1 Kings 15:1
1 Kings 6:1-38
four <0702> [A.M. 2993. B.C. 1011. An. Ex. Is. 480. And it came.]
month Ziv .... month <02320 02099> [in the month Zif.]
building <01129> [began. Heb. built.]
building <01129> [build.]
temple <01004> [the house.]
long <0753> [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.
90 feet <08346> [threescore.]
framed windows <02474 0331 08261> [windows of narrow lights. or, windows broad within, and narrow without; or, skewed and closed.]
.# 4 So 2:9 Eze 40:16 41:26
walls <07023> [against. or, upon, or joining to. built.]
extension ................ side <03326 06763> [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.
holy place <01687> [oracle.]
extension ................ side <03326 06763> [chambers. Heb. ribs.]
ledges <04052> [narrowed rests. or, narrowings, or rebatements.]
built ... stones ....... used ...................... built <068 01129> [built of stone.]
hammers <04717> [neither hammer.]
side <03802> [side. Heb. shoulder. went up.]
building <01129> [he built.]
rafters ... boards <01356 07713 0730> [with beams and boards of cedar. or, the vault beams and the ceilings with cedar.]
<03212> [if thou wilt.]
fulfill <06965> [then will I perform.]
live <07931> [I will dwell.]
abandon <05800> [will not forsake.]
[A.M. 2993-3000. B.C. 1011-1004.]
constructed <01129> [he built.]
That is, he lined or wainscoted the walls with cedar, the floor being covered with planks of fir: the marginal reading in this verse is preferable, as it removes every difficulty and obscurity.
walls inside ... temple ............. floor .... temple .... rafters ........ temple floor <07023 01004 07172> [both the floor of the house, and the walls. or, from the floor of the house, unto the walls, etc. and so ver.]
built ............ temple ................. paneled <01129 01004> [built them.]
inner sanctuary <01687> [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.
carvings ... round ornaments <06497> [knops. or, gourds.]
{Peka‹m,} "artificial knops," in the shape of {colocynths,} or wild gourds, as the word denotes. (See note on 2 Ki 4:39;) the full-blown flowers of which must have been very ornamental.
flowers <06731 06362> [open flowers. or, openings of flowers.]
inner sanctuary <01687> [the oracle.]
placed <05414> [to set.]
30 feet ... 30 feet .... 30 feet <0520 06242> [twenty cubits.]
<05462> [pure. Heb. shut up. the altar.]
plated .................... plated <06823> [overlaid.]
chains <07572> [by the chains.]
temple <01004> [the whole house.]
It is impossible to calculate this expense, or the quantity of gold employed in this sacred building; but both must have been immense.
altar <04196> [also.]
altar <04196> [the whole altar.]
This was the altar of incense without the vail, in the holy place, which was twice the length of the most holy place.
two cherubs <08147 03742> [two cherubims.]
These were distinct from, and much larger than those which covered the mercy-seat.
olive wood <06086 08081> [olive tree. or, oily trees. Heb. trees of oil.]
cherubs .......... wings ... spread out ...... cherub's wings .......... cherub's wings .......... wing ....... wing <03742 03671 06566> [they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims. or, the cherubims stretched forth their wings.]
carved <04734 06603> [carved figures.]
palm trees <08561> [palm trees.]
{Tamar,} in Ethiopic, {tamart,} the palm tree, is so called, says Parkhurst, from its straight, upright growth, for which it seems more remarkable than any other tree; and it sometimes rises to the height of more than 100 feet. The trunk is remarkably straight and lofty; and it is crowned at the top with a large tuft of spiring leaves, about four feet long, which never fall off, but always continue in the same flourishing verdure. The stalks are generally full of rugged knots, which are vestiges of decayed leaves: for the trunk of the tree is not solid, but its centre is filled with pith, round which is a tough bark full of strong fibres when young, which, as the tree becomes old, hardens and becomes ligneous. To this bark the leaves are closely joined, which, as the tree becomes old, hardens and becomes ligneous. To this bark the leaves are closely joined, which in the centre rise erect, but after they are advanced above the vagina which surrounds them, they expand very wide on every side of the stem, and as the older leaves decay, the stalk advances in height. The leaves, when the tree has grown to a size for bearing fruit, are six or eight feet long, and very broad when expanded. The fruit, called the date, grows below the leaves in clusters.
