1 KINGS CHAPTER 7 The building of Solomon's house: the house of Lebanon, 1 KINGS 7:1. The porch of pillars, and of judgment: the house of Pharaoh's daughter, 1 KINGS 7:6. Hiram's work of the two pillars of brass, 1 KINGS 7:13. Of the molten, sea, 1 KINGS 7:23. Of the ten bases of brass, 1 KINGS 7:27... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON; a house so called, either, first, Because it was built in the mountain and forest of Lebanon, for his recreation there in summer time. But it is generally and more probably held, that it was in or near Jerusalem, both because there was THE THRONE OF JUDGMENT, 1 KI... [ Continue Reading ]
So in this second story were only three rows of pillars, which was sufficient for the ornament of the second, and for the support of the third story.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHT WAS AGAINST LIGHT; one directly opposite or answering to the other, as is usual in well-contrived buildings. In three ranks; one exactly under another.... [ Continue Reading ]
He speaks either, first, of the same lights mentioned 1 KINGS 7:4, it being the manner of the Hebrews to repeat the same things; or rather, of the smaller windows or lights, which were over the several doors, as the manner of many buildings is.... [ Continue Reading ]
A PORCH OF PILLARS, i.e. supported by divers pillars, for the more magnificent entrance into the house; upon which also it is thought there were other rooms built, as in the house. THE PORCH, now mentioned, which is said to be BEFORE THEM, i.e. before the pillars on which the house of Lebanon stood,... [ Continue Reading ]
HE MADE A PORCH; another porch or distinct room without the house. FOR THE THRONE, described 1 KINGS 10:18. WHERE HE MIGHT JUDGE the people that brought their causes before him. FROM ONE SIDE OF THE FLOOR TO THE OTHER, i.e. the whole floor; or, _from floor to floor_, i.e. from the lower floor on the... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHIN THE PORCH, i.e. between the porch and the house, called therefore the middle court, 2 KINGS 20:4. A HOUSE FOR PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER; of which see 1 KINGS 3:1 2 CHRONICLES 8:11. LIKE UNTO THIS PORCH; not for form or quantity, but for the materials and workmanship, the rooms being covered with ced... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THESE buildings described here and in the former chapter. ACCORDING TO THE MEASURES OF HEWED STONES; either first, which were hewed in such measure and proportion, as exact workmen used to hew ordinary stones; or, secondly, as large as common hewed stones, which are oft very great. WITHIN AND WI... [ Continue Reading ]
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 two cubits square, but there were twenty solid cubits contained in them. And so also the following... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GREAT COURT, to wit, of Solomon's dwelling-house, mentioned 1 KINGS 7:8. A ROW OF CEDAR BEAMS; of which SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 6:36". BOTH FOR THE INNER COURT OF THE HOUSE _of the Lord_, or, _as_ (Heb. _and_, which is oft used in that sense for a particle of comparison or similitude, as PROVERBS... [ Continue Reading ]
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A WIDOW'S SON OF THE TRIBE OF NAPHTALI. OBJECT. She was one _of the daughters of Dan_, 2 CHRONICLES 2:14. ANSW. So indeed Hiram king of Tyre there affirms; but he might easily mistake or be misinformed, especially being no Israelite, nor a careful observer of the distinction of tribes. Or she might... [ Continue Reading ]
HE CAST TWO PILLARS OF BRASS; of which see 2 KINGS 25:16,17 JER 52:21. OF EIGHTEEN CUBITS HIGH APIECE. OBJECT. They are said to be thirty-five cubits high, 2 CHRONICLES 3:15. ANSW. That place manifestly speaks of both the pillars; and this of _each_, or _one_ pillar, as it is in the Hebrew. OBJECT.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HEIGHT OF THE ONE CHAPITER WAS FIVE CUBITS. OBJECT. It is but _three_ cubits in 2 KINGS 25:17. ANSW. The word CHAPITER is taken diversely, as hundreds of other words are; either more largely for the whole, so it is five cubits; or more strictly, either for the _pommels_, as they are called, 2 CH... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE CHAPITERS, which those nets and wreaths did encompass, either covering, and as it were receiving and holding, the pomegranates, or being mixed with them.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE MADE; or, _so he made_, or _framed_, or _perfected_. TWO ROWS; either of pomegranates, by comparing this with 1 KINGS 7:20, or of some other curious work.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 7:21, that so the work of the tops of these pillars might agree with that in the top of the porch. So t... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER AGAINST THE BELLY; so he calls the middle part of the chapiter, and that which jetted furthest out. THE POMEGRANATES WERE TWO HUNDRED: these pomegranates are variously accounted in Scriptures. They are said to be _ninety and six on a side of a pillar_, i.e. in one row, and in all an hundred, JE... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE PORCH OF THE TEMPLE; where they were placed for mere ornament and magnificence, for they supported nothing. JACHIN signifies _he_, i.e. God, _shall establish_, to wit, his temple, and church, and people; and BOAZ signifies _in it_, or rather, _in him_, (to answer the _he_ in the former name,)... [ Continue Reading ]
