Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Kings 7:47
Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because the weighing of them was very troublesome, and to no purpose.
Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because the weighing of them was very troublesome, and to no purpose.
The brass of which the two pillars, Jachin and Boaz, the brass sea, and the various vessels were made had been taken by David from two cities belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah 1 Chronicles 18:8....
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...
FOUND OUT. sought out. 4...
_neither was the weight of the brass found out_ The R.V. gives -COULD NOT BE found out." The verb, which signifies literally -to investigate," -to search out," seems employed to indicate that no attem...
C. SUMMARY OF HIRAM'S WORKS 7:40-47 TRANSLATION (40) And Hiram made the pots,[212] the shovels, and the bowls. So Hiram finished making all the work that he made for King Solomon for the house of the...
C. THE METALLIC OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COURTYARD 7:23-47 Associated with the courtyard of the Temple were the following items: (1) the bronze sea (1 Kings 7:23-26); (2) the bronze stands and basi...
_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....
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...
SOLOMON LEFT ALL THE VESSELS UNWEIGHED. — The brass for these vessels had (1 Chronicles 18:8) been taken by David from Tibhath and Chun, cities of the territory of Zobah, and laid up with other stores...
(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...
וַ יַּנַּ֤ח שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֶת ־כָּל ־הַ כֵּלִ֔ים
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...
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;...
VESSELS OF BRASS AND OF GOLD 1 Kings 7:40 As we pass from the outward to the inward part of the sanctuary, brass gives place to gold. The nearer we come to God's throne in the Holy of Holies, the mo...
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...
_Weighed. It was deemed unnecessary, and too troublesome. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "And Solomon would not have all the vessels weighed, " on account of the too great number: "the weight of the brass was...
(27) 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. (28) And the work of the bases was on this manner:...
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 SOLOMON LEFT ALL THE VESSELS [UNWEIGHED], BECAUSE THEY WERE EXCEEDING MANY,.... The vessels of brass before mentioned, being so large, at least some of them, and so numerous; the Targum is, he lai...
And Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed], because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. Ver. 47. _Solomon left all the vessels unweighed._] Many men deal with t...
_And the pots_ Or caldrons rather. These were vessels in which they boiled those sacrifices, or parts of sacrifices, which were divided between the priests and the people that offered them; that is, t...
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 Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many, the quantity of brass being so very great, 1 Chronicles 18:8; NEITHER WAS THE WEIGHT OF THE BRASS FOUND OUT, nobody took t...
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...
BECAUSE THEY WERE EXCEEDING MANY: _ Heb._ for the exceeding multitude FOUND OUT: _ Heb._ searched...
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...
1 Kings 7:47 Solomon H8010 weigh H3240 (H8686) articles H3627 many H3966 H3966 H7230 weight H4948 bronze...
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...
SUMMARY OF THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENT OF SOLOMON (1 KINGS 7:41). We now have summarised Solomon's great achievement. The summary begins with a review of all that Hiram had ‘made for king Solomon' out of b...
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 7:23 See note on 2 Chron. 4:2–6. The SEA OF CAST METAL was a large metal basin containing water. It would remind the people of how the Lord created the world out of water ...
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 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 22:16; 2 Chronicles 4:18...