Numbers 34:8). _Th...
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EXPOSITION
THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.—The stately and impressive service
with which the Temple, the character and contents of which have now
been described, was dedicated, is related in this chapt...
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Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the
tribes, and they brought the ark of the covenant into the temple, and
as they did, the glory of the Lord came and filled the temple and...
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Middle of the court — Of the priests court, in which the great altar
was. This he consecrated as he did the great altar, by sacrifices; but
with this difference, that he consecrated that for perpetual...