"And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits."
        
    
            
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                        See the 1 Kings 5:17 note.... 
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                        CHAPTER 7 THE HOUSE OF SOLOMON AND PHARAOH'S DAUGHTERTHE FURNISHINGS
OF THE TEMPLE
_ 1. The house of the forest of Lebanon (1 Kings 7:1)_
2. The royal palace and the house of Pharaoh's daughter (1 K... 
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                        1 KINGS 7. SOLOMON'S PALACE (1 KINGS 1-12). THE TEMPLE IMPLEMENTS
(1KINGS 13- 51). Twenty years (_cf._ 1 Kings 9:10 with 1 Kings 7:1)
was Solomon engaged in building. After completing the Temple he bu... 
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                        _And the foundation_ Even that work which was to be buried out of
sight was of the same quality.
_ten cubits … eight cubits_ Probably we have here the greatest
dimension, the length. We are left to i... 
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                        I. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PALACE COMPLEX 7:1-12
TRANSLATION
(1) Now his own house, Solomon was thirteen years in the process of
building; and he finished all his house. (2) And he built the house of... 
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                        _AND THE FOUNDATION WAS OF COSTLY STONES, EVEN GREAT STONES, STONES OF
TEN CUBITS, AND STONES OF EIGHT CUBITS._
 The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones. Enormous
stones, corresponding... 
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                        SOLOMON'S PALACE
This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an
account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple.... 
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                        GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 7
SOLOMON’S PALACES
V1 Solomon took 13 years to build his palace.
V2 The first great hall that he made was called the ‘Hall of the
Fores... 
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                        (8-11) The residence of the king, and the separate palace for the
queen, distinct from the apartments of the inferior wives and
concubines, are not described; except that they lay “within the
porch,”... 
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                        וּ מְיֻסָּ֕ד אֲבָנִ֥ים יְקָרֹ֖ות
אֲבָנִ֣ים גְּדֹלֹ֑ות אַבְנֵי֙
עֶ֣שֶׂר אַמֹּ֔ות וְ אַבְנֵ֖י
שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה אַמֹּֽות׃... 
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                        1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1
 THE TEMPLE
1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1
"And his next son, for wealth and wisdom famed, The clouded Ark of
God, till then in tents Wandering, shall in a glorious... 
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                        OTHER SPLENDID STRUCTURES
1 Kings 7:1
Solomon's house took nearly twice as long to build as did the Temple,
because there was not the same urgency for it. His house and that for
the queen were proba... 
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                        Taking advantage of the treaty with Hiram, Solomon also built a house
for himself, the house of the forest of Lebanon, a description of
which is given in the commencement of this chapter.
It is surel... 
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                        (6) And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty
cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was
before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before
them... 
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                        The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the
priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and
dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people
desi... 
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                        It is rather, to my mind, the house of Solomon that prefigures the
church, as such, in connection with Christ; the temple, the Father's
house on high, where we are brought to dwell. "We are his house... 
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                        AND THE FOUNDATION WAS OF COSTLY STONES, EVEN GREAT STONES,.... Of a
great price, and very large:
STONES OF TEN CUBITS, AND STONES OF EIGHT CUBITS some of one measure,
and some of another; not so man... 
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                        And the foundation [was of] costly stones, even great stones, stones
of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Ver. 10. _And the foundatlon was of costly stones._] Heb., Precious;
yet not of emerald... 
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                        _The foundation was of costly stones_ By _costly stones_, mentioned
here, and in the foregoing and following verses, are not meant
_precious stones_, but stones that, being larger, firmer, and better... 
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                        1 The building of Solomons house.
2 Of the house of Lebanon.
6 Of the porch of pillars.
7 Of the porch of Iudgement.
8 Of the house for Pharaohs daughter.
13 Hirams worke of the two pillars.
23... 
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                        Solomon's Palace... 
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                        THREE MORE HOUSES
(vs.1-12)
Only one verse speaks of Solomon's own house, which took 13 years to
build. However, the order of that house is seen in chapter 10:4-5.
This is typical of the Church of G... 
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                        1-12 All Solomon's buildings, though beautiful, were intended for use.
Solomon began with the temple; he built for God first, and then his
other buildings. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity... 
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                        STONES OF TEN CUBITS; not square, which would have been both
unnecessary, and unportable, and unmanageable; but of solid measure,
by which stones and timber are usually measured; and so they were only... 
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                        1 Kings 7:10 foundation H3245 (H8794) costly H3368 stones H68 large
H1419 stones H68 some H68 ten H6235 cubits H520 some H68 eight H8083
cubits H520
the foundation - Isaiah 28:16, Isaiah 54:11;... 
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                        THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON'S OWN PALACE (1 KINGS 7:1).
The building of Solomon's palace complex comes between the description
of the building of the Temple and the further details of the
completion of th... 
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                        CONTENTS: Work on the temple and Solomon's house.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram.
CONCLUSION: God who is best should be served and honored with our
best.
KEY WORD: Work ended, 1 Kings 7:51.
STRON... 
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                        1 Kings 7:1. _Solomon was thirteen years_ in building his own palace
in Jerusalem, because fewer workmen were employed, many of whom were
still engaged on the exterior parts of the temple.
1 Kings 7:... 
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                        _Solomon was building his own house thirteen years._
BUILDING GOD’S HOUSE AND ONE’S OWN
A very curious thing this, that whilst Solomon was building the temple
of God he was also building his own hous... 
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                        1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 7:6 THE HALL OF PILLARS was almost as large
as the temple. There was a throne hall, also called THE HALL OF
JUDGMENT. Two palaces were built, one for Solomon and one for his
Eg... 
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                        THE SPLENDOUR OF SOLOMON’S BUILDINGS
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 7:1. SOLOMON WAS BUILDING HIS OWN HOUSE THIRTEEN
YEARS—Because no previous building preparations had been made for
the p... 
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                        EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S PALACES AND THE PREPARATION OF THE TEMPLE VESSELS.—The
first twelve verses of this chapter constitute a break in the long
account of the Temple, its furniture and its consecratio... 
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                        But Solomon was building his own house for thirteen years, and he
finished all of his house (1 Kings 7:1).
So it shows where his priorities began to turn. Seven years building
the house of God, then t... 
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                        1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 3:11; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 54:11;
Revelation 21:19; Revelation 21:20...