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Text -- 1 Kings 6:1-17 (NET)
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Wesley -> 1Ki 6:1; 1Ki 6:2; 1Ki 6:2; 1Ki 6:2; 1Ki 6:2; 1Ki 6:3; 1Ki 6:4; 1Ki 6:5; 1Ki 6:5; 1Ki 6:5; 1Ki 6:5; 1Ki 6:6; 1Ki 6:6; 1Ki 6:6; 1Ki 6:7; 1Ki 6:7; 1Ki 6:8; 1Ki 6:8; 1Ki 6:8; 1Ki 6:8; 1Ki 6:10; 1Ki 6:10; 1Ki 6:10; 1Ki 6:10; 1Ki 6:12; 1Ki 6:15; 1Ki 6:15; 1Ki 6:15; 1Ki 6:15; 1Ki 6:16; 1Ki 6:16; 1Ki 6:17; 1Ki 6:17; 1Ki 6:17
Wesley: 1Ki 6:1 - -- _Allowing forty years to Moses, seventeen to Joshua, two hundred ninety - nine to the Judges, forty to Eli, forty to Samuel and Saul, forty to David, ...
_Allowing forty years to Moses, seventeen to Joshua, two hundred ninety - nine to the Judges, forty to Eli, forty to Samuel and Saul, forty to David, and four to Solomon before he began the work, we have just the sum of four hundred and eighty. So long it was before that holy house was built, which in less than four hundred and thirty years was burnt by Nebuchadnezzar. It was thus deferred, because Israel had by their sins, made themselves unworthy of this honour: and because God would shew how little he values external pomp and splendor in his service. And God ordered it now, chiefly to be a shadow of good things to come.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:2 - -- Properly so called, as distinct from all the walls and buildings which were adjoining to it; namely, the holy, and most holy place.
Properly so called, as distinct from all the walls and buildings which were adjoining to it; namely, the holy, and most holy place.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:2 - -- From east, to west. And this and the other measures may seem to belong to the inside from wall to wall.
From east, to west. And this and the other measures may seem to belong to the inside from wall to wall.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:2 - -- Namely, of the house: for the porch was one hundred and twenty cubits high, 2Ch 3:4. So that all the measures compared each with other were harmonious...
Namely, of the house: for the porch was one hundred and twenty cubits high, 2Ch 3:4. So that all the measures compared each with other were harmonious. For sixty to twenty (the length to the breadth) is triple: or as three to one: and sixty to thirty (the length to the height) is double, or as two to one: and thirty to twenty (the height to the breadth) is one and an half, as three to two. Which are the proportions answering to the three great concords in music, commonly called, a twelfth, an eighth, and a fifth. Which therefore must needs be a graceful proportion to the eye, as that in music is graceful to the ear.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:3 - -- In the front of, or entrance into the house, 2Ch 3:4, being a portico, a walk or gallery, at one end of the building (from side to side.) And the meas...
In the front of, or entrance into the house, 2Ch 3:4, being a portico, a walk or gallery, at one end of the building (from side to side.) And the measures of this were harmonious also. For twenty to ten (the length of the portico to the breadth of it) is double, or as two to one. And, if the height within, be the same with that of the house, that is thirty; it will be to the length of it, as three to two; and to its breadth, as three to one. Or, if we take in the whole height mentioned, 2Ch 3:4, which is one hundred and twenty; there is in this no disproportion: being to its length as six to one; and to its breadth as twelve to one; especially when this height was conveniently divided into several galleries, one over another, each of which had their due proportions.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:4 - -- Narrow outward, to prevent the inconveniences of the weather; widening by degrees inward, that so the house might better receive, and more disperse th...
Narrow outward, to prevent the inconveniences of the weather; widening by degrees inward, that so the house might better receive, and more disperse the light.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:5 - -- The beams of the chambers were not fastened into the wall, but leaned upon the buttresses of the wall.
The beams of the chambers were not fastened into the wall, but leaned upon the buttresses of the wall.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:5 - -- For the laying the priests garments, and other utensils belonging to the temple, therein.
For the laying the priests garments, and other utensils belonging to the temple, therein.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:5 - -- On all the sides except the east, where the porch was; and except some very small passages for the light. And yet these lights might be in the five up...
On all the sides except the east, where the porch was; and except some very small passages for the light. And yet these lights might be in the five uppermost cubits of the wall, which were above all these chambers, for these were only fifteen cubits high, and the wall was twenty cubits high.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:5 - -- Galleries which encompassed all the chambers; and which were necessary for passage to them.
Galleries which encompassed all the chambers; and which were necessary for passage to them.
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On the inside, and besides the galleries mentioned above.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:6 - -- Or, narrowings: as in our buildings the walls of an house are thicker, or broader at the bottom, and narrower towards the top: only these narrowings w...
Or, narrowings: as in our buildings the walls of an house are thicker, or broader at the bottom, and narrower towards the top: only these narrowings were in the outside of the wall, which at each of the three stories was a cubit narrower than that beneath it. And this is mentioned, as the reason of the differing breadth of the chambers; because the wall being narrower, allowed more space for the upper chambers.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:6 - -- That there might be no holes made in the wall for fastening them; and that the chambers might be removed, if occasion were, without any inconvenience ...
That there might be no holes made in the wall for fastening them; and that the chambers might be removed, if occasion were, without any inconvenience to the house.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:7 - -- Hewed, and squared, and fitted exactly according to the direction of the architect.
Hewed, and squared, and fitted exactly according to the direction of the architect.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:7 - -- So it was ordered, partly for the ease and conveniency of carriage: partly, for the magnificence of the work, and commendation of the workmen's skill ...
So it was ordered, partly for the ease and conveniency of carriage: partly, for the magnificence of the work, and commendation of the workmen's skill and diligence: and partly, for mystical signification. And as this temple was a manifest type both of Christ's church upon earth, and of the heavenly Jerusalem: so this circumstance signified as to the former, that it is the duty of the builders and members of the church, as far as in them lies, to take care that all things be transacted there with perfect peace and quietness; and that no noise of contention, or division, or violence, be heard in that sacred building: and for the latter, that no spiritual stone, no person, shall bear a part in that heavenly temple, unless he be first hewed, and squared, and made meet for it in this life.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:8 - -- That is, by which they entered to go up to the middle chamber or chambers; such as were in the middle story.
That is, by which they entered to go up to the middle chamber or chambers; such as were in the middle story.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:8 - -- That is, in the south - side, called the right side; because when a man looks towards the east, the south is on his right hand. There was another door...
That is, in the south - side, called the right side; because when a man looks towards the east, the south is on his right hand. There was another door on the left, or the north - side, leading to the chambers on that side.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:8 - -- Without the wall, leading up to the gallery out of which they went into the several chambers.
Without the wall, leading up to the gallery out of which they went into the several chambers.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:8 - -- Or rather, into the middle story, or row of chambers; and so in the following words, out of the middle story: for these stair's could not lead up into...
Or rather, into the middle story, or row of chambers; and so in the following words, out of the middle story: for these stair's could not lead up into each of the chambers; nor was it needful, but only into the story, which was sufficient for the use of all the chambers.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:10 - -- The Hebrew words may be properly rendered, He built a roof, a flat and plain roof, over all the house, according to the manner of the Israelitish buil...
The Hebrew words may be properly rendered, He built a roof, a flat and plain roof, over all the house, according to the manner of the Israelitish buildings. The inner roof was arched, 1Ki 6:9, that it might be the more beautiful, but the outward roof was flat.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:10 - -- Above the walls of the temple: that it might be a little higher than the arched roof, which it was designed to cover and secure.
Above the walls of the temple: that it might be a little higher than the arched roof, which it was designed to cover and secure.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:10 - -- Which rested upon the top of the wall, as the chambers, 1Ki 6:5, rested upon the sides of the wall.
Which rested upon the top of the wall, as the chambers, 1Ki 6:5, rested upon the sides of the wall.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:12 - -- 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...
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 taught, that all the charge he and the people were at, in erecting this temple, would neither excuse them from obedience to the law of God, nor shelter them from his judgments in case of disobedience.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:15 - -- The name of a wall is not appropriated to stone or brick, because we read of a brazen wall, Jer 15:20, and a wall of iron, Eze 4:3. And that wall into...
The name of a wall is not appropriated to stone or brick, because we read of a brazen wall, Jer 15:20, and a wall of iron, Eze 4:3. And that wall into which Saul smote his javelin, 1Sa 19:10, seems more probably to be understood of wood, than of stone; especially, considering that it was the room where the king used to dine. By this periphrasis, from the floor of the house, unto the walls of the ceiling, he designs all the side - walls of the house.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:15 - -- With other kind of wood, even with fir; as appears from 2Ch 3:5, wherewith the floor is here said to be covered.
With other kind of wood, even with fir; as appears from 2Ch 3:5, wherewith the floor is here said to be covered.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:15 - -- This is spoken only concerning the floor, because there was nothing but planks of fir; whereas there was both cedar and fir in the sides of the house,...
This is spoken only concerning the floor, because there was nothing but planks of fir; whereas there was both cedar and fir in the sides of the house, the fir being either put above, or upon the cedar; or intermixed with, or put between the boards or ribs of cedar: as may be gathered from, 2Ch 3:5.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:16 - -- That is, the most holy place, which contained in length twenty cubits, which may be said to be on the sides Of the house, because this part took off t...
