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 were the characteristic ornaments of Egyptian architecture, and probably borrowed thence by Solomon.
There is a cornice of (so-called) lilywork at Persepolis, consisting of three ranges of broadish rounded leaves, one over the other. Lilies are also represented with much spirit on a bas-relief from K...
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 the chapiters that_were _upon the top of the pillars_ This verse refers to the four cubits of lily work, which was higher than the bellying portion of the capital, and formed the topmost part of...
Hiram a Tyrian worker in brass casts the pillars Jachin and Boaz (2 Chronicles 2:4; 2 Chronicles 3:15-17) 13. _sent and fet_ -Fet" is the old English past tense of the verb -fetch," and occurs several...
B. THE BRONZE PILLARS 7:15-22 TRANSLATION (15) And he formed the two bronze pillars, eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar and the circumference of the second pillar was twelve cubits. (16) An...
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...
(15-22) With regard to the two pillars, _Jachin_ (“He shall establish”) and _Boaz_ (“In it is strength”), the text gives no account of their destination, except that they were set up in the porch of t...
(13-50) The exceedingly graphic and elaborate description of the work of Hiram on the vessels and furniture of the Temple, and on the great pillars, bears on the very face of it the most evident marks...
וְ כֹֽתָרֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל ־רֹ֣אשׁ הָ עַמּוּדִ֔
1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
THE IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 7:13; 1 Kings 8:12 "The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father But the hour cometh, and now is, whe...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
PILLARS OF SECURITY AND STRENGTH 1 Kings 7:13 Hiram, the artificer, was remarkably gifted. From his father he had inherited all the genius of Tyre, while on his mother's side he was of the tribe of N...
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 the chapiters that [were] upon the top of the pillars [were] of (k) lily work in the porch, four cubits. (k) As was seen commonly wrought in costly porches....
Of lily-work, seems also transposed. Calmet would translate, Hebrew, "and he made pomegranates, two rows round each net, to cover the chapiter, which was at the top of the pillar, and in, &c., (19) an...
(15) For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. (16) And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the top...
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 THE CHAPITERS THAT WERE UPON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS WERE OF LILY WORK IN THE PORCH,.... Or such as was in the porch of the temple; the work was like that wrought in the form of the flower of lilie...
And the chapiters that [were] upon the top of the pillars [were] of lily work in the porch, four cubits. Ver. 19. _Were of lily work._] As also of other flowers, leaves, and fruits, _implexu coronari...
_Nets of checker-work, &c., for the chapiters_ Which chapiters those nets and wreaths encompassed, either covering, and, as it were, receiving and holding the pomegranates, or being mixed with them. _...
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 the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, they had the form of a full-blown lily-cup, FOUR CUBITS....
The Metal Appointment Of The Temple...
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...
13-47 The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises...
OF LILY WORK; made like the leaves of lilies, or such flowers. IN THE PORCH; or, _as in the porch_, i.e. such work as there was in the porch of the temple, in which these pillars were set, 1 KINGS 7:2...
1 Kings 7:19 capitals H3805 top H7218 pillars H5982 hall H197 shape H4639 lilies H7799 four H702 cubits H520...
THE FURNISHING AND EMBELLISHMENT OF THE TEMPLE (1 KINGS 7:13). The passage is divided into two parts. The first part emphasises that what is described was the work of Hiram, a skilled metalworker and...
HIRAM FASHIONS THE TWO PILLARS OF BRONZE, YAKIN AND BOAZ (1 KINGS 7:15). In front of the Temple were to be placed two pillars, which, going by clay models of temples which have been discovered in Pale...
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...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 7:15 TWO PILLARS OF BRONZE. Two massive pillars, called JACHIN and BOAZ, were positioned at the temple entrance. Along with their...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 7:13. FETCHED HIRAM OUT OF TYRE—He seems to have been eminent among the artists in metals for which Tyre and Phœnicia were then renowned. This man (of like nam...
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 Kings 6:18; 1 Kings 6:32; 1 Kings 7:22...
Lilly work — Made like the leaves of lillies. In the porch — Or, as in the porch; such work as there was in the porch of the temple, in which these pillars were set, 1 Kings 7:21, that so the work of...