That bare burdens ... - Compare the marginal references. These laborers, whose services were continuous, consisted of “strangers” - “the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites” - whom Solomon, following the example of his father 1 Chronicles 22:2, condemned to slavery, and employed in this way.
Verse 1 Kings 5:15. _THREESCORE AND TEN THOUSAND THAT BARE BURDENS_] These were all _strangers_, or _proselytes_, dwelling among the Israelites; as we learn from the parallel place, 1 Kings 2:17-11....
4. THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND ITS DEDICATION CHAPTER 5 Hiram King of Tyre _ 1. Hiram sends servants to Solomon (1 Kings 5:1)_ 2. The message of Solomon (1 Kings 5:2) 3. Hiram's answer and leag...
SOLOMON'S ALLIANCE WITH HIRAM. PREPARATION FOR THE TEMPLE. This chapter has a few Deuteronomic additions (1 Kings 5:3 and 1 Kings 5:12). In 1 Kings 5:4 there is a truly Deuteronomic touch: the one san...
_threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens_ The Chronicler (2 Chronicles 2:17) points out that these 70,000 were of the strangers that dwelt in the land of Israel. These the king compelled to do t...
B. THE ORGANIZATION OF LABORERS 5:13-18 TRANSLATION (13) Then King Solomon raised a levy from all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. (14) And he sent them to Lebanon ten thousand a month i...
_AND HE SENT THEM TO LEBANON, TEN THOUSAND A MONTH BY COURSES: A MONTH THEY WERE IN LEBANON, AND TWO MONTHS AT HOME: AND ADONIRAM WAS OVER THE LEVY._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
SOLOMON'S PREPARATIONS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE 1. Hiram] see 2 Samuel 5; 1 Chronicles 14:1. It has been questioned whether this Hiram, who was living as late as Solomon's twentieth year (1 Kings 9:10)...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 HIRAM ASSISTS SOLOMON Solomon’s first task as king was the construction of the *temple at Jerusalem. This would be a splendid building...
_[1 Kings 5:29]_ וַ יְהִ֧י לִ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים...
1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT TASK 1 Kings 5:7 It was good for Hiram and his Tyrians to be associated with the servants of Solomon. Together they hewed immense blocks of stone, some of which were thirty...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
Solomon turned his attention to building the Temple immediately after he had set his kingdom in order. The first movement in this direction was the treaty with Hiram, and sending relays of men to the...
_Mountain of Libanus. (Calmet) --- Paralipomenon mountains: but the Hebrew is singular in both places. They were all proselytes or strangers._...
(10) В¶ So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. (11) And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pur...
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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5. Chapter 4 contains an enumeration of the officers who served Solomon, and upheld the glory of his throne; and then, the manner in which the whole co...
AND SOLOMON HAD THREESCORE AND TEN THOUSAND THAT BARE BURDENS,.... Seventy thousand to carry the stones from the mountains out of which they were dug, and which were near Jerusalem, to the city; these...
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; Ver. 15. _That bare burdens._] Under which expression are also contained wagoners, marin...
_That bare burdens_ Namely, porters, carters, seamen, and such like. _Fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains_ That is, hewers of stone, for timber was hewed by Hiram's servants in Lebanon. _Office...
[HIRAMS PROMISE TO SOLOMON.] 1 Hiram sending to congratulate Solomon, is certified of his purpose to build the Temple, and desired to furnish him with timber thereto. 7 Hiram blessing God for Solomo...
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains, men engaged in stone-cutting, these 150,000 servants being members of the Canaanitish, co...
ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING MATERIAL...
PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE (vs.1-18) God had told David that Solomon would build a house for Him (2 Samuel 7:12), and David therefore prepared many materials for this. We read now of Solomon making...
10-18 The temple was chiefly built by the riches and labour of Gentiles, which typified their being called into the church. Solomon commanded, and they brought costly stones for the foundation. Chris...
Either of timber, or rather of stones; for Hiram had taken care of the timber....
1 Kings 5:15 Solomon H8010 seventy H7657 thousand H505 carried H5375 (H8802) burdens H5449 eighty H8084 thousand H505
CONTENTS: Preparation for building the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram. CONCLUSION: Satan does all he can to hinder the work of God's temple; but when he is withheld for a time, we should be...
1 Kings 5:1. _Tyre,_ situate on a strong island, was anciently called Zor or Zur, Thevenot supposes from Syria. The Arabs still call it Sor. 1 Kings 5:15. _Threescore and ten thousand._ If we add the...
_And Solomon had _. .. _ hewers in the mountains._ THE PIONEERS OF CIVILISATION Alike in its building and furniture the temple of Solomon had an evangelical and a spiritual signification. Our Lord in...
_Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon _. .. _ to build the house._ THE CO-OPERATION OF HIRAM According to tradition, Hiram was a tributary or dependent monarch. The embassy which Hiram s...
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TYRIAN KING CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 5:1. HIRAM, KING OF TYRE, called _Hirom_ (1 Kings 5:7; 1 Kings 5:9), _Huram_ ...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON AND HIRAM—The somewhat detailed description which we have had in 1 Kings 4:1. of Solomon's pomp and power and wisdom, is followed in 1 Kings 5:1. sqq. by an account of what, in Jewi...
So Hiram the king of Tyre when he heard that Solomon was upon the throne in place of his David: for Hiram was always a great admirer of David. And Solomon sent to Hiram, and he said, You know how that...
1 Kings 9:20; 2 Chronicles 2:17; 2 Chronicles 2:18; 2 Chronicles 8:7;...