1 Kings 7:1-51
SOLOMON'S PALACE This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOLOMON'S PALACE This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIRTEEN YEARS] The Temple was of small extent compared with the royal palace, so that the time spent on the latter exceeded that required for the former. The various buildings mentioned in 1 Kings 7:2 seem together to have constituted the house of 1 Kings 7:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE BUILT ALSO] RV 'for he built.' THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON] so called from the quantity of cedar wood from Lebanon employed in its construction. It was a rectangular hall, 100 x 50 x 30 cubits, its roof being supported by cedar beams resting upon three rows (so LXX for FOUR ROWS) of cedar... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHT.. RANKS] The external walls were pierced with three rows of windows, so arranged that those in each side corresponded in position to those in the opposite side. 5. _were_ SQUARE, WITH THE WINDOWS] RV 'were square in prospect': i.e. the doors were rectangular (not pointed or arched). 6. A POR... [ Continue Reading ]
A PORCH FOR THE THRONE] This was a third building which served as a court of justice. FROM ONE SIDE.. OTHER] better, 'from floor to cieling.'... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOTHER COURT] i.e. behind the porch of judgment there was a court which enclosed the king's palace; this was probably the same as 'the middle court' of 2 Kings 20:4 (if that is the right reading).... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING TO.. STONES] RV 'even hewn stone, according to measure': and so in 1 Kings 7:11. WITHIN AND WITHOUT] i.e. both the outer and inner surfaces. THE GREAT COURT] This was perhaps a large court enclosing _all_ the preceding structures, including the Temple. It contained (in order from S. to N.)... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTH FOR.. AND FOR] RV 'like as.. and.' The meaning is that the great court, the inner (or Temple) court, and the court of the house (or palace) each had a fence of similar construction: cp. 1 Kings 6:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIRAM] also spelt 'Huram' and 'Hirom.' The Tyrian king and the Tyrian architect both seem to have borne the same name.... [ Continue Reading ]
A WIDOW'S SON.. NAPHTALI] in 2 Chronicles 2:14 his mother is called a daughter of Dan, the Danite settlement within Naphtali being perhaps meant.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO PILLARS] These pillars, though placed at the porch (1 Kings 7:21), probably did not support its roof but were detached from the building, and intended for symbolic purposes only. Two similar pillars are said to have stood in the temple of Melkarth at Tyre, one of gold and the other of emerald (o... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN.. SEVEN] probably a mistake for 'a network.. a network,' there being only two networks in all (see 1 Kings 7:41).... [ Continue Reading ]
JACHIN.. BOAZ] i.e. 'He (God) will establish,' and 'In Him (God) is strength.'... [ Continue Reading ]
A MOLTEN SEA] i.e. a large vessel containing water. For its use see 2 Chronicles 4:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HAND BREADTH] i.e. 3 inches. WITH FLOWERS OF LILIES] RV 'like the flowers of a lily,' the rim curving outwards. TWO THOUSAND BATHS] A 'bath' was rather more than 8 gallons. To contain all this, the sides of the molten sea must have bulged considerably.... [ Continue Reading ]
BASES] movable supports or carriages for the lavers of 1 Kings 7:38. The description is very obscure, but it has been in part elucidated by a bronze stand of Mycenaean workmanship recently found in Cyprus. Each base consisted of a hollow cube (4 x 4 x 3 cubits), the sides of which had panels (BORDER... [ Continue Reading ]
ADDITIONS MADE OF THIN WORK] RV 'wreaths of hanging work,' i.e. festoons; so also in 1 Kings 7:30; 1 Kings 7:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Were_ OF THE VERY BASE ITSELF] i.e. were cast with it and not subsequently attached.... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING TO THE PROPORTION] RV 'according to the space of each': i.e. so far as the space permitted.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEN LAVERS] for the purpose of these see 2 Chronicles 4:6. FORTY BATHS] about 320 gallons.... [ Continue Reading ]
EASTWARD.. SOUTH] i.e. at the SE. corner.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAVERS] LXX has 'pots' as in 1 Kings 7:45.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BOWLS] i.e. the globular portions of the two capitals.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PLAIN OF JORDAN] i.e. the Jordan valley. SUCCOTH AND ZARTHAN] Succoth was in Gad (Joshua 13:27). Zarthan is probably the Zaretan of Joshua 3:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ALTAR OF GOLD] i.e. the altar of incense (1 Kings 6:22). THE TABLE OF GOLD] in 2 Chronicles 4:8 mention is made of ten tables, but cp. 2 Chronicles 3:11; 2 Chronicles 29:18. The Tabernacle had only one table for the shewbread (Exodus 25:23).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CANDLESTICKS] better, 'lampstands.' In the Tabernacle there was only one (Exodus 25:31).... [ Continue Reading ]
CENSERS] RV 'firepans.'... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH DAVID.. HAD DEDICATED] see 2 Samuel 8:11.... [ Continue Reading ]