Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Kings 7:7
A porch — Another porch or distinct room without the house. The other — The whole floor; or, from floor to floor, from the lower floor on the ground, to the upper floor which covered it.
A porch — Another porch or distinct room without the house. The other — The whole floor; or, from floor to floor, from the lower floor on the ground, to the upper floor which covered it.
Verse 1 Kings 7:7. _A PORCH FOR THE THRONE_] One porch appears to have been devoted to the purposes of administering judgment, which Solomon did in person....
The porch or gate of justice still kept alive the likeness of the old patriarchal custom of sitting in judgment at the gate; exactly as the “Gate of justice” still recalls it at Granada, and the Subli...
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...
_Then he made a porch for the throne_ Better (with R.V.) -And he made THE porch OF the throne." As the pillars were the distinction of the former porch, so was the throne of this. On kings sitting in...
AND IT WAS COVERED WITH CEDAR— It deserves remark, that the eastern floors and ceilings are just the reverse of ours. Their ceilings are of wood, ours of plaister or stucco work; their floors are of p...
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....
SOLOMON'S PALACE This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple....
A PORCH FOR THE THRONE] This was a third building which served as a court of justice. FROM ONE SIDE.. OTHER] better, 'from floor to cieling.'...
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...
THE PORCH (or hall) OF JUDGMENT was clearly a separate building, not described in the text, except as having been floored and ceiled with cedar. Mr. Fergusson, comparing it “with the remains of Assyri...
וְ אוּלָ֤ם הַ כִּסֵּא֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִשְׁפָּט ־שָׁ
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...
Then he made a porch (e) for the throne where he might judge, [even] the porch of judgment: and [it was] covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. (e) For his house which was at Jer...
_Tob. Hebrew, "the other side." (Haydock) --- The eastern princes generally sit before their palace to give judgment; and hence that of the Ottoman emperors is styled the Porte, (Calmet) or "gate."_...
(6) And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them...
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...
THEN HE MADE A PORCH FOR THE THRONE,.... The ivory throne on which he sat to hear and try causes, 1 Kings 10:18, WHERE HE MIGHT JUDGE, EVEN THE PORCH OF JUDGMENT: which had its name from thence; this...
Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, [even] the porch of judgment: and [it was] covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. Ver. 7. _Then he made a porch for the...
_He made a porch for the throne, even the porch of judgment_ So it was called, because here he sat to judge and determine the causes that were brought before him. But some think it unlikely that this...
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...
Solomon's Palace...
Then he made a porch for the throne, apparently at the end of the great colonnade, WHERE HE MIGHT JUDGE, EVEN THE PORCH OF JUDGMENT, for it served both purposes; AND IT WAS COVERED WITH CEDAR FROM ONE...
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...
ONE SIDE OF THE FLOOR TO THE OTHER: _ Heb._ from floor to floor...
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...
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 F...
1 Kings 7:7 made H6213 (H8804) hall H197 throne H3678 Hall H197 Judgment H4941 judge H8199 (H8799) paneled...
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...
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 7:6 THE HALL OF PILLARS was almost as large as the temple. There was a throne hall, also called THE HALL OF JUDGMENT. Two palaces were built, one for Solomon and one for his Eg...
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 10:18; 1 Kings 3:28; 1 Kings 3:9; 1 Kings 6:3; Isaiah 9:7;...