That is, the most holy place, which contained in length twenty cubits, which may be said to be on the sides Of the house, because this part took off twenty cubits in length from each side of the house, and was also twenty cubits from side to side, so it was twenty cubits every way.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:16 - -- the most holy place - The last words are added, to explain what he means by the word oracle, which he had not used before.
the most holy place - The last words are added, to explain what he means by the word oracle, which he had not used before.
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Wesley: 1Ki 6:17 - -- This is added, to restrain the signification of the word house, which otherwise notes the whole building.
This is added, to restrain the signification of the word house, which otherwise notes the whole building.
JFB -> 1Ki 6:2; 1Ki 6:3; 1Ki 6:4; 1Ki 6:5; 1Ki 6:7; 1Ki 6:9-10; 1Ki 6:10; 1Ki 6:10; 1Ki 6:11-13; 1Ki 6:15-21
JFB: 1Ki 6:2 - -- The dimensions are given in cubits, which are to be reckoned according to the early standard (2Ch 3:3), or holy cubit (Eze 40:5; Eze 43:13), a handbre...
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JFB: 1Ki 6:4 - -- That is, windows with lattices, capable of being shut and opened at pleasure, partly to let out the vapor of the lamps, the smoke of the frankincense,...
That is, windows with lattices, capable of being shut and opened at pleasure, partly to let out the vapor of the lamps, the smoke of the frankincense, and partly to give light [KEIL].
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JFB: 1Ki 6:5 - -- On three sides, there were chambers in three stories, each story wider than the one beneath it, as the walls were narrowed or made thinner as they asc...
On three sides, there were chambers in three stories, each story wider than the one beneath it, as the walls were narrowed or made thinner as they ascended, by a rebate being made, on which the beams of the side floor rested, without penetrating the wall. These chambers were approached from the right-hand side, in the interior of the under story, by a winding staircase of stone, which led to the middle and upper stories.
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JFB: 1Ki 6:7 - -- A subterranean quarry has been very recently discovered near Jerusalem, where the temple stones are supposed to have been hewn. There is unequivocal e...
A subterranean quarry has been very recently discovered near Jerusalem, where the temple stones are supposed to have been hewn. There is unequivocal evidence in this quarry that the stones were dressed there; for there are blocks very similar in size, as well as of the same kind of stone, as those found in the ancient remains. Thence, probably, they would be moved on rollers down the Tyropean valley to the very side of the temple [PORTER, Tent and Kahn].
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JFB: 1Ki 6:9-10 - -- The temple is here distinguished from the wings or chambers attached to it--and its roofing was of cedar-wood.
The temple is here distinguished from the wings or chambers attached to it--and its roofing was of cedar-wood.
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The height of the whole three stories was therefore about fifteen cubits.
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JFB: 1Ki 6:10 - -- That is, because the beams of the side stones rested on the ledges of the temple wall. The wing was attached to the house; it was connected with the t...
That is, because the beams of the side stones rested on the ledges of the temple wall. The wing was attached to the house; it was connected with the temple, without, however, interfering injuriously with the sanctuary [KEIL].
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JFB: 1Ki 6:11-13 - -- Probably by a prophet. It was very seasonable, being designed: first, to encourage him to go on with the building, by confirming anew the promise made...
Probably by a prophet. It was very seasonable, being designed: first, to encourage him to go on with the building, by confirming anew the promise made to his father David (2Sa 7:12-16); and secondly, to warn him against the pride and presumption of supposing that after the erection of so magnificent a temple, he and his people would always be sure of the presence and favor of God. The condition on which that blessing could alone be expected was expressly stated. The dwelling of God among the children of Israel refers to those symbols of His presence in the temple, which were the visible tokens of His spiritual relation to that people.
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JFB: 1Ki 6:15-21 - -- The walls were wainscotted with cedar-wood; the floor, paved with cypress planks; the interior was divided (by a partition consisting of folding doors...
The walls were wainscotted with cedar-wood; the floor, paved with cypress planks; the interior was divided (by a partition consisting of folding doors, which were opened and shut with golden chains) into two apartments--the back or inner room, that is, the most holy place, was twenty cubits long and broad; the front, or outer room, that is, the holy place, was forty cubits. The cedar-wood was beautifully embellished with figures in relievo, representing clusters of foliage, open flowers, cherubims, and palm trees. The whole interior was overlaid with gold, so that neither wood nor stone was seen; nothing met the eye but pure gold, either plain or richly chased.
Clarke: 1Ki 6:1 - -- In the four hundred and eightieth year - The Septuagint has the four hundred and fortieth year. It need scarcely be noticed, that among chronologist...
In the four hundred and eightieth year - The Septuagint has the four hundred and fortieth year. It need scarcely be noticed, that among chronologists there is a great difference of opinion concerning this epocha. Glycas has 330 years; Melchior Canus, 590 years; Josephus, 592 years; Sulpicius Severus, 588; Clemens Alexandrinus, 570; Cedrenus, 672; Codomanus, 598; Vossius and Capellus, 580; Serarius, 680; Nicholas Abraham, 527; Maestlinus, 592; Petavius and Valtherus, 520. Here are more than a dozen different opinions; and after all, that in the common Hebrew text is as likely to be the true one as any of the others
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Clarke: 1Ki 6:1 - -- The month Zif - This answers to a part of our April and May; and was the second month of the sacred year, but the eighth month of the civil year. Be...
The month Zif - This answers to a part of our April and May; and was the second month of the sacred year, but the eighth month of the civil year. Before the time of Solomon, the Jews do not appear to have had any names for their months, but mentioned them in the order of their consecutive occurrence, first month, second month, third month, etc. In this chapter we find Zif and Bul; and in 1Ki 8:2, we find another, Ethanim; and these are supposed to be borrowed from the Chaldeans; and consequently this book was written after the Babylonish captivity. Before this time we find only the word Abib mentioned as the name of a month, Exo 13:4. Whether there were any others at that time, or whether Abib was really intended as the name of a month, we cannot absolutely say. The present names of the Hebrew months are: - Tisri, answering to a part of September and October, Marchesvan, Cisleu, Tebeth, Shebat, Adar, Nisan, Ijar, Sivan, Tamuz, Ab, and Elul.
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Clarke: 1Ki 6:2 - -- The length thereof was threescore cubits - A cubit, according to Bishop Cumberland, is 21 inches, and 888 decimals, or 1 foot, 9 inches, and 888 dec...
The length thereof was threescore cubits - A cubit, according to Bishop Cumberland, is 21 inches, and 888 decimals, or 1 foot, 9 inches, and 888 decimals. According to thi
Yds. | Ft. | Inch. | |
The length, 60 cubits, was | 36 | 1 | 5.28 |
The breadth, 20 cubits, was | 12 | 0 | 5.76 |
The height, 30 cubits, was | 18 | 0 | 8.64 |
This constituted what was called the temple or house, the house of God, etc. But, besides this, there were courts and colonnades, where the people might assemble to perform their devotions and assist at the sacrifices, without being exposed to the open air. The court surrounded the temple, or holy place, into which the priests alone entered. Sometimes the whole of the building is called the temple; at other times that, the measurement of which is given above. But as no proper account can be given of such a building in notes; and as there is a great variety of opinion concerning the temple, its structure, ornaments, etc., as mentioned in the books of Kings and Chronicles, in Ezekiel, and by Josephus; and as modern writers, such as Vilalpandus, Dr. Lightfoot, and Dr. Prideaux, professing to be guided by the same principles, have produced very different buildings; I think it best to hazard nothing on the subject, but give that description at the end of the chapter which Calmet with great pains and industry has collected: at the same time, pledging myself to no particular form or appearance, as I find I cannot give any thing as the likeness of Solomon’ s temple which I could say, either in honor or conscience, bears any affinity to it. For other particulars I must refer the reader to the three large volumes of Vilalpandus, Dr. Lightfoot’ s Works, and to the Connections of Dr. Prideaux.
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Clarke: 1Ki 6:4 - -- Windows of narrow lights - The Vulgate says, fenestras obliquas , oblique windows; but what sort of windows could such be
The Hebrew is חלוני ...
Windows of narrow lights - The Vulgate says, fenestras obliquas , oblique windows; but what sort of windows could such be
The Hebrew is
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Clarke: 1Ki 6:7 - -- The house - was built of stone - It appears that every stone was hewn and squared, and its place in the building ascertained, before it came to Jeru...
The house - was built of stone - It appears that every stone was hewn and squared, and its place in the building ascertained, before it came to Jerusalem: the timbers were fitted in like manner. This greatly lessened the trouble and expense of carriage. On this account, that all was prepared at Mount Lebanon, there was neither hammer, axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the building; nothing except mallets to drive the tenons into the mortises, and drive in the pins to fasten them, was necessary: therefore there was no noise. But why is this so particularly marked? Is it not because the temple was a type of the kingdom of God; and the souls of men are to be prepared here for that place of blessedness? There, there is no preaching, exhortations, repentance, ears, cries, nor prayers; the stones must be all squared and fitted here for their place in the New Jerusalem, and, being living stones, must be built up a holy temple for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
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Clarke: 1Ki 6:9 - -- Covered the house with beams and boards of cedar - The Eastern custom is very different from ours: we ceil with plaster, and make our floors of wood...
