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.
ALL THE DOORS AND POSTS - The doorways, and the posts which formed them, seem to be intended. These were square at top, not arched or rounded. In Assyrian buildings arched doorways were not uncommon....
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...
DOORS. entrances....
_And all the doors and posts_were _square_, with the _windows_ It is not easy to say how the last word of the Hebrew should be rendered. It is akin to that rendered -windows" by the A.V. in 1 Kings 7:...
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...
_AND IT WAS COVERED WITH CEDAR ABOVE UPON THE BEAMS, THAT LAY ON FORTY FIVE PILLARS, FIFTEEN IN A ROW._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
7:5 architrave; (c-11) Some say 'made of cross-beams.'...
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...
וְ כָל ־הַ פְּתָחִ֥ים וְ הַ מְּזוּזֹ֖ות
1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
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...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
(2) He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pill...
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 ALL THE DOORS AND POSTS WERE SQUARE WITH THE WINDOWS,.... The doors into the several stories and apartments, and the posts and lintel of them, and the windows over them, were all square: AND LIGH...
And all the doors and posts [were] square, with the windows: and light [was] against light [in] three ranks. Ver. 5. _With the windows._] All were square: and so this house was, _ad elegantiam, amaen...
_Fifteen in a row_ So in this second story there were only three rows of pillars, which were sufficient for the ornament of the second and for the support of the third story; and we may conjecture fro...
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 all the doors and posts were square, the door-and window-openings with their lintels and sills, WITH THE WINDOWS; AND LIGHT WAS AGAINST LIGHT IN THREE RANKS, the openings being arranged so as to h...
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...
DOORS AND POSTS WERE SQUARE, WITH THE WINDOWS: Or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect...
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...
1 Kings 7:5 doorways H6607 doorposts H4201 rectangular H7251 (H8803) frames H8260 window H4237 opposite H4136 window...
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...
DOORS Or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect....
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 7:2 THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON, just the first of several buildings in the palace complex, was much bigger than the temple (see 1 Kings 6:2
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 Kings 7:5...
Windows — He speaks, of smaller windows or lights, which were over the several doors....