1Ki 7:44-51 - Commentary

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Text -- 1 Kings 7:44-51 (NET)

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7:44 the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath, 7:45 and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord’s temple were made from polished bronze. 7:46 The king had them cast in earth foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan. 7:47 Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze. 7:48 Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence, 7:49 the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary (five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs, 7:50 the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple. 7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

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Names, People and Places:

· David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

· Hiram son of Bela son of Benjamin,king of Tyre in David and Solomon's time,son of a man of Tyre and a woman of Naphtali

· Jordan the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)

· Solomon the tenth son of David; the father of Rehoboam; an ancestor of Jesus; the third king of Israel.,son of David and Bath-Sheba; successor of King David

· Succoth a place where the Israelites camped as they left Egypt,a town of Gad in the Jordan Valley opposite Shechem

· Zarethan a town of Gad on the Jordan east bank about 7 km south of Succoth,a town of Ephraim 19 km NW of Bethel & 17 km ESE of Aphek

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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:44 Heb “underneath ‘The Sea.’”

NET Notes: 1Ki 7:45 Heb “which Hiram made for King Solomon [for] the house of the Lord.”

NET Notes: 1Ki 7:46 Or perhaps, “molds.”

NET Notes: 1Ki 7:47 Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”

NET Notes: 1Ki 7:48 This bread was viewed as a perpetual offering to God and was regarded as holy. See Lev 24:5-9.

NET Notes: 1Ki 7:51 Heb “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

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