Commentary Critical and Explanatory
1 Kings 7:11
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
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...
_And above_ i.e. The courses which lay upon the foundations. _after the measures of hewed stones_ Render (as in 9) HEWN STONE ACCORDING TO MEASURE. _and cedars_ The noun is singular. It refers not t...
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...
SOLOMON'S PALACE This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple....
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...
(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,”...
וּ מִ לְ מַ֗עְלָה אֲבָנִ֧ים יְקָרֹ֛ות כְּ
1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
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 surely...
And (g) above [were] costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. (g) From the foundation upward....
(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...
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...
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...
AND ABOVE WERE COSTLY STONES,.... Above the foundation, from thence to the top of the buildings; the whole walls were made of such right up to the ceiling: AFTER THE MEASURE OF HEWED STONES; which, a...
And above [were] costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. Ver. 11. _And above were costly stones._] Above ground, as well as under....
_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...
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...
And above, where the wall was visible, WERE COSTLY STONES, AFTER THE MEASURES OF HEWED STONES, AND CEDARS....
Solomon's Palace...
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 Go...
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...
ABOVE, i.e. in the roof or upper part; for this is opposed to the _foundation. Costly stones and cedars_, intermixed here the one, and there the other....
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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...
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...
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 7:2...
_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...
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...
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 pa...
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 consecration...
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...
1 Peter 2:5; Ephesians 2:20...
Above — That is, in the upper part; for this is opposed to the foundation. Stones and cedars — Intermixed the one, and the other....