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Verse 1 Kings 5:6. _ANY THAT CAN SKILL TO HEW TIMBER_] An obsolete
and barbarous expression for _any that know how to cut timber_. They
had neither _sawyers, carpenters, joiners_, nor _builders_ amon...
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Solomon’s message to Hiram and Hiram’s answer 1 Kings 5:8 are
given much more fully in 2 Chronicles 2:3.
CEDAR-TREES - The Hebrew word here and elsewhere translated
“cedar,” appears to be used, not on...
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4. THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND ITS DEDICATION
CHAPTER 5 Hiram King of Tyre
_ 1. Hiram sends servants to Solomon (1 Kings 5:1)_
2. The message of Solomon (1 Kings 5:2)
3. Hiram's answer and leag...
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SOLOMON'S ALLIANCE WITH HIRAM. PREPARATION FOR THE TEMPLE. This
chapter has a few Deuteronomic additions (1 Kings 5:3 and 1 Kings
5:12). In 1 Kings 5:4 there is a truly Deuteronomic touch: the one
san...
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ANY. a man. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
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_Now therefore command thou_ Solomon's request is much expanded in 2
Chronicles 2:3-10, where he asks for a cunning workman in gold and
other metals, and in purple, crimson and blue, and skilled in ca...
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I. PREPARATIONS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE 5:1-18
Preparations for Temple construction commenced long before Solomon
ascended the throne. The Temple siteMt. Moriahhad been indicated by
God to David in co...
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_NOW THEREFORE COMMAND THOU THAT THEY HEW ME CEDAR TREES OUT OF
LEBANON; AND MY SERVANTS SHALL BE WITH THY SERVANTS: AND UNTO THEE
WILL I GIVE HIRE FOR THY SERVANTS ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THOU SHALT
AP...
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SOLOMON'S PREPARATIONS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE
1. Hiram] see 2 Samuel 5; 1 Chronicles 14:1. It has been questioned
whether this Hiram, who was living as late as Solomon's twentieth year
(1 Kings 9:10)...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 5
HIRAM ASSISTS SOLOMON
Solomon’s first task as king was the construction of the *temple at
Jerusalem. This would be a splendid building...
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CEDAR TREES OUT OF LEBANON. — The central range of Lebanon is bare;
but in the lower ranges there is still — probably in old times there
was to a far greater extent — a rich abundance of timber, speci...
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1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1
THE TEMPLE
1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
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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 WISE KING'S GREAT PURPOSE
1 Kings 4:29; 1 Kings 5:1
David, before his death, had made great preparations for building the
Temple, but had not been permitted to proceed with its construction.
“Tho...
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Solomon turned his attention to building the Temple immediately after
he had set his kingdom in order. The first movement in this direction
was the treaty with Hiram, and sending relays of men to the...
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Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of
Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee
will I give (b) hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt...
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Libanus. It belonged to Israel, since the victory of David, 2 Kings x.
18. Solomon built some fortresses on the mountain, chap. ix. 19. The
cedar-trees grow chiefly towards Phenicia, above Biblos. The...
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(2) And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, (3) Thou knowest how that David
my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God
for the wars which were about him on every side, until the L...
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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 FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5.
Chapter 4 contains an enumeration of the officers who served Solomon,
and upheld the glory of his throne; and then, the manner in which the
whole co...
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NOW THEREFORE COMMAND THOU THAT THEY HEW ME CEDARS OUT OF LEBANON,....
That is, order his servants to cut them down there for him. Some think
that Lebanon belonged to the land of Israel, and therefore...
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Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of
Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee
will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt
app...
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_Now therefore command thou, that they_ That is, thy servants, who are
skilful in such work; _hew me cedar-trees_ Which, for their soundness,
and strength, and fragrancy, and durable-ness, were most p...
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[HIRAMS PROMISE TO SOLOMON.]
1 Hiram sending to congratulate Solomon, is certified of his purpose
to build the Temple, and desired to furnish him with timber thereto.
7 Hiram blessing God for Solomo...
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Solomon's Message to Hiram...
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Now, therefore, command thou that they, Hiram's servants, HEW ME
CEDAR-TREES OUT OF LEBANON, for the finest specimens of this tree grew
on the northwestern slopes of the Lebanon, in the territory of
P...
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PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE
(vs.1-18)
God had told David that Solomon would build a house for Him (2 Samuel
7:12), and David therefore prepared many materials for this. We read
now of Solomon making...
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APPOINT:
_ Heb._ say...
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1-9 Here is Solomon's design to build a temple. There is no
adversary, no Satan, so the word is; no instrument of Satan to oppose
it, or to divert from it. Satan does all he can, to hinder temple
wor...
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COMMAND THOU THAT THEY, i.e. thy servants, as appears both from the
foregoing words, _command_, &c., and from the following opposition of
_my servants_ And this assistance which these Gentiles gave to...
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1 Kings 5:6 command H6680 (H8761) down H3772 (H8799) cedars H730
Lebanon H3844 servants H5650 servants H5650 pay...
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CONTENTS: Preparation for building the temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram.
CONCLUSION: Satan does all he can to hinder the work of God's temple;
but when he is withheld for a time, we should be...
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1 Kings 5:1. _Tyre,_ situate on a strong island, was anciently called
Zor or Zur, Thevenot supposes from Syria. The Arabs still call it Sor.
1 Kings 5:15. _Threescore and ten thousand._ If we add the...
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_Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon _. .. _ to build
the house._
THE CO-OPERATION OF HIRAM
According to tradition, Hiram was a tributary or dependent monarch.
The embassy which Hiram s...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 5:6 SIDONIANS is a general term for the
Phoenicians, famous for their expertise in TIMBER. Sidon, like Tyre,
was on the Phoenician coast, south of what is now Beirut. my servan...
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NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TYRIAN KING
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 5:1. HIRAM, KING OF TYRE, called _Hirom_ (1 Kings 5:7; 1 Kings
5:9), _Huram_ ...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON AND HIRAM—The somewhat detailed description which we have
had in 1 Kings 4:1. of Solomon's pomp and power and wisdom, is
followed in 1 Kings 5:1. sqq. by an account of what, in Jewi...
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So Hiram the king of Tyre when he heard that Solomon was upon the
throne in place of his David: for Hiram was always a great admirer of
David. And Solomon sent to Hiram, and he said, You know how that...
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1 Corinthians 12:14; 1 Kings 6:10; 1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 6:20;...
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They — That is, thy servants. And this assistance which these
Gentiles gave to the building of Solomon's temple, was a type of the
calling of the Gentiles, and that they should be instrumental in
buil...