[open flowers. Heb. openings of flowers.]
doors <01817> [doors.]
five-sided <02549> [a fifth part. or, five square.]
two doors <01817 08147> [two doors. or, leaves of the doors. open flowers. Heb. openings of flowers.]
four-sided <07243> [a fourth part. or, four square.]
wood ... evergreens <06086 01265> [fir tree.]
two ........... two ... leaves <08147 06763 07050> [the two leaves.]
inner <06442> [the inner.]
Among chronologists there is a great diversity of opinion respecting the time of the building of the temple. The Septuagint has 440 years; Glycas, 330; Josephus and Moeslinus, 592; Melchius Canus, 590; Sulpicius Severus, 588; Clemens Alexandrinus, 570; Cedrenus, 672; Codomus, 598; Vossius and Capellus, 580; Serarius, 680; Nicholas Abraham, 527; Petavius and Valtherus, 520. After all, that in the common Hebrew text is more likely to the true one, than any of the others.
completed <03615> [finished.]
<01697> [throughout, etc. or, with all the appurtenances thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof. seven years.]
1 Kings 8:1-66
Solomon <08010> [A.M. 3000. B.C. 1004. Solomon.]
This did not take place, according to Abp. Usher, till the year after the temple was finished, because that year was a jubilee. "The 8th day of the 7th month, viz. the 30th of our October, being Friday, was the first of the seven days of dedication; the 10th day, Saturday, November 1, the fast of expiation or atonement was held; whereon, according to the Levitical law, the jubilee was proclaimed by sound of trumpet. The 15th day, Friday, was the feast of tabernacles, which was always very solemnly kept; and the day following, Nov. 14, being our Saturday, when the Sabbath was ended, the people returned home."
convened <06950> [assembled.]
families <01 05387> [chief of the fathers. Heb. princes.]
transferal <05927> [that they might bring.]
city <05892> [out of the city.]
festival <02282> [at the feast.]
priests lifted <05375 03548> [the priests took up.]
Levites ......... tent ........... tent <0168 03881> [and the.]
tent ........... tent <0168> [tabernacle.]
sacrificed ... sheep <02076 06629> [sacrificing sheep.]
priests <03548> [And the priests.]
place <04725> [his place.]
wings <03671> [under the wings.]
poles .... long <0905 0748> [drew out the staves.]
ends <07218> [ends. Heb. heads. holy place. or, ark, as.]
day <03117> [unto this day.]
ark <0727> [nothing.]
ark <0727> [in the ark.]
placed .... Horeb <03240 02722> [put there at Horeb.]
Lord ............ out <03068 03318> [when. or, where.]
[the cloud.]
glory <03519> [for the glory.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
thick darkness <06205> [the thick.]
truly .... built <01129> [surely built.]
place <04349> [a settled.]
blessing ...... assembly <01288 06951> [blessed all.]
assembly <06951> [all the congregation.]
worthy <01288> [Blessed.]
promised <01696> [which spake.]
<03027> [hath.]
day <03117> [Since.]
chosen ..................... chosen <0977> [I chose.]
live <08034> [my name.]
chosen ..................... chosen David <0977 01732> [I chose David.]
<03282> [Whereas.]
kept <06965> [hath performed.]
Lord ........................ Lord ............. Lord <03068> [as the Lord.]
set <07760> [And I have.]
covenant <01285> [the covenant.]
stood before ... altar <05975 06440 04196> [stood before the altar.]
spread <06566> [spread forth.]
[See on]
Lord God ....... god <03068 0430> [Lord God.]
God ....... god <0430> [no God.]
maintain ....... who obey <08104> [who keepest.]
have ..... promised <01696> [thou spakest.]
keep ........ servant ............................ watch <08104 05650> [keep with thy.]
fail <03772> [There shall not, etc. Heb. There shall not be cut off unto thee a man from my sight.]
[so that. Heb. only if. thy children.]
God <0430> [And now.]
made <01697> [let thy word.]
God <0430> [But will.]
sky .... highest heaven <08064> [the heaven.]
to <06437> [Yet have thou.]
<08085> [hearken.]
watch <05869> [That thine.]
live <08034> [My name.]
place ................ place <04725> [toward this place. or, in this place.]
<06419> [when they shall.]
place ........ place <04725> [toward this place. or, in this place. and hear.]
favorably <05545> [forgive.]
someone <0376> [If any man.]
