CHAPTER SIX OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 1 Kings 7:1-51 In chapter seven the discussion of Solomon's construction works continues. After describing concisely the royal palace complex built by Solomon (1 Kings 6:1-12), the author focuses his attention on the metal works of Hiram the artisan (1 King... [ Continue Reading ]
II. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE 6:1-38 Chapter six is designed to present a word picture of Solomon's Temple. The material presented here is sufficient to allow one to get a general idea of what that magnificent structure must have been like. The omission of crucial architectural details, however,... [ Continue Reading ]
B. THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE 6:2-10 TRANSLATION (2) As for the house which King Solomon built for the LORD: sixty cubits was its length and twenty cubits its breadth and thirty cubits its height. (3) And the porch In front of the Temple of the house, ten cubits was its breadth before the house. (4)... [ Continue Reading ]
C. THE PROMISE TO SOLOMON 6:11-14 TRANSLATION (11) And the word of the LORD came unto Solomon, saying, (12) With regard to this house which you are building, if you continue to walk in My statutes and My judgments you execute, and you keep all My commandments to walk in them, then I will establish... [ Continue Reading ]
D. THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE 6:15-35 1 Kings 6:15 resumes the description of the building of the Temple which was interrupted in 1 Kings 6:11-14 by the account of the divine communication which came to Solomon. In this paragraph the author discusses (1) the paneling and partitioning of the house (1... [ Continue Reading ]
E. OTHER DETAILS OF THE TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION 6:36-38 TRANSLATION (36) And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams. (37) In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the month of Ziv. (38) And in the eleventh year in the month Bui (wh... [ Continue Reading ]