Covered the house with beams and boards of cedar - The Eastern custom is very different from ours: we ceil with plaster, and make our floors of wood; they make their floors of plaster or painted tiles, and make their ceilings of wood. But it may not be improper to observe that, in ancient times, our buildings were somewhat similar. Westminster Hall is a proof of this.
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Clarke: 1Ki 6:11 - -- The word of the Lord came to Solomon - Some think that this is the same revelation as that mentioned 1Ki 9:2, etc., which took place after the dedic...
The word of the Lord came to Solomon - Some think that this is the same revelation as that mentioned 1Ki 9:2, etc., which took place after the dedication of the temple: but to me it appears different; it was a word to encourage him while building; to warn him against apostasy, and to assure him of God’ s continued protection of him and his family, if they continued faithful to the grace which God had given.
Defender: 1Ki 6:1 - -- This is a key verse in establishing the Biblical chronology of world history, particularly the chronology of the period of the judges. The other chron...
This is a key verse in establishing the Biblical chronology of world history, particularly the chronology of the period of the judges. The other chronological data given in the books of Joshua, Judges and Samuel, however, have been difficult to fit into this framework (though numerous harmonizations have been proposed). There may well have been occasions when the tenures of certain judges overlapped with each other or with the periods of oppression as listed in Judges, so that it would be impracticable simply to add up all the numbers as listed. This verse has perhaps been inserted, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, for the specific purpose of providing the overall chronology which would otherwise be impossible to obtain with certainty.
However, secular archaeologists dispute the Biblical chronology, as well as the events associated with it. The problems of correlating the events of the exodus and conquest with secular chronology have not yet been fully resolved, but the many uncertainties in secular dating methods certainly do not warrant confidence in them. We can be sure the Biblical record is fully reliable, and will eventually be fully validated."
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Defender: 1Ki 6:2 - -- The length and breadth of the temple were twice those of the tabernacle, but the overall plan was similar."
The length and breadth of the temple were twice those of the tabernacle, but the overall plan was similar."
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Defender: 1Ki 6:7 - -- Here is a remarkable testimony to the engineering, architectural and construction skills of these ancient professionals. In order to erect the magnifi...
Here is a remarkable testimony to the engineering, architectural and construction skills of these ancient professionals. In order to erect the magnificent temple of Solomon, every portion was carefully designed and fabricated away from the construction site itself so the building could be completely and perfectly erected in reverent silence.
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Defender: 1Ki 6:7 - -- In both its unique beauty and its silent assemblage, the temple is a type of the spiritual temple now being erected by the Holy Spirit. "Now therefore...
In both its unique beauty and its silent assemblage, the temple is a type of the spiritual temple now being erected by the Holy Spirit. "Now therefore, ye are ... built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone: In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord" (Eph 2:19-21)."
TSK: 1Ki 6:1 - -- am 2993, bc 1011, An, Ex, Is, 480
And it came : Jdg 11:26; 2Ch 3:1, 2Ch 3:2
in the month Zif : 1Ki 6:37; Num 1:1
began : Heb. built, Act 7:47
build : ...
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TSK: 1Ki 6:2 - -- the house : Ezek. 40:1-41:26
the length : According to Bp. Cumberland’ s estimation of the cubit, its length was 36 yds. 1 ft. 5/28 inch; its bre...
the house : Ezek. 40:1-41:26
the length : According to Bp. Cumberland’ s estimation of the cubit, its length was 36 yds. 1 ft. 5/28 inch; its breadth 12 yds. 5/76 inch; and its height, 18 yds. 8/64 inch This constituted what is properly called the temple; but, besides this, there were the courts and colonnades, where the people might assemble to perform their devotions, without being exposed to the open air.
threescore : Ezr 6:3, Ezr 6:4; Eze 41:1-15; Rev 21:16, Rev 21:17
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TSK: 1Ki 6:4 - -- windows of narrow lights : or, windows broad within, and narrow without; or, skewed and closed, 1Ki 6:4; Son 2:9; Eze 40:16, Eze 41:26
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TSK: 1Ki 6:5 - -- against : or, upon, or joining to
built : 1Ch 9:26, 1Ch 23:28, 1Ch 28:11; 2Ch 31:11; Neh 10:37, Neh 12:44, Neh 13:5-9; Son 1:4; Jer 35:4; Eze 40:44, E...
against : or, upon, or joining to
built : 1Ch 9:26, 1Ch 23:28, 1Ch 28:11; 2Ch 31:11; Neh 10:37, Neh 12:44, Neh 13:5-9; Son 1:4; Jer 35:4; Eze 40:44, Eze 41:5-11, Eze 42:3-12
chambers : Heb. floors, These appear to have been what we should now call corridors or galleries; in which were apartments for the use of the priests. They consisted of three stories, and increased one cubit in breadth in every story, the wall of the temple being two cubits thicker at the bottom than at the top; and where the wall diminished, a rest was thus formed for the beams of the chambers to lodge upon.
oracle : 1Ki 6:16, 1Ki 6:19-21, 1Ki 6:31; Exo 25:22; Lev 16:2; Num 7:89; 2Ch 4:20, 2Ch 5:7, 2Ch 5:9; Psa 28:2
chambers : Heb. ribs
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TSK: 1Ki 6:7 - -- built of stone : 1Ki 5:17, 1Ki 5:18; Deu 27:5, Deu 27:6; Pro 24:27; Rom 9:23; 2Co 5:5; Col 1:12; 1Pe 2:5
neither hammer : Isa 42:2; Act 9:31; Jam 1:20...
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TSK: 1Ki 6:9 - -- he built : 1Ki 6:14, 1Ki 6:38
with beams and boards of cedar : or, the vault beams and the ceilings with cedar
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TSK: 1Ki 6:12 - -- if thou wilt : 1Ki 2:3, 1Ki 2:4, 1Ki 3:14, 1Ki 8:25, 1Ki 9:3-6; 1Sa 12:14, 1Sa 12:15; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 7:17, 2Ch 7:18; Psa 132:12; Zec 3:7; Col 1:23
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TSK: 1Ki 6:13 - -- I will dwell : 1Ki 8:27; Exo 25:8; Lev 26:11; Psa 68:18, Psa 132:12, Psa 132:13; Isa 57:15; Eze 37:26-28; 2Co 6:16; Rev 21:3
will not forsake : Deu 31...
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TSK: 1Ki 6:15 - -- he built : That is, he lined or wainscoted the walls with cedar, the floor being covered with planks of fircaps1 . tcaps0 he marginal reading in this...
he built : That is, he lined or wainscoted the walls with cedar, the floor being covered with planks of fircaps1 . tcaps0 he marginal reading in this verse is preferable, as it removes every difficulty and obscurity.
both the floor of the house, and the walls : or, from the floor of the house, unto the walls, etc. and so 1Ki 6:16
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TSK: 1Ki 6:16 - -- built them : 1Ki 6:5, 1Ki 6:19, 1Ki 6:20, 1Ki 8:6; Exo 25:21, Exo 25:22, Exo 26:23; Lev 16:2; 2Ch 3:8; Eze 45:3; Heb 9:3
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built them : 1Ki 6:5, 1Ki 6:19, 1Ki 6:20, 1Ki 8:6; Exo 25:21, Exo 25:22, Exo 26:23; Lev 16:2; 2Ch 3:8; Eze 45:3; Heb 9:3
the oracle : The oracle was the sanctuary, or holy of holies, in which there was nothing but the ark of the covenant, including the tables of the law, and into which the high priest alone was to enter but once a year.
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:1 - -- In the four hundred and eightieth year - It is upon this statement that all the earlier portion of what is called the "received chronology"depe...
In the four hundred and eightieth year - It is upon this statement that all the earlier portion of what is called the "received chronology"depends. Amid Minor differences there is a general agreement, which justifies us in placing the accession of Solomon about 1000 B.C. (1018 B.C. Oppert.) But great difficulties meet us in determining the sacred chronology anterior to this. Apart from the present statement, the chronological data of the Old Testament are insufficient to fix the interval between Solomon’ s accession and the Exodus, since several of the periods which make it up are unestimated. Hence, chronologists have based entirely the "received chronology"upon this verse. But the text itself is not free from suspicion.
(1) it is the sole passage in the Old Testament which contains the idea of dating events from an era.
(2) it is quoted by Origen without the date, and seems to have been known only in this shape to Josephus, to Theophilus of Antioch, and to Clement of Alexandria.
(3) it is hard to reconcile with other chronological statements in the Old and New Testament.
Though the books of Joshua, Judges, and Samuel furnish us with no exact chronology, they still supply important chronological data - data which seem to indicate for the interval between the Exodus and Solomon, a period considerably exceeding 480 years. For the years actually set down amount to at least 580, or, according to another computation, to 600; and though a certain deduction might be made from this sum on account of the round numbers, this deduction would scarcely do more than balance the addition required on account of the four unestimated periods. Again, in the New Testament, Paul (according to the received text) reckons the period from the division of Canaan among the tribes in the sixth year of Joshua Jos 14:1-15, to Samuel the prophet, at 450 years, which would make the interval between the Exodus and the commencement of the temple to be 579 years. On the whole, it seems, therefore, probable that the words "in the four hundred and eightieth year, etc.,"are an interpolation into the sacred text, which did not prevail generally before the third century of our era.