Solomon here puts seven cases, in all of which the mercy and intervention of God would be indispensably requisite; and he earnestly bespeaks that mercy and intervention, on condition that the people pray towards that holy place, and with a feeling heart make earnest supplication to the throne of mercy.
sinning <02398> [trespass.]
curse <05375 0423> [an oath be laid upon him. Heb. he require an oath of him.]
curse <0423> [the oath.]
Listen ... heaven <08085 08064> [hear thou.]
Condemn <07561> [condemning.]
<06663> [justifying.]
defeated <05062> [smitten down.]
sinned <02398> [because they have.]
back <07725> [turn again.]
pray <06419> [pray.]
temple <01004> [in. or, toward.]
forgive ... sin <02403 05545> [forgive the sin.]
gave <05414> [which thou gavest.]
skies <08064> [heaven.]
prayers <06419> [if they pray.]
renew <03034> [confess.]
turn <07725> [and turn.]
teach <03384> [thou teach.]
right way <01870 02896> [the good way.]
rain ........ given <04306 05414> [give rain.]
land ..... famine ...................... land <07458 0776> [in the land famine.]
cities <08179> [cities. or, jurisdiction.]
pray <08605> [prayer.]
pain <05061> [the plague.]
spread out <06566> [spread forth.]
listen <08085> [Then hear.]
act .... each <0376 05414> [give to every man.]
evaluation .............. evaluate <03045> [for thou.]
obey ..... lifetimes <03372 03117> [fear thee.]
Foreigners <05237> [a stranger.]
come <0935> [cometh out.]
hear <08085> [For they shall.]
great reputation <08034 01419> [great name.]
ability to accomplish mighty deeds <03027 02389> [thy strong hand.]
come <0935> [when he shall.]
[that all the people.]
nations ......... obey ..... people <03372 05971> [fear thee.]
temple <01004> [this house. Heb. thy name is called upon this house.]
direct ........ fight <03318 04421> [go out to battle.]
toward <01870> [whithersoever.]
direct <06419> [shall pray.]
[toward the city. Heb. the way of the city.]
vindicate <04941> [cause. or, right.]
sin ........... sinless <02398> [If they sin.]
The second clause of this verse, as it is here translated, renders this supposition entirely nugatory; for if there be no man that sinneth not, it is useless to say, if they sin: but this objection is removed by rendering the original, "If they shall sin against thee, (for there is no man that, {lo yechetai,} may not sin;") i.e., there is no man impeccable or infallible; none that is not liable to transgress.
one <0120> [there is no man.]
over .............. land <06440 0776> [unto the land.]
repent <07725> [Yet if they.]
land ......... repent ......... land <07725 0776> [bethink themselves. Heb. bring back to their heart. saying.]
admitting <05753> [done perversely.]
return <07725> [And so return.]
direct ...... toward <06419 01870> [pray unto.]
city <05892> [the city.]
listen <08085> [Then hear.]
vindicate <04941> [cause. or, right.]
<05414 07356> [and give them.]
people <05971> [thy people.]
furnace <03564> [the furnace.]
attentive <05869> [That thine.]
prayers <07121> [in all that.]
picked ... out <0914> [separate.]
possession <05159> [thine inheritance.]
announced <01696> [as thou.]
Solomon <08010> [when Solomon.]
where <03766> [kneeling.]
hands <03709> [with his hands.]
blessing <01288> [blessed.]
Lord ... worthy <01288 03068> [Blessed be.]
made ..... secure <04496 05414> [hath given rest.]
unfulfilled <05307> [there.]
unfulfilled <05307> [failed. Heb. fallen.]
<05186> [incline.]
commandments <04687> [his commandments.]
requests ...................... need <01697> [let these my words.]
This and the following verse are a sort of supplement to the prayer; and there is an important addition to this prayer in 2 Ch 6:41, 42, apparently taken from one of the Psalms.
<07138> [nigh.]
arises <03117> [at all times. Heb. the thing of a day in his day.]
requests ...................... need <01697> [as the matter.]
nations <05971> [That all.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
wholehearted <08003> [perfect.]
<02077> [a sacrifice.]
22,000 .... 120,000 <08147 06242> [two and twenty.]
