And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. Ver. 1. _And Solomon determined._] Heb., Said. He slighted not the divine oracle nor his father's charge; but was still plodding and talking of it to himself till it was done. _ To build a house for th... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them._ Ver. 2. _And Solomon told out._] See 1 Kings 5:16,17 . _ And three thousand and six hundred._] See on 1 Kings 5:16. Solomon mig... [ Continue Reading ]
And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me]. Ver. 3. _And Solomon sent to Huram._] See on 1 Kings 5:1 . _ As thou didst deal with David my father._] By this tha... [ Continue Reading ]
_Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate [it] to him, [and] to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This [is a... [ Continue Reading ]
And the house which I build [is] great: for great [is] our God above all gods. Ver. 5. _And the house which I build is great._] Excellently great, as he afterwards saith. 2Ch 2:9 _ For great is our God._] And must therefore be served like himself. _ Above all gods._] Whether deputed, as princes,... [ Continue Reading ]
But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who [am] I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? Ver. 6. _Seeing the heavens and heaven of heavens._] He is ανεπιγραπτος incomprehensible, incircumscriptible:... [ Continue Reading ]
Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that [are] with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. Ver. 7. _Send me now therefore a man.... [ Continue Reading ]
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants [shall be] with thy servants, Ver. 8. _Send me also cedar trees._] Which are strong, longlasting, and odoriferous. _ Fir trees, and algum... [ Continue Reading ]
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderful great. Ver. 9. _Wonderful great._] Yet was it not so great as the temple at Ephesus, but far more wonderful. See on 2 Chronicles 2:5 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. Ver. 10. _And, behold, I will give to thy servants._] And shall not Christ's s... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. Ver. 11. _Because the Lord hath loved his people._] It is a great mercy of God to any people, that they have good governors; and the contrary. Isa 3:2... [ Continue Reading ]
Huram said moreover, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. Ver. 12. _Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made hea... [ Continue Reading ]
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, Ver. 13. _Of Huram my father,_] _i.e., _ His servant and architect. The Vulgate hath it, Hiram my father, _i.e., _ one whom, for his virtue, wisdom, and industry, I honour as a father.... [ Continue Reading ]
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be... [ Continue Reading ]
Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: Ver. 15. _Now therefore the wheat._] See 2 Chronicles 2:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. Ver. 16. _And we will cut wood._] See the benefit of a good neighbour, ready to every good office, as Hesiod describeth him.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. Ver. 17. _After the numbering._] See 1 Chronicles 22:2 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them [to be] bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand [to be] hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. Ver. 18. _And he set threescore and ten thousand of them._] Hereby were shadowed out the several o... [ Continue Reading ]