CONTENTS
This chapter furnisheth a number of interesting particulars concerning
the building of Solomon's temple. The time it took in building until
it was finished. In the earlier part of this service the words of the
Lord came unto Solomon with promises concerning it.
1 Kings 6:1
(1) В¶ And it... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length
thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits,
and the height thereof thirty cubits.
It appears that the pattern was given to David before his death, how
this temple should be built, See 1Ch_28:11-12; 1Ch_28:... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was
the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten
cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. (4) And for the house
he made windows of narrow lights. (5) And against the wall of the
house he built chambers roun... [ Continue Reading ]
(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 commandments to
walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake
unto David thy father: (13)... [ Continue Reading ]
(14) So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
Reader! it is a sweet thought this verse suggests, how happy as well
as wise the soul who not only begins in Jesus, but ends in Jesus. Who
makes him the Omega, as well as the Alpha, of his salvation. This is a
wise master builder. Some shift the fou... [ Continue Reading ]
(15) В¶ And he built the walls of the house within with boards of
cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and
he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the
house with planks of fir. (16) And he built twenty cubits on the sides
of the house, both the... [ Continue Reading ]
(37) In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD
laid, in the month Zif: (38) And in the eleventh year, in the month
Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all
the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he
seven years in building i... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS
PAUSE, Reader, over this chapter, and while beholding the vast design
of Solomon's temple and the greatness of the work in the
accomplishment of the building, behold that a greater than Solomon is
here. Was it not, dearest Jesus, upon the foundation of infinite love
that thou with the e... [ Continue Reading ]