We are not to suppose that all these victims were sacrificed in one day, or on one altar; for this was the whole amount of those that had been offered during the fourteen days which the feast of dedication and the feast of tabernacles lasted; and there appears to have been an altar erected in the middle of the court, which was set apart for that purpose, in consequence of the great altar of burnt offering being not sufficient for the multitude of sacrifices then offered.
dedicated <02596> [dedicated.]
consecrated <06942> [hallow.]
bronze <05178> [the brasen.]
celebrated <06213> [held.]
great <01419> [a great.]
<0935> [from the entering.]
Brook <05158> [the river.]
two ... weeks <07651 03117> [seven days.]
fifteenth day <03117 08066> [the eighth day.]
In the parallel passage of Chronicles this is termed "the three and twentieth day of the seventh month;" that is, the ninth day of the dedication; which Jarchi reconciles by supposing that Solomon gave them leave to return on the eighth day, and many of them did return; and that he dismissed the remainder on the ninth, or twenty-third of the seventh month: See Note on ver. 1.
empower <01288> [blessed. or, thanked.]
happy <08056> [joyful.]
1 Kings 15:1-34
mother <0517> [his mother's.]
Maacah <04601> [Maachah.]
[Michaiah the daughter of Uriel. Abishalom.]
[Absalom.]
sinful <02403> [all the sins.]
wholeheartedly ........ as <03824> [and his heart.]
David's <01732> [for David's.]
dynasty <05414 05216> [give him.]
dynasty <05216> [lamp. or, candle.]
by protecting <05975> [and to establish.]
David <01732> [David.]
involving <01697> [save only.]
war <04421> [there was war.]
Instead of Rehoboam fourteen MSS., the Arabic, and some copies of the Targum, read Abijam. The Syriac has "Abia, the son of Rehoboam;" and the Editio Princeps of the Vulgate has Abia. This is doubtless the true reading, as otherwise it would be an unnecessary repetition of ch. 14:30, and a repetition which interrupts the history of Abijah: (see 2 Ch 13:3, etc.)
rest <03499> [the rest.]
war <04421> [there was war.]
Abijah <038> [A.M. 3049. B.C. 955. Abijam.]
Asa <0609> [Asa.]
grandmother <0517> [A.M. 3049-3090. B.C. 955-914. mother's. that is, grandmother's.]
Asa <0609> [Asa.]
male cultic prostitutes <06945> [the sodomites.]
idols <01544> [all the idols.]
Maacah <04601> [Maachah.]
grandmother <0517> [his mother.]
cut down <03772> [destroyed. Heb. cut off.]
burned <08313> [and burnt.]
Valley <05158> [the brook.]
[Cedron.]
high places <01116> [the high places.]
devoted <08003> [was perfect.]
brought <0935> [he brought.]
holy <06944> [things. Heb. holy.]
Baasha <01201> [A.M. 3074. B.C. 930. Baasha.]
Ramah <07414> [Ramah.]
By building Ramah is here meant fortifying it, in order to prevent all intercourse with the kingdom of Judah, lest his subjects should cleave to the house of David: for Ramah was a city of Benjamin, situated on the confines of both kingdoms, probably on a hill, as the name imports, commanding a narrow defile between the mountains, through which lay the principal road to Jerusalem; so that a fortification being erected here, no communication could be held between the people of Israel and Judah, without Baasha's permission.
prevent <05414> [he might not suffer.]
Asa ............................. He <0609> [Asa.]
Ben Hadad <01130> [Ben-hadad.]
Damascus <01834> [Damascus.]
treaty ....................... treaty <01285> [There is a league.]
treaty ..................... Break ... treaty <01285 06565> [break thy league.]
retreat <05927> [depart. Heb. go up.]
Ijon <05859> [Ijon.]
Probably the same as Hazar-enan, a frontier town to Damascus, (Eze 48:1;) and perhaps the Inna of Coele-Syria, long. 68 degrees and a half, lat. 33 degrees, according to Ptolemy.
Dan <01835> [Dan.]
Abel Beth Maacah <062> [Abel-beth-maachah.]
Kinnereth <03672> [Cinneroth.]
Baasha <01201> [when Baasha.]
Tirzah <08656> [Tirzah.]
ordered <08085> [made a proclamation.]
exemptions <05355> [exempted. Heb. free. Geba.]
[Gaba.]
Mizpah <04709> [Mizpah.]
[Mizpeh.]
rest .... events ............................ Annals <03499 01697> [rest of all.]
a <06256> [in the time.]
buried <06912> [A.M. 3090. B.C. 914. was buried.]