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:2 - -- The size of Solomon’ s temple depends upon the true length of the ancient cubit, which is doubtful. It has been estimated as somewhat less than...
The size of Solomon’ s temple depends upon the true length of the ancient cubit, which is doubtful. It has been estimated as somewhat less than a foot, and again as between 19 and 20 inches, a difference of nearly 8 inches, which would produce a variation of nearly 40 feet in the length of the temple-chamber, and of 46 in that of the entire building. It is worthy of remark that, even according to the highest estimate, Solomon’ s temple was really a small building, less than 120 feet long, and less than 35 broad. Remark that the measures of the temple, both "house"and porch 1Ki 6:3, were exactly double those of the older tabernacle (Exo 26:18 note). This identity of proportion amounts to an undesigned coincidence, indicating the thoroughly historical character of both Kings and Exodus.
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:4 - -- Windows of narrow lights - Either (as in the margin) windows, externally mere slits in the wall, but opening wide within, like the windows of o...
Windows of narrow lights - Either (as in the margin) windows, externally mere slits in the wall, but opening wide within, like the windows of old castles: or, more probably, "windows with fixed lattices."The windows seem to have been placed high in the walls, above the chambers spoken of in 1Ki 6:5-8.
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:5 - -- Chambers - (Margin, floors). Rather, a lean-to, which completely surrounded three sides of the building, the north, the west, and the south.
Chambers - (Margin, floors). Rather, a lean-to, which completely surrounded three sides of the building, the north, the west, and the south.
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:6 - -- In order to preserve the sanctity of the temple, and at the same time allow the attachment to it of secular buildings - sleeping apartments, probabl...
In order to preserve the sanctity of the temple, and at the same time allow the attachment to it of secular buildings - sleeping apartments, probably, for the priests and other attendants - Solomon made "rebatements"in the wall of the temple, or in other words built it externally in steps, thus: The beams, which formed the roof of the chambers and the floors of the upper stories, were then laid on these steps or "rests"in the wall, not piercing the wall, or causing any real union of the secular with the sacred building. It resulted from this arrangement that the lowest; chambers were the narrowest, and the uppermost considerably the widest of all, the wall receding each time by the space of a cubit.
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:7 - -- The spirit of the command (marginal references), was followed. Thus the fabric rose without noise.
The spirit of the command (marginal references), was followed. Thus the fabric rose without noise.
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:8 - -- The door for the middle chamber - i. e., the door which gave access to the mid-most "set of chambers."The chambers on the ground-floor were pos...
The door for the middle chamber - i. e., the door which gave access to the mid-most "set of chambers."The chambers on the ground-floor were possibly reached each by their own door in the outer wall of the lean-to. The middle and upper floors were reached by a single door in the right or south wall, from which a winding staircase ascended to the second tier, while another ascended from the second to the third. The door to the stairs was in the outer wall of the building, not in the wall between the chambers and the temple. That would have desecrated the temple far more than the insertion of beams.
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:9 - -- He built the house, and finished it - i. e., the external shell of the house. The internal fittings were added afterward. See 1Ki 6:15-22. ...
He built the house, and finished it - i. e., the external shell of the house. The internal fittings were added afterward. See 1Ki 6:15-22.
Covered the house - Roofed it with a wooden roof, sloped like our roofs.
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:12 - -- The meaning is, "So far as this house goes, thou art obedient (2Sa 7:13; 1Ch 17:12, etc.); if thou wilt be obedient in other things also, then will ...
The meaning is, "So far as this house goes, thou art obedient (2Sa 7:13; 1Ch 17:12, etc.); if thou wilt be obedient in other things also, then will I perform My word,"etc., God’ s promises being always conditional. The promises made to David were:
(1) that he should be succeeded by one of his sons 2Sa 7:12; Psa 132:11;
(2) that the kingdom should be established in the line of his descendants forever, if they were faithful Psa 132:12; and
(3) that the Israelites should be no more afficted as beforetime 2Sa 7:10.
These promises are now confirmed to Solomon, but on the express condition of obedience, and two further promises are added.
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:13 - -- The first promise to "dwell among"the Israelites had been made to Moses Exo 25:8; Exo 29:45, but had not been repeated to David. The next promise, "...
The first promise to "dwell among"the Israelites had been made to Moses Exo 25:8; Exo 29:45, but had not been repeated to David. The next promise, "I will not forsake, etc.,"if not absolutely new, seems to have been more positive and general than previous similar promises Deu 31:6, Deu 31:8; Jos 1:5. God will not at any time or under any circumstances wholly forsake Israel.
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:15 - -- The description of this verse applies to the main chamber of the temple, the holy place, only. The writer in 1Ki 6:16 describes the holy of holies. ...
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Barnes: 1Ki 6:16 - -- The meaning is, that at the distance of 20 cubits, measured along the side walls of the house from the end wall, Solomon constructed a partition, wh...
The meaning is, that at the distance of 20 cubits, measured along the side walls of the house from the end wall, Solomon constructed a partition, which reached from the floor to the ceiling and had a doorway in it. He thus made within the house, a sanctuary for a holy of holies.
Poole: 1Ki 6:1 - -- In the fourth year of Solomon’ s reign his three first years being spent partly in settling the affairs of his kingdom, without which neither ci...
In the fourth year of Solomon’ s reign his three first years being spent partly in settling the affairs of his kingdom, without which neither civil nor ecclesiastical concerns could have any consistency; and partly in making necessary preparations for the work. He began to build for so it is expressed 2Ch 3:1 ; and so it is explained here below, 1Ki 6:37 , The foundation of the house was laid ; though in the Hebrew it be only be built . Thus active words are oft understood of the beginning of the action, as Gen 5:32 11:26 .
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Poole: 1Ki 6:2 - -- The house properly so called, as distinct from all the walls and buildings which were adjoining to it, to wit, the holy and most holy place.
The len...
The house properly so called, as distinct from all the walls and buildings which were adjoining to it, to wit, the holy and most holy place.
The length thereof from east and to west. And this and the other measures may seem to belong to the inside from wall to wall.
Threescore cubits cubits of the sanctuary; of which See Poole "Gen 6:15" .
The height thereof to wit, of the house; for the porch was 120 cubits high, 2Ch 3:4 . So that all the measures compared each with other were harmonious. For 60 to 20 (the length to the breadth) is triple, or as 3 to 1; and 60 to 30 (the length to the height) is double, or as 2 to 1; and 30 to 20 (the height to the breadth) is sesquialter, or one and a half, as 3 to 2; which are the proportions answering to the three great concords in music, commonly called a twelfth, an eighth, and a fifth; which therefore must needs be a graceful proportion to the eye, as that in music is graceful to the ear.
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Poole: 1Ki 6:3 - -- Before the temple of the house in the front of or entrance into the house, 2Ch 3:4 ; being a peristilium or portico , a walk or gallery, at one en...
Before the temple of the house in the front of or entrance into the house, 2Ch 3:4 ; being a peristilium or portico , a walk or gallery, at one end of the building (from side to side). And the measures of this were harmonious also. For 20 to 10 (the length of the portico to the breadth of it) is double, or as 2 to 1. And if the height within be the same with that of the house, that is, 30; it will be to the length of it as 3 to 2, and to its breadth as 3 to 1. Or if we take in the whole height mentioned 2Ch 3:4 , which is 120; there is in this no disproportion, being to its length as 6 to 1, and to its breadth, as 12 to 1; especially when this height was conveniently divided into several galleries, one over another, each of which had their due proportions.
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Poole: 1Ki 6:4 - -- Narrow outward, to prevent the inconveniences of the weather; widening by degrees inward, that so the house might better receive and more disperse t...
Narrow outward, to prevent the inconveniences of the weather; widening by degrees inward, that so the house might better receive and more disperse the light. Or, for prospect , i.e. to give light; yet shut , i.e. so far closed as to keep out weather, and let in light.
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Poole: 1Ki 6:5 - -- Against the wall or, upon it ; or, joining to it ; for the beams of the chambers were not fastened into the wall, but leaned upon the buttresses of...
Against the wall or, upon it ; or, joining to it ; for the beams of the chambers were not fastened into the wall, but leaned upon the buttresses of the wall. He built chambers , for the laying the priests’ garments and other utensils belonging to the temple, or to the worship of God, therein: see 2Ki 11:2 1Ch 28:12 Eze 42:13,14 .
Round about not simply, for there were none on the, east side; and it may seem that there were some spaces left for the windows, which being narrow outwardly, little spaces would suffice; but in a manner, i.e. on all the sides except the east, where the porch was, and except some very small passages for the light. And yet these lights might be in the five uppermost cubits of the wall, which were above all these chambers; for these were only fifteen cubits high, and the wall was twenty cubits high.
He made chambers Heb. ribs , i.e. either other chambers above and besides the former; or rather, long galleries, which encompassed all the chambers, as the ribs do man’ s body; and which were necessary for passage to all the several chambers.
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Poole: 1Ki 6:6 - -- Five cubits broad to wit, on the inside, and besides the galleries mentioned above.
Narrowed rests or, narrowings ; as in our buildings the walls ...
Five cubits broad to wit, on the inside, and besides the galleries mentioned above.
