1 Kings 7:28
stands ..... frames <04350 04526> [bases was on.]
It seems evident that these bases or pedestals rose with steps, and that the ornaments mentioned in the next verse appeared in front, forming so many entablatures. But the description of these bases is very difficult to comprehend: many of the original words are seldom, if at all, used elsewhere; and it would be impossible to give an explanation of each particular, without a labour and prolixity disproportioned to its importance to us.
1 Kings 7:35-36
engraved ... cherubs <03742 06605> [graved cherubims.]
wherever there was room <04626> [proportion. Heb. nakedness.]
1 Kings 7:7
room .... Hall <0197> [a porch.]
throne <03678> [for the throne.]
Judgment <04941> [of judgment.]
floor <07172> [from one side of the floor to the other. Heb. from floor to floor.]
1 Kings 6:15
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.]
1 Kings 7:29
lions ....... lions <0738> [lions.]
cherubs <03742> [cherubims.]
decorative <03914> [certain additions.]
1 Kings 7:32
stand <04350> [joined to the base. Heb. in the base.]
1 Kings 6:9
building <01129> [he built.]
rafters ... boards <01356 07713 0730> [with beams and boards of cedar. or, the vault beams and the ceilings with cedar.]
1 Kings 6:34
wood ... evergreens <06086 01265> [fir tree.]
two ........... two ... leaves <08147 06763 07050> [the two leaves.]
1 Kings 7:3
beams <06763> [beams. Heb. ribs.]
1 Kings 7:31
1 Kings 6:18
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.]
1 Kings 7:24
ornaments ......... ornaments <06497> [knops.]
round ... arranged in settings ................. Sea <05437 05362 03220> [compassing the sea.]
1 Kings 6:16
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.