Of his splendid and costly funeral we read in 2 Ch 16:14.
Jehoshaphat <03092> [Jehoshaphat.]
[Josaphat.]
Nadab <05070> [A.M. 3050-3051. B.C. 954-953. Nadab.]
king ..... ruled <04427> [began to reign. Heb. reigned.]
did evil <07451 06213> [he did evil.]
<03212> [walked.]
sin <02403> [in his sin.]
Baasha son ........... Nadab <01121 01201> [Baasha the son.]
conspired <07194> [conspired.]
Gibbethon .................. Gibbethon <01405> [Gibbethon.]
Jeroboam's <07604 03379> [he left not.]
sins <02403> [the sins.]
<03708> [by his provocation.]
recorded <03789> [A.M. 3050-3051. B.C. 954-953. are they not written.]
war <04421> [A.M. 3051-3074. B.C. 953-930. there was war.]
That is, there was a constant spirit of hostility kept up between the two kingdoms, and no doubt frequent skirmishing between the bordering parties; but there was no open war till Baasha king of Israel began to build Ramah, which was, according to 2 Ch 15:19; 16:1, in the thirty-sixth year of Asa; but according to ch. 16:8, 9, his son was killed by Zimri in the twenty-sixth year of Asa, and consequently he could not make war upon him in the thirty-sixth year of his reign. Chronologers endeavour to reconcile this, by saying that the years should be reckoned, not from the beginning of Asa's reign, but from the separation of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. We must either adopt this mode of solution, or admit that there is a mistake in some of the numbers, probably in the parallel places in Chronicles, but which we have no direct means of correcting.
year ..................... twenty-four years <06242 0702 08141> [twenty and four years.]
did evil <07451 06213> [he did evil.]
<03212> [walked.]
1 Kings 1:1-53
old <02204> [old.]
David was probably now about sixty-nine years of age. He was thirty years old when he began to reign, reigned forty, and died in his seventieth year; and the transactions mentioned here are supposed to have taken place about a year before his death. Sixty-nine was not an advanced age; but he had been exhausted with various fatigues, and especially family afflictions, so that he was much older in constitution than in years.
old <0935 03117> [and stricken in years. Heb. and entered into days.]
found <01245> [Let there be sought. Heb. Let them seek. a young virgin.]
Heb. a damsel, a virgin. stand.
nurse ..... sleep <05532 07901> [cherish him. Heb. be a cherisher unto him. lie.]
warm <02552> [get heat.]
looked <01245> [So.]
Abishag <049> [Abishag.]
Shunammite <07767> [Shunammite.]
sexual relations <03045> [knew her not.]
Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]
<04984> [exalted.]
king <04427> [I will.]
king <04427> [be king. Heb. reign. and he.]
corrected <06087> [had not.]
<03117> [at any time. Heb. from his days. very.]
born ... after <03205 0310> [bare him.]
collaborated <01697> [And he conferred. Heb. his words were.]
Joab <03097> [Joab.]
Abiathar <054> [Abiathar.]
supported him <0138 05826 0310> [following Adonijah helped him. Heb. helped after Adonijah.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
Nathan <05416> [Nathan.]
Shimei <08096> [Shimei.]
warriors <01368> [the mighty.]
Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]
The Oriental banquet, in consequence of the intense heat, is often spread upon the verdant turf, beneath the shade of a tree, where the streaming rivulet supplies the company with wholesome water, and excites a gentle breeze to cool their burning temples.
sacrificed <02076> [slew.]
En Rogel <05883> [En-rogel. or, the well Rogel.]
invited <07121> [called.]
Nathan <05416> [Nathan.]
Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]
Haggith's <02294> [Haggith.]
<03289> [let me.]
save <04422> [save.]
life ...... life <05315> [the life.]
Surely <03588> [Assuredly.]
sit <03427> [sit.]
arrive <0935> [I also.]
verify <04390> [confirm. Heb. fill up.]
very old <02204 03966> [very old.]
bowed down on <06915> [bowed.]
king ... king <04428> [And the.]
[What wouldest thou? Heb. What to thee?]
master <0113> [My lord.]
swore <07650> [thou swarest.]
It is not recorded when or upon what occasion David sware to Bathsheba that Solomon should succeed him; but it is supposed, with some degree of probability, that it took place after Absalom's rebellion; and as God himself had settled the succession, he might very properly give her this assurance.
Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]
aware <03045> [thou knowest.]
watching .... see <05869> [the eyes.]
<05046> [that thou.]
At this time the monarchy of Israel was unsettled; no man knew who was to succeed to the crown; and the minds of the people were as unsettled as the succession. It was neither hereditary nor elective: the king, as was anciently the case in most countries, named his successor; but in this instance, God had already assigned the throne to Solomon.
<07901> [sleep.]
son <01121> [that I.]
That is, when Adonijah is established on the throne, I and my son Solomon shall be put to death as state criminals. The history of the world demonstrates, that the lust of dominion has tempted men to commit the most enormous crimes. A father has destroyed his son, a son deposed a father, and a brother murdered a brother, in order to obtain a crown!
criminals <02400> [offenders. Heb. sinners.]
bowed <07812> [he bowed.]
said ........ announce <0559> [hast thou.]
king <04427> [reign.]
sacrificed <02076> [slain.]
king's .......................... live King Adonijah <02421 04428 0138> [God save king Adonijah. Heb. Let king Adonijah live.]
informing <03045> [and thou.]
Summon Bathsheba <07121 01339> [Call me.]
She appears to have gone out when Nathan entered; and he retired when she was readmitted.
King .......... before ... king <04428 06440> [into the king's presence. Heb. before the king.]
Lord <03068> [As the.]
rescued <06299> [hath.]
swore <07650> [Even as I sware.]
bowed <07812> [did reverence.]
master <0113> [Let my.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
Take <03947> [Take.]
Solomon <08010> [and cause.]
Maimonides informs us, that it was a capital offence for any one to ride on the king's mule, to sit on his throne, or to handle his sceptre, without permission; and as David ordered Solomon to ride on his own mule, etc., it was ample evidence that he had appointed him his successor.
put <07392> [to ride.]
mule <06506> [mine own mule. Heb. the mule which belongeth to me.]
Gihon <01521> [Gihon.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
blow ... trumpet <08628 07782> [blow ye.]
live <02421> [God.]
sits <03427> [sit.]
decreed <06680> [I have.]
So be it <0543> [Amen.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Lord <03068> [As the.]
greater <01431> [and make.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
<03774> [the Cherethites.]
King David's <01732 04428> [king David's.]
horn <07161> [an horn.]
tent <0168> [out.]
poured <04886> [anointed.]
people <05971> [all the people.]
flutes <02485> [pipes. or, flutes.]
celebrating <08056> [rejoiced.]
ground shake <01234 0776> [the earth rent.]
We use a similar expression in precisely the same sense: "They rent the air with their cries."
finished <03615> [as they.]
sound ............ noisy <06963> [Wherefore.]
city <07151> [the city.]
Jonathan <03129> [Jonathan.]
important <02428> [a valiant.]
No <061> [Verily.]
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Gihon <01521> [Gihon.]
This was a fountain on the west of Jerusalem, (consequently in an opposite direction to En-rogel on the east, where Adonijah was proclaimed king,) of which there were two pools, an upper and a lower. (2Ch 32:30.) There is a large square cistern in the ravine west of the city, mentioned by Dr. Richardson as a little to the south of the Jaffa gate, which Dr. Pococke describes as a basin about 250 paces long and 100 broad. It is commonly called the pool of Bathsheba, but seems to be the lower pool of Gihon. "Nearly a mile to the N.N.W. is the pool of Gihon, which I suppose to be the upper pool. It is a very large basin, and, if I mistake not, is cut down about ten feet into the rock, there being a way down to it by steps. It was almost dry at that time, and seems designed to receive the rain waters which come from the hills about it. There is a canal from the pool to the city, which is uncovered part of the way, and, it is said, goes to the pool in the streets near the holy sepulchre. The fountain of Gihon arose either in the upper pool, or out of the high ground above it."--Travels, book i. ch. 6.
city <07151> [the city.]
sound <06963> [This is.]
congratulate <01288> [bless.]
God <0430> [God.]
leaned <07812> [bowed.]
praise <01288> [Blessed.]
placed <05414> [which.]
allowed <05869> [mine eyes.]
grabbed <02388> [caught.]
hair of his head <08185> [there shall.]
traitor <07451> [wickedness.]
King ............... bowed .... King <07812 04428> [bowed himself.]