Narrowed rests or, narrowings ; as in our buildings the walls of a house are thicker or broader at the bottom, and narrower towards the top; only these narrowings were in the outside of the wall, which at each of the three stories was a cubit narrower than that beneath it. And this is mentioned as the reason of the differing breadth of the chambers, because the wall being narrower, allowed more space for the upper chambers.
That the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house that there might be no holes made in the wall for the fastening of them; and that the chambers might be removed, if occasion were, without any inconvenience to the house.
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Poole: 1Ki 6:7 - -- Made ready ; hewed, and squared, and fitted exactly according to the direction of the architect. No
tool heard in the house, while it was in buil...
Made ready ; hewed, and squared, and fitted exactly according to the direction of the architect. No
tool heard in the house, while it was in building : so it was ordered, partly, for the case and conveniency of carriage; partly, for the magnificence of the work, and commendation of the workmen’ s skill and diligence; and partly, for mystical signification. And as this temple was a manifest type, both of Christ’ s church upon earth, and of the heavenly Jerusalem; so this circumstance signified as to the former, that it is the duty of the builders and members of the church, as far as in them lies, to take care that all things be transacted there with perfect peace and quietness; and that no noise of contention, or division, or violence be heard in that sacred building; and for the latter, that no spiritual stone, no person, shall bear a part in that heavenly temple, unless he be first hewed, and squared, and made meet for it in this life.
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Poole: 1Ki 6:8 - -- The door for the middle chamber i.e. by which they entered to go up to the middle chamber or chambers, to wit, such as were in the middle story.
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The door for the middle chamber i.e. by which they entered to go up to the middle chamber or chambers, to wit, such as were in the middle story.
In the right side i.e. in the south side, called the right side here , and in the Hebrew text, Psa 89:12 , and in other authors; because when a man looks towards the east, or sun-rising, which is esteemed the most glorious part of the heavens, and to which men most frequently look for divers reasons, the south is on his right hand; whereby it is implied that there was another door on the left, or the north side, leading to the chambers on that side, though for brevity sake it be not mentioned here.
With winding stairs which were either,
1. Within the thickness of the temple wall, as many think; which is not probable, as tending to the great weakening of the wall; especially in the upper parts, where the wall was much narrower. And if such care was taken to preserve the walls entire and unbroken, that there might not be small holes made into it for the fastening of the beams of the chambers, 1Ki 6:6 , it seems very absurd and incredible that there should be made such great breaches within them, as the stairs would require. Or rather,
2. Without the wall, and without the chambers too, as leading up to the gallery out of which they went into the several chambers.
Into the middle chamber or rather, into the middle story , or row of chambers, and so in the following words, out of the middle story; for these stairs could not lead up into each of the chambers, nor was it needful or convenient it should do so, but only into the story, which was sufficient for the use of all the chambers.
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Poole: 1Ki 6:9 - -- He built the house, and finished it to wit, the bulk and the body of the house.
Covered the house or, the house i.e. the top of the house, for th...
He built the house, and finished it to wit, the bulk and the body of the house.
Covered the house or, the house i.e. the top of the house, for the like is said of the sides and bottom, 1Ki 6:15 , even
the beams and boards ( or, the vault-beams
and the ceilings the arched beams and boards wherewith the top of the house was covered, which was made of other wood, which was more pliable than cedar, and would better endure bowing and bending,)
with cedars
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Poole: 1Ki 6:10 - -- Against all the house which interpreters understand of those chambers described 1Ki 6:5,6 . But why should that be repeated again, and that so darkly...
Against all the house which interpreters understand of those chambers described 1Ki 6:5,6 . But why should that be repeated again, and that so darkly and confusedly, after he had particularly and exactly treated of them (unless to give an account of the height of each chamber, or story, which before was not done)? And the Hebrew words may be truly and properly rendered thus,
He built a roof (to wit, a flat and plain roof, called yatziah , because of the exact resemblance it hath with the floor of a house) over all the house , according to the manner of all the Israelitish buildings, which were flat at the top; of which see Deu 22:8 Jos 2:6 2Sa 11:2 . The inner roof was arched, 1Ki 6:9 , that it might be more beautiful and glorious to behold; but the outward roof was flat.
Five cubits high above the walls of the temple; which was necessary, that it might be a little higher than the arched roof, which it was designed to cover and secure.
They rested Heb. it rested , to wit, the roof; for the Hebrew verb is of the singular number.
With timber of cedar which rested upon the top of the wall, as the chambers, 1Ki 6:5 , rested upon the sides of the wall. But all this I submit to the learned and judicious.
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Either by some prophet, or rather in a vision or dream, as it did before.
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Poole: 1Ki 6:12 - -- 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 hear...
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 mind, as being the author and builder of so glorious a work,) and that presumption and security, which was very likely to grow, and God foresaw would grow, both in Solomon and in the people; as if God was now in a manner engaged to continue his presence with them, and in his own temple; and that they had now no great reason to fear God’ s departure from them, though they should provoke him. Therefore he expresseth 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.
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Poole: 1Ki 6:15 - -- Both the floor or rather, from the floor , as it is in the Hebrew; for the floor itself was not covered with cedar, but with fir , as it here follo...
Both the floor or rather, from the floor , as it is in the Hebrew; for the floor itself was not covered with cedar, but with fir , as it here follows.
And the walls of the ceiling or rather, as it is in the Hebrew, unto the walls of the ceiling , or of the roof , i.e. unto the top of the wall, which was even with the roof; for the roof itself was not of stone, but wood. Or,
unto the walls of the ceiling i.e. unto the ceiling itself; which performing the office of a wall, may well be called by that name. For the name of a wall is not appropriated to stone or brick, because we read of a brasen wall , Jer 15:20 , and a wall of iron , Eze 4:3 . And that wall into which Saul smote his javelin , 1Sa 19:10 , seems more probably to be understood of wood than of stone; especially, considering that it was the room where the king used to dine. So by this periphrasis, from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling , he designs all the side walls of the house.
He covered them to wit, the side walls of the house, now mentioned.
With wood i.e. with other kind of wood, even with fir, as appears from 2Ch 3:5 , wherewith the floor is here said to be covered.
The floor of the house: this is here spoken only concerning the floor, because there was nothing but planks of fir; whereas there was both cedar and fir in the sides of the house, the fir being either put above or upon the cedar, or intermixed with or put between the boards or ribs of cedar, as may be gathered from the said parallel place, 2Ch 3:5 .
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Poole: 1Ki 6:16 - -- Twenty cubits on the sides of the house i.e. the most holy place, which contained in the length of the house twenty cubits, by comparing this with 1K...
Twenty cubits on the sides of the house i.e. the most holy place, which contained in the length of the house twenty cubits, by comparing this with 1Ki 6:2,17 , which may be said to be on the sides of the house because this part took off twenty cubits in length from each side of the house, and was also twenty cubits from side to side; so it was twenty cubits every way. Or, on the sides (i.e. on all the sides, as indeed it was) of the house, or of that house , to wit, the most holy place, as it here follows. Or, from the sides of the house , i.e. from one side to the other. And so this is meant only of the partitionwall, which was between the holy and the most holy place.
Both the floor and the walls or rather, as 1Ki 6:15 , from the floor to the wall , or ceiling , or roof . So it is not necessary, at least by virtue of these words, to understand this, as they generally do, that the floor itself was built with cedar; but only all the sides of it from the bottom twenty cubits upward. If it be said that the whole house, and consequently the most holy place, was thirty cubits high, 1Ki 6:2 , it may be replied, either that that is true only of the greater house, or the holy place, which is called the house , 1Ki 6:17 , and that the lesser, or the most holy place, was but twenty cubits high, as divers think; or that the ten cubits at the top were covered with some other wood or thing, or were left open, that it might thereby receive both light from the candlesticks, and smoke from the altar of incense.
For the oracle, even for the most holy place i. e. that it might be the oracle, or the most holy place . Or, on the inner side (whereby he might imply that the outside of the partition-wall which looked towards the holy place was not so covered) of (for the Hebrew lamed is very oft a note of the genitive case) the oracle , even of the most holy place ; which last words are added to explain what he means by the word oracle , which he had not used before.
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Poole: 1Ki 6:17 - -- The house , i.e. the holy place. That is, the temple : this is added to restrain the signification of the word house , which otherwise notes the who...
The house , i.e. the holy place. That is, the temple : this is added to restrain the signification of the word house , which otherwise notes the whole building. Before it i.e. before the oracle. Or, as it is in the Hebrew, before my face , i.e. before the place of my presence. Or it may be said to be before God, because he being pleased to describe himself as sitting upon the cherubim, hath his face towards this house, where he beholds the services of his people. So this part of the house, distinct from the most holy, hath its harmonious proportions also. The length 40, to the height 30, is sesquiterian, or 4 to 3 (which is that of a fourth in music); the length to the breadth, 40 to 20, as 2 to 1; the height to the breadth, 30 to 20, as 3 to 2.
Haydock: 1Ki 6:1 - -- Out. Hebrew, "and the cedar boards of the house within, were carved with knops (fruits) and open flowers," (Haydock) alternately. (Calmet) ---
At ...
Out. Hebrew, "and the cedar boards of the house within, were carved with knops (fruits) and open flowers," (Haydock) alternately. (Calmet) ---
At all. So the bones in the human body, though concealed, strengthen it; and monks, in their deserts, fortify the Church. (Worthington)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:1 - -- Eightieth year. This chronology meets with the approbation of most people. See Usher. (Chap. xii.) Some, however, find a difficulty in reconcilin...