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HE MADE A MOLTEN SEA; he melted the brass, and cast it into the form of a great vessel, for its vastness called a sea, which name is given by the Hebrews to all great collections of waters. The use of it was for the priests to wash their hands and feet, or other things as occasion required, with the... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOPS; or, _carved or molten figures_; for learned Hebricians note, that this word signifies the figures or pictures of all sorts, as flowers, beasts, &c. This general word is particularly explained of oxen, 2 CHRONICLES 4:3, unless there were so many figures, or sculptures of gourds, or other flowe... [ Continue Reading ]
IT STOOD UPON TWELVE OXEN, of solid brass, which was necessary to bear so great a weight. It is probably conceived that the water was by cocks drawn out of the mouths of these oxen. Three of these looked each way; partly for the more equal and convenient support of the vessel; and partly that divers... [ Continue Reading ]
Which amounts to five hundred barrels, each bath containing about eight gallons; the bath being a measure of the same bigness with an ephah, EZEKIEL 45:11. OBJECT. This sea is said to contain three thousand baths, 2 CHRONICLES 4:5. ANSW. Either there were two sorts of baths, as of cubits, the one co... [ Continue Reading ]
HE MADE TEN BASES; upon which stood the ten lavers mentioned below, 1 KINGS 7:38, in which they washed the parts of the sacrifices, 2 CHRONICLES 4:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY HAD BORDERS; broad brims, possibly for the more secure holding of the lavers.... [ Continue Reading ]
A BASE; so he calls the uppermost part of the base; for though it was above, yet it was a base to the laver, which stood upon it. CERTAIN ADDITIONS; either as bases for the feet of the said lions and oxen, or only as further ornaments.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUR BRAZEN WHEELS; whereby the bases and lavers might be carried from place to place, as need required. UNDERSETTERS, Heb. _shoulders_; fitly so called, because they strongly supported the lavers, that they should not fall from their bases when the bases were removed together with the lavers.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MOUTH OF IT; so he calls that part in the top of the base which was left hollow, that the foot of the laver might be let into it, and fastened in it. WITHIN THE CHAPITER, i.e. within the little base, which he calls the _chapiter_, because it rose up from and stood above the great base, as the he... [ Continue Reading ]
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Not only of the same matter, but of the same piece, being cast with it.... [ Continue Reading ]
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ACCORDING TO THE PROPORTION, or, _empty place_, i.e. according to the bigness of the spaces which were left empty for them, implying that they were smaller than those above mentioned.... [ Continue Reading ]
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FORTY BATHS; ten barrels; of which SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 7:26".... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE RIGHT SIDE, i.e. in the south side, as is expressed in the end of the verse, and as _the right side_ is used above, 1 KINGS 6:8 PSALMS 89:12. ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE; not within the house, but in the priests court, where they washed either their hands or feet, or the parts of the sacri... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE POTS, to seethe those parts of the sacrifices which the priests or officers were to eat. To these _flesh-hooks_ are added, 2 CHRONICLES 4:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE CLAY GROUND, or, _in thick clay_; fat, and tough, and tenacious, and therefore fittest to make moulds of all sorts, into which the melted brass was to be poured.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOLOMON LEFT ALL THE VESSELS UNWEIGHED, because the weighing of them was very troublesome, and to no purpose.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE VESSELS THAT PERTAINED UNTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD; such as God by the mouth of Moses had commanded to be made for his house and service, and such as Moses had made; only these were larger, and richer, and more, according to the difference of the temple and tabernacle, and Solomon's vast rich... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CANDLESTICKS; which were ten, according to the number of the tables; whereas Moses made but one; whereby might be signified the. progress of the light of sacred truth, which was now grown clearer than it was in Moses's time, and should shine brighter and brighter until the perfect day of gospel... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE SILVER AND THE GOLD; either, first, all of it; and so Solomon built it wholly at his own charge; or, secondly, so much of it its was left. THE VESSELS; those which David had dedicated, and with them the altar of Moses, and some other of the old utensils which were now laid aside, far better bein... [ Continue Reading ]