1 Kings 11:39
humiliate <06031> [afflict.]
forever <03117> [not for ever.]
1 Kings 11:2
came ............... establish friendly relations <0935> [Ye shall not go in.]
surely <0403> [surely.]
Solomon <08010> [Solomon.]
1 Kings 7:15-16
fashioned <06696> [cast. Heb. fashioned. two pillars.]
27 feet .... 18 feet <0520 08083> [eighteen cubits.]
That is, nearly thirty feet, English measure. But in the parallel place in Chronicles, these pillars are said to thirty-five cubits high. Tremellius reconciles this difference by observing, that the common cubit was but one-half of the cubit of the sanctuary; so that eighteen of the one would make thirty-six of the other; from which, if we deduct one cubit for the base, there will remain thirty-five. Notwithstanding the names of these pillars, they seem to have supported no part of the building, and appear to have been formed for ornament; and were no doubt also emblematical. The right pillar was called {Jachin,} which signifies, "He will establish;" while that on the left was named {Boaz,} "In it is strength." Some think they were intended for memorials of the pillars and cloud of fire, which led Israel through the wilderness; but Henry supposes them designed for memorandums to the priests and others that came to worship at God's door. 1st. To depend upon God only, and not upon any sufficiency of their own, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. 2nd. It was a memorandum to them of the strength and establishment of the temple of God among them. When the temple was destroyed, particular notice is taken of the breaking up and carrying away of these brazen pillars, 2 Ki 25:13, 17, which had been the tokens of its establishment, and would have been still so, if they had not forsaken God.
1 Kings 7:1
thirteen years <07969 08141> [thirteen years.]
1 Kings 17:13-14
afraid Go <03372 0935> [Fear not.]
do ................... make <08033 06213> [make me thereof.]
first <07223> [first.]
says <0559> [thus saith.]
jar ... flour <03537 07058> [The barrel of meal.]
makes <05414> [sendeth. Heb. giveth.]
Psalms 89:33-37
loyal love <02617> [Nevertheless.]
remove <06331> [not utterly take. Heb. not make void.]
unfaithful <08266> [fail. Heb. lie.]
covenant <01285> [covenant.]
go back <08138> [nor.]
Once <0259> [Once.]
deceive <03576> [that I will not lie. Heb. If I lie.]
dynasty <02233> [seed.]
throne <03678> [and.]
remain <03559> [It shall.]
That is, as long as the sun and moon shall endure, as long as time shall last, his kingdom shall continue among men. The moon is probably termed a faithful witness, because by her, particularly, time is measured. Her decrease and increase are especially observed by every nation; and by these time is generally estimated, especially among eastern nations:--So many moons is a man old--so many moons since such an event happened; and even their years are reckoned by lunations. Or, the rainbow may be intended; that faithful sign which God has established in the clouds, that the earth shall no more be destroyed by water.
stable <05769> [ever.]
endure <0539> [and as.]