Eightieth year. This chronology meets with the approbation of most people. See Usher. (Chap. xii.) Some, however, find a difficulty in reconciling it with Acts xiii. 20., which seems to attribute 450 years to the government of the judges. (Calmet) ---
Septuagint have 440; Josephus 592, though Ruffin neglects the 90 in his version; Petau 520; Severus 582; Clement of Alexandria 566; Vossius 380; Cano 590; Serarius 680. ---
Houbigant would read 350 in the Acts. But Capellus would add 200 here, &c. (Haydock) ---
Second of the sacred year, corresponding with our April. Syriac, Chaldean styles it "of the splendour of flowers." (Menochius) ---
The Hurons, and other nations of America, call this "the moon of plants;" the Flemings, "the month for mowing," Grasmaand. Our Saxon ancestors gave descriptive names to the months. See Verstegan. (Haydock) ---
At first, the Hebrews only described the months by their order; "first, second," &c. In Solomon's time we begin to find other names, taken from the Phenicians, (Scaliger) Chaldeans, (Grotius) or Egyptians. (Hardouin, the year 2993.) ---
After the captivity, at least, Chaldean names were adopted; (Haydock) 1. Nisan; 2. Jar; 3. Sivan; 4. Tammus; 5. Ab; 6. Elul; 7. Tisri; 8. Marshevan; 9. Casleu; 10. Thebet; 11. Schebet; 12. Adar; (Calmet) 13. Veadar, the intercalary month, when requisite, according to the lunar system, which was not perhaps yet adopted. Each of these months generally corresponded with two of ours; Nisan with the end of March and the beginning of April, &c. Septuagint here take no notice of Zio, though they do, ver. 37. (Haydock) ---
The temple was begun on Monday, May 21, in the year of the world 2992. (Usher) ---
It was finished in the year of the world 3000, or in the following year, when it was solemnly dedicated. (Button.)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:2 - -- House. Hebrew Habayith, "the palace" of the God of Israel, where the priests alone had access. It was surrounded by various courts and apartments...
House. Hebrew Habayith, "the palace" of the God of Israel, where the priests alone had access. It was surrounded by various courts and apartments, as the ancient temples were very different from ours. All these appendages sometimes go under the common name of the temple. (Calmet) ---
Cubits. The common one contained half a yard. The sacred cubit amounted to 21,888 inches. (Arbuthnot) (Ezechiel xliii. 13.) ---
Calmet makes the cubit consist of 24 fingers' breadth, or little less than 20 inches of the French measure, which is greater then ours. (Haydock) ---
Hence the temple would be 102½ feet long, 34 feet 2 inches broad, 51 feet 3 inches high to the ceiling. (Calmet) ---
The walls are not included; else the breadth would be almost 60 cubits, the length 100, and the height 50. (Vallalpand ii. 5, 14.) (Menochius)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:3 - -- Temple. The porch was of the same height as the temple, though we read that it was 120 cubits high, 2 Paralipomenon iii. 4. But one word seems ther...
Temple. The porch was of the same height as the temple, though we read that it was 120 cubits high, 2 Paralipomenon iii. 4. But one word seems there to have been substituted for another, (Calmet) unless it might resemble a high tower. (Haydock) ---
Before the porch were placed the two brazen pillars. The interior of it was highly adorned by Herod. (Josephus, Antiquities xv. 11.)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:4 - -- Oblique windows. Which were made slanting, that the light might be more easily communicated within. (Haydock) ---
On the outside they were not so ...
Oblique windows. Which were made slanting, that the light might be more easily communicated within. (Haydock) ---
On the outside they were not so large. (Worthington) (Menochius) ---
Hebrew, "windows to see through, shut," with lattices, (Calmet) or blinds. Protestants, "he made windows of narrow lights." (Haydock) ---
Curtains might be hung before them, as no glass was yet used. (Calmet) ---
These windows occupied the five cubits above the chambers, which were built on the west end, and on the sides of the temple, 15 cubits high. (Calmet) ---
No windows were permitted in the holy of holies. (Menochius)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:5 - -- Upon the wall. That is, joining to the wall. ---
He built floors round about. Chambers or cells adjoining to the temple, for the use of the templ...
Upon the wall. That is, joining to the wall. ---
He built floors round about. Chambers or cells adjoining to the temple, for the use of the temple and of the priests, so contrived as to be between the inward and outward wall of the temple, in three stories, one above another. ---
The oracle. The inner temple or holy of holies, where God gave his oracles. (Challoner) ---
Sides. Protestants, "he made chambers round about." (Haydock) ---
Some think that buttresses were used, to strengthen the building. Septuagint, "ribs," (Menochius) sides. But there seem rather to have been three off-sets; so that the wall kept decreasing in breadth, as it grew higher, (Haydock) every ten cubits, (Ezechiel xli. 6.; Menochius) and thus the upper chamber was two cubits broader than the lowest. The beams might thus rest upon the walls, and be easily changed. (Haydock)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:6 - -- Temple. This was done for greater respect, and that the walls might not be injured. Ezechiel (xli. 6,) counts 33 chambers on the three sides. St. ...
Temple. This was done for greater respect, and that the walls might not be injured. Ezechiel (xli. 6,) counts 33 chambers on the three sides. St. Jerome seems to double that number; while Josephus acknowledges only 30. (Calmet) ---
Salien has 42, or 14 in each story.
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:7 - -- Made ready, &c. So the stones for the building of God's eternal temple, in the heavenly Jerusalem, (who are the faithful) must first be hewn and pol...
Made ready, &c. So the stones for the building of God's eternal temple, in the heavenly Jerusalem, (who are the faithful) must first be hewn and polished here by many trials and sufferings, before they can be admitted to have a place in that celestial structure. (Challoner) ---
Those who have the happiness to be chosen, will be no more disturbed with the noise or inconvenience of persecution, (Haydock) which they ought to bear in silence upon earth. (Worthington) ---
Building. Screw nails were probably used. The ancient Romans wrought the mouldings, &c., of their pillars, after they were erected. The Rabbins pretend that a little worm, or stone schamir, which was brought from the earthly paradise by an eagle, or by the devil, Asmodeus, polished all the stones. Maimonides has even written a book on this famous worm. (Grotius) ---
Theodoret (q. 23.) also asserts, without proof, that the stones were found ready cut, in the quarry, and that they had only to be polished. We may form a grand idea of the workmen employed by Solomon, when we consider that they were able to prepare all things, with such exactitude, at a distance. (Calmet)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:8 - -- Middle side. Septuagint, "lower story." (Calmet) ---
"The door of the lower story (rib or side, Greek: pleuras; Chaldean, the lower appendage) w...
Middle side. Septuagint, "lower story." (Calmet) ---
"The door of the lower story (rib or side, Greek: pleuras; Chaldean, the lower appendage) was under the right wing of the house, and a winding staircase led to the middle, and from the middle to the third story. (Haydock) ---
This sense is very clear. Hebrew intimates that the staircase was round like a screw, and was formed in the wall, at one end of the rooms. ---
Right hand of those who entered the temple, or on the north; though the south is commonly thus designated. The doors opened into the porch, as the temple was not to be made a thoroughfare. (Calmet)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:9 - -- Roofs. Protestants, "beams and boards of cedar." None of the stones appeared within, ver. 18. (Haydock)
Roofs. Protestants, "beams and boards of cedar." None of the stones appeared within, ver. 18. (Haydock)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:10 - -- Height. To prevent the excessive heats. Five other cubits were also subtracted, ver. 20. Some translate, "he made also stories of all the temple, ...
Height. To prevent the excessive heats. Five other cubits were also subtracted, ver. 20. Some translate, "he made also stories of all the temple, each five cubits high;" so that the three stories occupied half the height of the walls, which were 30 cubits in height, ver. 2. (Calmet) ---
Covered. Hebrew, "took (or bound together) the house," &c. The roof was flat. (Calmet) ---
Villalpand maintains the contrary, (in Ezechiel xli.) with Sanchez, &c. Salien gathers from many of the ancients, that the floor here mentioned, was a balustrade, or the pinnacle of the temple, (Matthew iv.) where people might walk or pray. (Menochius)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:11 - -- Saying. By the prophet Ahia, as the Jews suppose he was sent thrice to Solomon. The temple had been commenced two years; (Salien) or this apparitio...
Saying. By the prophet Ahia, as the Jews suppose he was sent thrice to Solomon. The temple had been commenced two years; (Salien) or this apparition took place after the dedication, and is related more at length; (chap. ix. 2.; Calmet) though the former opinion seems more agreeable to the context, art building, &c. Instead of as for, (Haydock) we might supply stabit. "This house....shall stand;" (Salien) or simply, God looks down upon the building with complacency, and says, "This is the house," by way of eminence. As thou hast endeavoured to honour my name, I will not only fulfil my promises to David, but I will be ever ready to grant thy just requests, in this holy place, provided thou continue faithful, with thy subjects, and obey my commands. (Haydock)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:15 - -- Fir. Or perhaps of another species of cedar, resembling the juniper-tree. It is found in Phœnecian and in Lycia. See chap. v. 8. It is doubted w...
