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ACCORDING TO THE PROPORTION OF EVERY ONE - i. e. “as large as the
room left for them allowed,” implying that the panels were smaller
than those on the sides of the base, and allowed scant room for the...
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CHAPTER 7 THE HOUSE OF SOLOMON AND PHARAOH'S DAUGHTERTHE FURNISHINGS
OF THE TEMPLE
_ 1. The house of the forest of Lebanon (1 Kings 7:1)_
2. The royal palace and the house of Pharaoh's daughter (1 K...
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1 KINGS 7. SOLOMON'S PALACE (1 KINGS 1-12). THE TEMPLE IMPLEMENTS
(1KINGS 13- 51). Twenty years (_cf._ 1 Kings 9:10 with 1 Kings 7:1)
was Solomon engaged in building. After completing the Temple he bu...
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PROPORTION: i.e. on. reduced scale, as the plates required....
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_according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about_
The word rendered -proportion" means rather any -bare space." Hence
the sense is that the graving was such as the space admitted....
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C. THE METALLIC OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COURTYARD 7:23-47
Associated with the courtyard of the Temple were the following items:
(1) the bronze sea (1 Kings 7:23-26); (2) the bronze stands and basi...
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_AND THE WORK OF THE BASES WAS ON THIS MANNER: THEY HAD BORDERS, AND
THE BORDERS WERE BETWEEN THE LEDGES:_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 7
SOLOMON’S PALACES
V1 Solomon took 13 years to build his palace.
V2 The first great hall that he made was called the ‘Hall of the
Fores...
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(13-50) The exceedingly graphic and elaborate description of the work
of Hiram on the vessels and furniture of the Temple, and on the great
pillars, bears on the very face of it the most evident marks...
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וַ יְפַתַּ֤ח עַל ־הַ לֻּחֹת֙
יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ וְ
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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 IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE
1 Kings 7:13; 1 Kings 8:12
"The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at
Jerusalem, worship the Father But the hour cometh, and now is, whe...
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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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VASES AND LAVERS
1 Kings 7:27
In addition to the great molten sea, described in the previous verses,
there were ten portable vessels, or vases, that ran on wheels, so that
they could be pushed across...
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Taking advantage of the treaty with Hiram, Solomon also built a house
for himself, the house of the forest of Lebanon, a description of
which is given in the commencement of this chapter.
It is surely...
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_Palm-trees were not expressed, ver. 29. All was in relievo, and
represented in its natural posture. (Calmet) --- About. One would have
taken them to be alive, they were so well executed. Hebrew, "acc...
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(27) And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one
base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height
of it. (28) And the work of the bases was on this manner:...
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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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It is rather, to my mind, the house of Solomon that prefigures the
church, as such, in connection with Christ; the temple, the Father's
house on high, where we are brought to dwell. "We are his house...
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FOR ON THE PLATES OF THE LEDGES THEREOF, AND ON THE BORDERS
THEREOF,.... In this, and the preceding verse, a different word is
used, translated "ledges", from that in 1 Kings 7:28, the Targum
renders...
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For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof,
he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the
proportion of every one, and additions round about.
Ver. 36. _Accordi...
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_Were all molten_ Cast together with the bases. _The undersetters were
of the very base_ Not only of the same matter, but of the same piece,
being cast with it. _According to the proportion of every o...
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1 The building of Solomons house.
2 Of the house of Lebanon.
6 Of the porch of pillars.
7 Of the porch of Iudgement.
8 Of the house for Pharaohs daughter.
13 Hirams worke of the two pillars.
23...
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For on the plates of the ledges thereof and on the borders thereof he
graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the proportion of
every one, the empty space at his disposal, AND ADDITIONS R...
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The Metal Appointment Of The Temple...
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THREE MORE HOUSES
(vs.1-12)
Only one verse speaks of Solomon's own house, which took 13 years to
build. However, the order of that house is seen in chapter 10:4-5.
This is typical of the Church of Go...
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PROPORTION:
_ Heb._ nakedness...
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13-47 The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think,
were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for
strength and establishment in all their religious exercises...
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ACCORDING TO THE PROPORTION, or, _empty place_, i.e. according to the
bigness of the spaces which were left empty for them, implying that
they were smaller than those above mentioned....
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1 Kings 7:36 plates H3871 flanges H3027 panels H4526 engraved H6605
(H8762) cherubim H3742 lions H738 trees H8561
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THE FASHIONING OF THE BASES FOR THE LAVERS (1 KINGS 7:27).
As well as ‘the Sea' at which priest could wash their hands and
feet, there were also to be ten large wash bowls, situated on ten
moveable ba...
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HIRAM FASHIONS THE MOLTEN SEA AND THE TEN LAVERS WITH THEIR
INSTRUMENTS (1 KINGS 7:23).
Hiram also fashioned the molten Sea, or Sea made of cast-work. The
Hebrew word ‘sea' (yam) is nowhere else in Sc...
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THE FURNISHING AND EMBELLISHMENT OF THE TEMPLE (1 KINGS 7:13).
The passage is divided into two parts. The first part emphasises that
what is described was the work of Hiram, a skilled metalworker and...
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CONTENTS: Work on the temple and Solomon's house.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram.
CONCLUSION: God who is best should be served and honored with our
best.
KEY WORD: Work ended, 1 Kings 7:51.
STRON...
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1 Kings 7:1. _Solomon was thirteen years_ in building his own palace
in Jerusalem, because fewer workmen were employed, many of whom were
still engaged on the exterior parts of the temple.
1 Kings 7:2...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 7:23 See note on 2 Chron. 4:2–6. The SEA
OF CAST METAL was a large metal basin containing water. It would
remind the people of how the Lord created the world out of water ...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 7:13. FETCHED HIRAM OUT OF TYRE—He seems to have been
eminent among the artists in metals for which Tyre and Phœnicia were
then renowned. This man (of like nam...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S PALACES AND THE PREPARATION OF THE TEMPLE VESSELS.—The
first twelve verses of this chapter constitute a break in the long
account of the Temple, its furniture and its consecration...
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But Solomon was building his own house for thirteen years, and he
finished all of his house (1 Kings 7:1).
So it shows where his priorities began to turn. Seven years building
the house of God, then t...
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1 Kings 6:29; 1 Kings 6:32; 1 Kings 6:35; 1 Kings 7:29; Ezekiel 40:31
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The proportion — Or, empty place, that is, according to the bigness
of the spaces which were left empty for them, implying that they were
smaller than those above mentioned....