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The meaning is, “So far as this house goes, thou art obedient (2
Samuel 7:13; 1 Chronicles 17:12, etc.); if thou wilt be obedient in
other things also, then will I perform My word,” etc., God’s
promis...
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CHAPTER 6THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE
_ 1. The date of the beginning of the building (1 Kings 6:1)_
2. The house, the porches and side chambers (1 Kings 6:2)
3. The divine charge (1 Kings 6:11)
4...
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DESCRIPTION OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. The Temple area is on the eastern
hill of Jerusalem, which overlooks the valley of the Kidron, with the
Mount of Olives on the opposite side. It was probably not the Z...
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WHICH. SPAKE UNTO DAVID. Compare 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Chronicles 22:10....
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_which thou art in building_ It is clear from this that the message
came before the completion of the house, and that this is the proper
place for its mention, from whatever source the compiler drew i...
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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 an...
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_CONCERNING THIS HOUSE WHICH THOU ART IN BUILDING, IF THOU WILT WALK
IN MY STATUTES, AND EXECUTE MY JUDGMENTS, AND KEEP ALL MY COMMANDMENTS
TO WALK IN THEM; THEN WILL I PERFORM MY WORD WITH THEE, WHIC...
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6:12 ordinances, (c-19) Lit. 'judgments.'...
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_Concerning_ THIS HOUSE, etc.] The erection of the Temple was an
external and material indication of Solomon's allegiance to the Lord;
but to obtain the Almighty's continued favour, it was necessary
b...
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE
In shape the Temple was a rectangular hall 60 x 20 x 30 cubits (a
cubit being about 18 inches). On its E. face it had a porch (forming
an entrance) which extended across...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 6
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE *TEMPLE
Solomon acted as the *temple’s architect. But the plans were not
his own. He used the plans that David...
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הַ בַּ֨יִת הַ זֶּ֜ה אֲשֶׁר ־אַתָּ֣ה
בֹנֶ֗ה
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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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THE PLAN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE
1 Kings 6:1
The Temple was twice the size of the Tabernacle-ninety feet long by
thirty feet broad, and forty-five feet high. The plan had been given
to David by revelatio...
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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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This chapter is full of interest, as it gives a somewhat detailed
description of the structure of the Temple. In all essentials its
actual central building was on the pattern of the Tabernacle. It was...
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(11) В¶ And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, (12)
Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in
my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandment...
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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 house may be looked at in two ways-as a type of the Father's
house, and as in fact the habitation of God on the earth when Jesus
reigns. In the latter aspect I only look for the grand thoughts and...
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[CONCERNING] THIS HOUSE WHICH THOU ART IN BUILDING,.... Or with
respect to that, these things are to be said as from the Lord:
IF THOU WILT WALK IN MY STATUTES, AND EXECUTE MY JUDGMENTS, AND KEEP
ALL...
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1 Kings 6:12 [Concerning] this house which thou art in building, if
thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all
my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word w...
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_The word of the Lord came to Solomon_ By the prophet. _If thou wilt
walk in my statutes_, &c. Here God expresses the condition upon which
his promise and favour is suspended; and, by assuring him the...
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1 The building of Solomons Temple.
5 The chambers thereof.
11 Gods promise vnto it.
15 The sieling and adorning of it:
23 The Cherubims.
31 The doores.
36 The court.
37 The time of building it....
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Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in
My statutes, and execute My judgments, and keep all My commandments to
walk in them, then will I perform My word with thee which...
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THE BUILDING ITSELF...
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THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE
(vs.1-38)
The date of the beginning of the temple is given specifically in verse
1 as the 480th year after Israel had left Egypt, which was the 4th
year of Solomon's reign,...
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11-14 None employ themselves for God, without having his eye upon
them. But God plainly let Solomon know that all the charge for
building this temple, would neither excuse from obedience to the law
of...
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God speaks thus, partly to encourage him to proceed in his work, and
partly to purge out that pride and vain-glory, (which God, the
searcher of hearts, saw either then did or would arise in Solomon's...
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CONTENTS: Work on the temple begun. Dimensions and materials.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: We should not mistake noise and notoriety for spiritual
progress (1 Kings 6:7). Quietness and orde...
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1 Kings 6:1. _In the four hundred and eightieth year._ The Hebrew, the
Chaldaic, and most of the Greek versions read as the English; yet some
difficulties occur. _Vide Poli in locum._ The following su...
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_He began to build the house of the Lord._
THE TEMPLE BUILT
Solomon’s temple is the most wonderful and interesting building in
the world’s history. It was “the mysterious centre of Israel.”
It was fa...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 6:1 With preparation for the temple
complete, the text describes the building and its furnishings. This is
interrupted in 1 Kings 7:1 by a description of the building of
Solomo...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 6:12 God will certainly DWELL AMONG his
people once the temple is built, but the people must still obey his
law (see Leviticus 26:11).
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THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 6:1. BEGAN TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD—The chronological
year is carefully noted, and no criticism supplies reason for cha...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.—The preparations for the building of the Temple
having been related in the preceding chapter, the historian now
proceeds to describe the edifice. He begins his narrative...
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So in chapter six he began to build the temple.
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel
were come out of the land of Egypt, and in the fourth year of
Solomon's reign, in t...
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1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 2:4;...
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If — God expresses the condition upon which his promise and favour
is suspended; and by assuring him thereof in case of obedience, he
plainly intimates the contrary upon his disobedience. Thus he was...