Fir. Or perhaps of another species of cedar, resembling the juniper-tree. It is found in Phœnecian and in Lycia. See chap. v. 8. It is doubted whether the sanctuary was also boarded, as we read that it was paved with marble. Hebrew, "with precious and costly stones," 2 Paralipomenon iii. 6. But boards might be laid upon them, as they were on other parts of the temple. The magnificence of Solomon appears in his using such costly things, even where they would not be exposed to view. The floor was again covered with plates of gold, ver. 30.
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:16 - -- The inner house of the oracle. That is, the sanctuary, which he separated from the other part of the temple, with this partition of cedar, instead o...
The inner house of the oracle. That is, the sanctuary, which he separated from the other part of the temple, with this partition of cedar, instead of the veil, which in the tabernacle of Moses hung before the sanctuary. (Challoner) ---
It was a square of 20 cubits, extending from the western end. (Haydock) ---
Hither none but the high priest was allowed to enter, and he but once a year. (Calmet)
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Haydock: 1Ki 6:17 - -- Itself. Where the priests were stationed. This part was double the length, but of the same breadth, as the most holy place. (Haydock)
Itself. Where the priests were stationed. This part was double the length, but of the same breadth, as the most holy place. (Haydock)
Gill: 1Ki 6:1 - -- And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,.... The Tyrian writers k m...
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,.... The Tyrian writers k make it five hundred sixty years from hence; but this no doubt is tightest, which Junius reckons thus; forty years Israel were in the wilderness, seventeen under Joshua, two hundred ninety nine under the judges, eighty under Eli, Samuel, and Saul, forty under David, add to which the four years of Solomon, and they make four hundred eighty l; they are somewhat differently reckoned by others m from the coming out of Egypt to Joshua forty years, from thence to the first servitude under Cushan twenty five, from thence to the death of Abimelech two hundred fifty six, under Thola twenty three, from thence to the Ammonitish servitude four, under that eighteen, under the judges, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon, thirty one, Samuel and Saul forty, David forty, and Solomon three, in all four hundred eighty;
in the, fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel; when he was clear of all disturbers of his government, and had got all things ready for the building of the temple, and had gathered together gold and silver enough of his own to defray the expenses; for, as for what David gave him, he put that into the treasury of the Lord's house, see 1Ki 7:51;
in the month Zif, which is the second month; and so must be Jiar, for Abib or Nisan was the first, and Jiar was the second, which answered to part of our April and part of May; called Zif either from the splendour of the sun, being now higher, and so the greater; or from the trees and flowers of the field being in all their glory; and so the Targum here calls it, the month of splendour of flowers: and it was on the second day of it,
that he began to build the house of the Lord: and a very fit and proper season of the year it was to begin it in, see 2Ch 3:2.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:2 - -- And the house which King Solomon built for the Lord,.... For his worship, honour, and glory:
the length thereof was threescore cubits; sixty cubit...
And the house which King Solomon built for the Lord,.... For his worship, honour, and glory:
the length thereof was threescore cubits; sixty cubits from east to west, including the holy place and the most holy place; the holy place was forty cubits, and the most holy place twenty; the same measure, as to length, Eupolemus, an Heathen writer n, gives of the temple, but is mistaken in the other measures:
and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; from north to south:
and the height thereof thirty cubits; this must be understood of the holy place, for the oracle or most holy place was but twenty cubits high, 1Ki 6:20; though the holy place, with the chambers that were over it, which were ninety cubits, three stories high, was in all an hundred twenty cubits, 2Ch 3:4; some restrain it to the porch only, which stood at the end, like one of our high steeples, as they think.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:3 - -- And the porch before the temple of the house,.... Which stood at the east end of it:
twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadt...
And the porch before the temple of the house,.... Which stood at the east end of it:
twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; which was from north to south, and of the same dimension, so that they exactly answered each other:
and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house; which being added to it, make the whole of the building, most holy place, holy place, and porch, seventy cubits; the height of the porch is not here given, but in 2Ch 3:4; where it is said to be an hundred twenty cubits high, equal to the height of the house, with the chambers over it; but there the breadth of the porch is not given, as it is here; by these dimensions we may observe the difference between the tabernacle and the temple; the temple was twice as long, and as broad, and thrice as high as that, see Exo 26:8. This fabric was an emblem of the church of God, sometimes called an holy temple, and the temple of the living God, 2Co 6:16.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:4 - -- And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. Or "open, shut" o, which could be both, having shutters to them, to open or shut at pleasure; wind...
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. Or "open, shut" o, which could be both, having shutters to them, to open or shut at pleasure; windows which they could open, and look through at them, or shut when they pleased; the Targum is,
"open within, and shut without;''
or, as others understand it, they were wide within, and narrow without; by being narrow without, the house was preserved from bad weather, as well as could not so easily be looked into by those without; and by being broader within, the light that was let in spread itself within the house; which some interpret only of the holy place, the most holy place having, as they suppose, no windows in it, which yet is not certain: now these windows may denote the word and ordinances of the church of God, whereby light is communicated to men; which in the present state is but narrow or small, in comparison of the new Jerusalem church state, and the ultimate glory; and especially so it was under the legal dispensation, which was very obscure; see Son 2:9 Isa 55:8.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:5 - -- And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,.... Or near it, as Jarchi interprets it, for the beams of them were not fastened in i...
And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,.... Or near it, as Jarchi interprets it, for the beams of them were not fastened in in it, 1Ki 6:6; or rather "upon" it p; and when they are said to be round about the house, it must be understood of the two sides, north and south, and of the west end only, for at the east end, where the porch was, there were none:
against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; that is, both of the holy and the most holy place:
and he made chambers round about; the said buildings; which is repeated that it might be observed; how many chambers there were, is not said; Josephus says q there were thirty of them, and over them others of the same measure and number, and over them others also; so that there were three stories of them, and in all ninety; and which is countenanced by what follows in 1Ki 6:6, and agrees with Eze 41:6; the Jewish doctors say r, there were thirty eight of them, fifteen on the north, fifteen on the south, and eight on the west; they that were to the north and south were five upon five, and five over them; and they that were to the west were three upon three, and two over them; upper rooms or chambers were rare in Heathen temples s: these chambers were for the priests, where they lodged and laid up their garments, and ate their holy things; and were emblems of congregated churches, where the true members thereof, who are priests to God, have communion with him, and partake of divine things.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:6 - -- And the nethermost chamber was five cubits broad,.... The nethermost row of them, which were upon the first floor:
and the middle was six cubits ...
And the nethermost chamber was five cubits broad,.... The nethermost row of them, which were upon the first floor:
and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; so that the middlemost was a cubit larger than the lowest, and the highest a cubit larger than that: the reason of which was,
for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about; or rebatements; the thickness of the wall, as it was raised, became narrower at the height of every five cubits; thus the wall being supposed to be six cubits broad, as in Eze 41:5; when it came to be five cubits high, it was narrowed a cubit, which left a projection, rebatement, or bench for the beams of the first chambers to be laid upon, which made the second row of chambers broader by a cubit; and the same being observed in the next story, made the highest a cubit broader than the middlemost: and this was done,
that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house; or be inserted into them, which could not be done without making holes in it; and these holes could not be made without an iron instrument, and which was not to be used, as the next words show; whereas by the above method the beams of the chambers could be laid upon the buttresses, benches, or rebatements left, without the use of any: the gradual enlargement of these chambers, as they rose higher, may denote the enlargement of the church of God, both as to numbers, gifts, and grace, the nearer it comes to the heavenly state, as in the spiritual and personal reign of Christ.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:7 - -- And the house, when it was in building,.... And all the while it was building:
was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; being h...
And the house, when it was in building,.... And all the while it was building:
was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; being hewn or squared by the builders and stonesquarers of Solomon and Hiram, 1Ki 5:18; wherefore the builders had nothing more to do than to lay them in their proper places in the building; it was built with these stones quite up to the ceiling, as Josephus says t; and these so admirably polished, and so artificially joined together, that not the least sign of an axe, or of any working tool, could be discerned in them:
so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the house while it was in building; the first of these observations shows, that none are to be laid in the spiritual building of the church, but such as are first hewed and squared by the Spirit, grace, and word of God: or who have an experience of the grace of God, are sound in the faith, and of becoming lives and good conduct; and the other denotes, that such as are therein, whether ministers or members, should do all they do for the edification of the church in a quiet and peaceable manner, without clamour, contention, fights, and tumults.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:8 - -- The door of the middle chamber was in the right side of the house,.... The south side of it:
and they went up with winding stairs into the middle ...
The door of the middle chamber was in the right side of the house,.... The south side of it:
and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber; which were outside the chambers, and which winded about for the sake of taking up less room, and which led up to the door of the middle chamber, on the south of which they went into it; according to the Vulgate Latin and Tigurine versions, they went up in the forth of a cockle, or the shell of a snail; in like manner as was the ascent of the temple of Pan at Alexandria, as Strabo u relates:
and out of the middle into the third; the third chamber, and by winding stairs up to that; and the like might be on the north side, though not expressed, and on the west: the Jews say w, that in the second temple, these winding stairs went from the northeast to the northwest, whereby they went up to the roof of the chambers, and so to the south and west; with this compare Eze 41:7; and which may represent the windings and turnings of God's people in this present state, their many afflictions and tribulations, through which they pass from one state to another.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:9 - -- So he built the house, and finished it,.... The body of it, the walls of the holy and most holy place, with the chambers on the sides of them, and the...
