George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Kings 6:17
Itself. Where the priests were stationed. This part was double the length, but of the same breadth, as the most holy place. (Haydock)
Itself. Where the priests were stationed. This part was double the length, but of the same breadth, as the most holy place. (Haydock)
CHAPTER 6THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE _ 1. The date of the beginning of the building (1 Kings 6:1)_ 2. The house, the porches and side chambers (1 Kings 6:2) 3. The divine charge (1 Kings 6:11) 4...
DESCRIPTION OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. The Temple area is on the eastern hill of Jerusalem, which overlooks the valley of the Kidron, with the Mount of Olives on the opposite side. It was probably not the Z...
_And the house_ Here signifying the holy place, which was in front of the oracle. The word which in this verse is rendered -before it" is an adjective, and this form is found only here. It qualifies t...
D. THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE 6:15-35 1 Kings 6:15 resumes the description of the building of the Temple which was interrupted in 1 Kings 6:11-14 by the account of the divine communication which came t...
_AND THE HOUSE, THAT IS, THE TEMPLE BEFORE IT, WAS FORTY CUBITS LONG._ The house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long - from east to west; i:e., from the porch to the oracle....
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE In shape the Temple was a rectangular hall 60 x 20 x 30 cubits (a cubit being about 18 inches). On its E. face it had a porch (forming an entrance) which extended across...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE *TEMPLE Solomon acted as the *temple’s architect. But the plans were not his own. He used the plans that David...
וְ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים בָּ † אַמָּ֖ה הָיָ֣ה הַ...
1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
THE ORACLE IN THE MIDST 1 Kings 6:14 In the Temple the general design of the Tabernacle was perpetuated by the division between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, but there were several addition...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
This chapter is full of interest, as it gives a somewhat detailed description of the structure of the Temple. In all essentials its actual central building was on the pattern of the Tabernacle. It was...
And the (i) house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long]. (i) For when he spoke of the house in the first verse, he meant both the oracle and the temple....
(15) В¶ And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor o...
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...
The house may be looked at in two ways-as a type of the Father's house, and as in fact the habitation of God on the earth when Jesus reigns. In the latter aspect I only look for the grand thoughts and...
AND THE HOUSE, THAT [IS], THE TEMPLE BEFORE IT,.... The holy place, which was before the of holies: WAS FORTY CUBITS [LONG]; and which, with the most holy place, being twenty cubits, as in the preced...
And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long]. Ver. 17. _The temple._] That is, The holy place; whither none but the priests might come....
_The temple before it_ The part of the house which was before the most holy place. In the Hebrew the words are, _before my face_, that is, before the place where the divine glory appeared. _Was forty...
1 The building of Solomons Temple. 5 The chambers thereof. 11 Gods promise vnto it. 15 The sieling and adorning of it: 23 The Cherubims. 31 The doores. 36 The court. 37 The time of building it....
And the house, that is, the temple before it, the Holy Place, WAS FORTY CUBITS LONG....
The Ornamentation of the Temple...
THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (vs.1-38) The date of the beginning of the temple is given specifically in verse 1 as the 480th year after Israel had left Egypt, which was the 4th year of Solomon's reign,...
15-38 See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confide...
THE HOUSE, i.e. the holy place. _That is, the temple_: this is added to restrain the signification of the word _house_, which otherwise notes the whole building. BEFORE IT, i.e. before the oracle. Or,...
1 Kings 6:17 front H3942 temple H1004 sanctuary H1964 forty H705 cubits H520...
CONTENTS: Work on the temple begun. Dimensions and materials. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We should not mistake noise and notoriety for spiritual progress (1 Kings 6:7). Quietness and orde...
1 Kings 6:1. _In the four hundred and eightieth year._ The Hebrew, the Chaldaic, and most of the Greek versions read as the English; yet some difficulties occur. _Vide Poli in locum._ The following su...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 6:1 With preparation for the temple complete, the text describes the building and its furnishings. This is interrupted in 1 Kings 7:1 by a description of the building of Solomo...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 6:14 SOLOMON BUILT THE HOUSE AND FINISHED IT. The repetition of v. 1 Kings 6:9 in v....
THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 6:1. BEGAN TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD—The chronological year is carefully noted, and no criticism supplies reason for cha...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.—The preparations for the building of the Temple having been related in the preceding chapter, the historian now proceeds to describe the edifice. He begins his narrative...
So in chapter six he began to build the temple. In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, and in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, in t...
House — That is, the holy place. Temple — This is added, to restrain the signification of the word house, which otherwise notes the whole building. It — The oracle....