_BUT SOLOMON WAS BUILDING HIS OWN HOUSE THIRTEEN YEARS, AND HE FINISHED ALL HIS HOUSE._ Solomon was building his own house thirteen years. The time occupied in building his palace was nearly double that spent in the erection of the temple, because neither had there been the same previous preparatio... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE BUILT ALSO THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON; THE LENGTH THEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED CUBITS, AND THE BREADTH THEREOF FIFTY CUBITS, AND THE HEIGHT THEREOF THIRTY CUBITS, UPON FOUR ROWS OF CEDAR PILLARS, WITH CEDAR BEAMS UPON THE PILLARS._ He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon. It is scarc... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT WAS COVERED WITH CEDAR ABOVE UPON THE BEAMS, THAT LAY ON FORTY FIVE PILLARS, FIFTEEN IN A ROW._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THESE WERE OF COSTLY STONES, ACCORDING TO THE MEASURES OF HEWED STONES, SAWED WITH SAWS, WITHIN AND WITHOUT, EVEN FROM THE FOUNDATION UNTO THE COPING, AND SO ON THE OUTSIDE TOWARD THE GREAT COURT._ Sawed with saws. Some have averred that saws for cutting stones were not invented earlier than t... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 exactly with the dimensions given, are found in Jerusalem at this day. Not only the walls from the f... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABOVE WERE COSTLY STONES, AFTER THE MEASURES OF HEWED STONES, AND CEDARS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE GREAT COURT ROUND ABOUT WAS WITH THREE ROWS OF HEWED STONES, AND A ROW OF CEDAR BEAMS, BOTH FOR THE INNER COURT OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND FOR THE PORCH OF THE HOUSE._ For the inner court of the house of the Lord - should be, as in the inner court of the house of the Lord. The meaning i... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING SOLOMON SENT AND FETCHED HIRAM OUT OF TYRE._ Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. The Tyrians and other inhabitants of the Phoenician coast were the most renowned artists and workers in metal in the ancient world. Here is a specimen of the Semitic style of narration. The historian... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE WAS A WIDOW'S SON OF THE TRIBE OF NAPHTALI, AND HIS FATHER WAS A MAN OF TYRE, A WORKER IN BRASS: AND HE WAS FILLED WITH WISDOM, AND UNDERSTANDING, AND CUNNING TO WORK ALL WORKS IN BRASS. AND HE CAME TO KING SOLOMON, AND WROUGHT ALL HIS WORK._ He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali. In 2... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR HE CAST TWO PILLARS OF BRASS, OF EIGHTEEN CUBITS HIGH APIECE: AND A LINE OF TWELVE CUBITS DID COMPASS EITHER OF THEM ABOUT._ Two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high. They were made of the brass (bronze) which was taken from the king of Zobah (1 Chronicles 18:8). In 2 Chronicles 3:15 they... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE TWO CHAPITERS OF MOLTEN BRASS, TO SET UPON THE TOPS OF THE PILLARS: THE HEIGHT OF THE ONE CHAPITER WAS FIVE CUBITS, AND THE HEIGHT OF THE OTHER CHAPITER WAS FIVE CUBITS:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NETS OF CHECKER WORK, AND WREATHS OF CHAIN WORK, FOR THE CHAPITERS WHICH WERE UPON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS; SEVEN FOR THE ONE CHAPITER, AND SEVEN FOR THE OTHER CHAPITER._ Nets of checker-work - i:e., branch-work, resembling the branches of palm trees, and wreaths of chain-work; i.e., plaited in... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE THE PILLARS, AND TWO ROWS ROUND ABOUT UPON THE ONE NETWORK, TO COVER THE CHAPITERS THAT WERE UPON THE TOP, WITH POMEGRANATES: AND SO DID HE FOR THE OTHER CHAPITER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHAPITERS THAT WERE UPON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS WERE OF LILY WORK IN THE PORCH, FOUR CUBITS._ Lily-work - representing the lotus leaf and flower; beautiful ornaments, resembling the stalks, leaves, and blossoms of lilies, of large dimensions, as suited to the height of their position. They... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHAPITERS UPON THE TWO PILLARS HAD POMEGRANATES ALSO ABOVE, OVER AGAINST THE BELLY WHICH WAS BY THE NETWORK: AND THE POMEGRANATES WERE TWO HUNDRED IN ROWS ROUND ABOUT UPON THE OTHER CHAPITER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SET UP THE PILLARS IN THE PORCH OF THE TEMPLE: AND HE SET UP THE RIGHT PILLAR, AND CALLED THE NAME THEREOF JACHIN: AND HE SET UP THE LEFT PILLAR, AND CALLED THE NAME THEREOF BOAZ._ Jachin: and ... Boaz, х_ YAAKIYN_ (H3199), whom God makes firm (Gesenius) - 'the firm' (Movers); _ BO`AZ _ (H1... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND UPON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS WAS LILY WORK: SO WAS THE WORK OF THE PILLARS FINISHED._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE A MOLTEN SEA, TEN CUBITS FROM THE ONE BRIM TO THE OTHER: IT WAS ROUND ALL ABOUT, AND HIS HEIGHT WAS FIVE CUBITS: AND A LINE OF THIRTY CUBITS DID COMPASS IT ROUND ABOUT._ He made a molten sea. In the tabernacle was no such vessel; the laver served the double purpose of washing the hands... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND UNDER THE BRIM OF IT ROUND ABOUT THERE WERE KNOPS COMPASSING IT, TEN IN A CUBIT, COMPASSING THE SEA ROUND ABOUT: THE KNOPS WERE CAST IN TWO ROWS, WHEN IT WAS CAST._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE TEN BASES OF BRASS; FOUR CUBITS WAS THE LENGTH OF ONE BASE, AND FOUR CUBITS THE BREADTH THEREOF, AND THREE CUBITS THE HEIGHT OF IT._ He made ten bases of brass - (see the notes at Exodus 30:18, where the tabernacle is said to have had only one layer.) These were trucks, or four-wheeled... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WORK OF THE BASES WAS ON THIS MANNER: THEY HAD BORDERS, AND THE BORDERS WERE BETWEEN THE LEDGES:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE PUT FIVE BASES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, AND FIVE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE: AND HE SET THE SEA ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE EASTWARD OVER AGAINST THE SOUTH._ He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. - i:e., eastward; in a southeasterly dire... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIRAM MADE THE LAVERS, AND THE SHOVELS, AND THE BASONS. SO HIRAM MADE AN END OF DOING ALL THE WORK THAT HE MADE KING SOLOMON FOR THE HOUSE OF THE LORD:_ And Hiram made. These verses contain a general enumeration of Hiram's works, as well those already mentioned as other minor things. The Tyria... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE TWO PILLARS, AND THE TWO BOWLS OF THE CHAPITERS THAT WERE ON THE TOP OF THE TWO PILLARS; AND THE TWO NETWORKS, TO COVER THE TWO BOWLS OF THE CHAPITERS WHICH WERE UPON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE PLAIN OF JORDAN DID THE KING CAST THEM, IN THE CLAY GROUND BETWEEN SUCCOTH AND ZARTHAN._ In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them. Zarthan, or Zaretan (Joshua 3:16), or Zartanah (1 Kings 4:12), or Zeredathah (2 Chronicles 4:17), was on the bank of the Jordan, in the territories of West... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON LEFT ALL THE VESSELS UNWEIGHED, BECAUSE THEY WERE EXCEEDING MANY: NEITHER WAS THE WEIGHT OF THE BRASS FOUND OUT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOLOMON MADE ALL THE VESSELS THAT PERTAINED UNTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: THE ALTAR OF GOLD, AND THE_ _ AND SOLOMON MADE ALL THE VESSELS THAT PERTAINED UNTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: THE ALTAR OF GOLD, AND THE TABLE OF GOLD, WHEREUPON THE SHEWBREAD WAS,_ The alter of gold - i:e., the altar of incen... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CANDLESTICKS OF PURE GOLD, FIVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND FIVE ON THE LEFT, BEFORE THE ORACLE, WITH THE FLOWERS, AND THE LAMPS, AND THE TONGS OF GOLD,_ Candlesticks of pure gold - made, probably, according to the model of that in the tabernacle, which, along with the other articles of furnitu... [ Continue Reading ]