So he built the house, and finished it,.... The body of it, the walls of the holy and most holy place, with the chambers on the sides of them, and the porch at the end that led into them:
and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar; with hollow boards, as the Targum, which formed an arch ceiling to it, and made it look very grand and beautiful; and then over them were laid beams and planks of cedar, not properly as a flat roof to it, but rather as a flooring for other buildings; for upon this, as in 1Ki 6:10, there were chambers built.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:10 - -- And then he built chambers against all the house five cubits high,.... Which some understand of the same chambers in 1Ki 6:5; here made mention of ag...
And then he built chambers against all the house five cubits high,.... Which some understand of the same chambers in 1Ki 6:5; here made mention of again for the sake of giving the height of them, not before given; but they were built against, or upon the wall of the house, these against, or rather upon the whole house itself; and are the chambers referred to; see Gill on 1Ki 6:2; which consisting of three stories of ninety cubits, raised the whole house to an equal height with the porch, 2Ch 3:4; as is there intended x; these are the upper chambers in 2Ch 3:9; and they rested on the house with timber of cedar; or on the timber of cedar, the beams of cedar, with which the house was covered, as in 1Ki 6:9; on these the chambers rested, being built upon them; and in one of these chambers the disciples might be after Christ's ascension, Act 1:13.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:11 - -- And the word of the Lord came to Solomon,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum, foretelling what would be the case of this building, according to t...
And the word of the Lord came to Solomon,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum, foretelling what would be the case of this building, according to the obedience or disobedience of him and the people of Israel; which was brought to him either by an impulse of the Spirit of God upon him; or by the hand of a prophet, as Kimchi thinks; and some of the Jewish writers y, as he particularly, name Ahijah the Shilonite as the prophet that was sent with this message to him:
saying, as follows.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:12 - -- 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 ...
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 my commandments to walk in them; even all the laws of God, moral, ceremonial, and judicial; and this respects not only Solomon personally, but his successors, and even all the people of Israel:
then will I perform my covenant with thee, which I spake unto David thy father; by Nathan the prophet; not only that he should build an house for God, which should be a settled dwelling place, but that his own house and kingdom should be established for a long time to come, and his posterity should enjoy the presence of God in this house, provided regard was had to the precepts and ordinances of the Lord, 2Sa 7:12.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:13 - -- And I will dwell among the children of Israel,.... In this house now building, and which was in the middle of the land, and where he would meet with t...
And I will dwell among the children of Israel,.... In this house now building, and which was in the middle of the land, and where he would meet with them, and accept their sacrifices, not only of slain beasts, but of prayer and praise:
and will not forsake my people Israel; and leave them to the mercy of their enemies, and to be carried captive by them, but protect and defend them.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:14 - -- So Solomon built the house, and finished it. He went on with it until he had completed it, animated and encouraged by the promise of the divine Presen...
So Solomon built the house, and finished it. He went on with it until he had completed it, animated and encouraged by the promise of the divine Presence in it, provided a proper regard was had to the will and ways of God. Abarbinel thinks the above message was sent him in the midst of his work, to strengthen and caution him from a dependence on the continuance of the fabric, because of the strength of it; since its perpetuity depended on his, his successors', and the people's conduct and behaviour; wherefore conscious to himself of his own integrity, and hoping well of posterity, he was not discouraged, but proceeded in his undertaking until he had brought it to perfection.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:15 - -- And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar,.... For as yet he had only built the stone walls of it without, but now he wainscotte...
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar,.... For as yet he had only built the stone walls of it without, but now he wainscotted it with cedar boards: and not only them, but
both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling; or from "the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling"; that is, from the floor, including that, to the walls on each side, reaching up to the ceiling,
he covered them on the inside with wood: of one sort or another, cedar or fir, or both: particularly he
covered the floor of the house with planks of fir: which Hiram sent him, 1Ki 5:8; which is differently interpreted; by Josephus cypress; by others, as the Tigurine version, pine tree wood; it is very probable it was of the cedar kind, and not the floor only, but the ceiling also, 2Ch 3:5.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:16 - -- And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house,.... At the end or extremity of it, as the Targum; that is, he built the most holy place, which w...
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house,.... At the end or extremity of it, as the Targum; that is, he built the most holy place, which was twenty two cubits long, at the end of the holy place, which he wainscotted as the other:
both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar; or from the floor, including that, to the walls on each side, from wall to wall, and taking in them, they were all lined with cedar wood:
he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place; which explains what building is spoken of, and that the inside of that was covered with cedar from bottom to top.
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Gill: 1Ki 6:17 - -- And the house, that is, the temple before it,.... The holy place, which was before the of holies:
was forty cubits long; and which, with the most...
And the house, that is, the temple before it,.... The holy place, which was before the of holies:
was forty cubits long; and which, with the most holy place, being twenty cubits, as in the preceding verse, made the length of the whole house sixty cubits, as in 1Ki 6:2.
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NET Notes -> 1Ki 6:1; 1Ki 6:2; 1Ki 6:2; 1Ki 6:2; 1Ki 6:3; 1Ki 6:3; 1Ki 6:5; 1Ki 6:6; 1Ki 6:6; 1Ki 6:6; 1Ki 6:6; 1Ki 6:6; 1Ki 6:7; 1Ki 6:8; 1Ki 6:8; 1Ki 6:8; 1Ki 6:9; 1Ki 6:9; 1Ki 6:9; 1Ki 6:9; 1Ki 6:10; 1Ki 6:11; 1Ki 6:11; 1Ki 6:12; 1Ki 6:12; 1Ki 6:12; 1Ki 6:12; 1Ki 6:14; 1Ki 6:15; 1Ki 6:16; 1Ki 6:16; 1Ki 6:17
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NET Notes: 1Ki 6:5 Heb “and he built on the wall of the temple an extension all around, the walls of the temple all around, for the main hall and for the holy plac...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 6:7 Heb “finished stone of the quarry,” i.e., stones chiseled and shaped at the time they were taken out of the quarry.
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NET Notes: 1Ki 6:8 The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew mss, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate הַשְּׁלִש...
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Geneva Bible: 1Ki 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solo...
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Geneva Bible: 1Ki 6:3 And the ( c ) porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits [was] the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits [w...
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Geneva Bible: 1Ki 6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of ( d ) the o...
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Geneva Bible: 1Ki 6:6 The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wal...
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Geneva Bible: 1Ki 6:9 So he built the ( f ) house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
( f ) In Exodus it is called the tabernacle, and ...
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Geneva Bible: 1Ki 6:13 And I will ( g ) dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
( g ) According as he promised to Moses, (Exo 25:22).
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Geneva Bible: 1Ki 6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and ( h ) the walls of the cieling: [and] he covered [th...
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Geneva Bible: 1Ki 6:17 And the ( i ) house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
( i ) For when he spoke of the house in the first verse, he meant both...
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TSK Synopsis -> 1Ki 6:1-38
TSK Synopsis: 1Ki 6:1-38 - --1 The building of Solomon's temple.5 The chambers thereof.11 God's promise unto it.15 The ceiling and adorning of it.23 The cherubims.31 The doors.36 ...
MHCC: 1Ki 6:1-10 - --The temple is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed and modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave it the beaut...
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MHCC: 1Ki 6:11-14 - --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...
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MHCC: 1Ki 6:15-38 - --See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Isra...
Matthew Henry: 1Ki 6:1-10 - -- Here, I. The temple is called the house of the Lord (1Ki 6:1), because it was, 1. Directed and modelled by him. Infinite Wisdom was the architect,...
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Matthew Henry: 1Ki 6:11-14 - -- Here is, I. The word God sent to Solomon, when he was engaged in building the temple. God let him know that he took notice of what he was doing, th...
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Matthew Henry: 1Ki 6:15-38 - -- Here, I. We have a particular account of the details of the building. 1. The wainscot of the temple. It was of cedar (1Ki 6:15), which was strong an...
Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ki 6:1-10 - --
The Outside of the Building. - 1Ki 6:1. The building of the temple, a fixed and splendid house of Jehovah as the dwelling-place of His name in the m...
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Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ki 6:11-13 - --
Promise of God during the Building of the Temple. - In what way this promise was communicated to Solomon is not more precisely stated. But the expre...
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Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ki 6:14-35 - --
The Internal Arrangements of the Temple-House. - 1Ki 6:14-22. Internal covering of the house, and division into Holy and Most Holy . - 1Ki 6:14 (cf...
Constable: 1Ki 1:1--11:43 - --I. THE REIGN OF SOLOMON chs. 1--11
The Holy Spirit led the writer of Kings to give an interpretation of history,...
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Constable: 1Ki 5:1--8:66 - --C. Solomon's Greatest Contribution chs. 5-8
Solomon's outstanding contribution to the nation of Israel, ...
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Constable: 1Ki 6:1-38 - --2. Temple construction ch. 6
After arrangements for building the temple were in order, construct...
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Constable: 1Ki 6:1-10 - --The outside of the temple 6:1-10
Verse 1 is one of the most important verses in the Old ...
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Constable: 1Ki 6:11-13 - --God's promise to bless Solomon's obedience 6:11-13
Evidently this word from the Lord cam...
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