Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Kings 5:18
The stone-squarers - The Gebalites (see the margin), the inhabitants of Gebal, a Phoenician city between Beyrout and Tripolis, which the Greeks called Byblus, and which is now known as Jebeil.
The stone-squarers - The Gebalites (see the margin), the inhabitants of Gebal, a Phoenician city between Beyrout and Tripolis, which the Greeks called Byblus, and which is now known as Jebeil.
Verse 1 Kings 5:18. _AND THE STONE-SQUARERS_] Instead of _stone-squarers_ the _margin_ very properly reads _Giblites_, הגבלים haggiblim; and refers to Ezekiel 27:9, where we find the inhabitants of _...
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...
STONESQUARERS. men of Gebal, or Giblites, as Ezekiel 27:9, now Jubeil, forty miles north of Sidon. Compare Psalms 83:7. Phoenician masons' marks still visible on them. SO. and....
_and the stonesquarers_ The text of A.V. is due to the Targum, which translates by -masons". But the margin of A. V. suggests that the word is not a common but a proper noun and gives -Giblites" as in...
AND THE STONE-SQUARERS— Calmet and Houbigant, after the Vulgate, understand the Hebrew here as a proper name, הגבלים _haggibliim, the Giblites:_ so it is rendered in the Margin of our Bibles. The peop...
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 SOLOMON'S BUILDERS AND HIRAM'S BUILDERS DID HEW THEM, AND THE STONESQUARERS: SO THEY PREPARED TIMBER AND STONES TO BUILD THE HOUSE._ And the stone-squarers. The margin, which renders it 'the Gib...
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...
THE STONE-SQUARERS. — This rendering is a curious gloss on the proper name, “_Giblites”_ (see margin) — the inhabitants of Gebal (mentioned in Ezekiel 27:9 in connection with Tyre, and probably in Psa...
_[1 Kings 5:32]_ וַֽ יִּפְסְל֞וּ בֹּנֵ֧י שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה וּ...
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...
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's (f) builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. (f) The Hebrew word is Giblim, which some say were excell...
_Giblians. Ezechiel (xxvii. 9,) commends them for building ships. Giblos of Gebal is supposed to be the town, which profane authors style Biblos, at the foot of Libanus. Ptolemy also mentions Gabala,...
REFLECTIONS READER! let us pause over what we have read in this chapter, and in the view here afforded us of such workmen as Hiram's servants, behold how striking a representation it bears to numbers...
(17) And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. (18) And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the...
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'S BUILDERS AND HIRAM'S BUILDERS DID HEW [THEM],.... The stones; for it seems Solomon had not only hewers of wood, but of stone, from Hiram: AND THE STONESQUARERS; or rather the Giblites,...
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. Ver. 18. And Hiram's builders did hew them.] In Lebanon was t...
_Solomon's builders and Hiram's did hew them_ It seemed Solomon's servants learned of Hiram's, or, at least, were directed by them to assist in the work. _And the stone-squarers_ Hebrew, _the Giblites...
[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...
ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING MATERIAL...
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stone-squarers, the Giblites, the inhabitants of a Phoenician town in the foothills of the Lebanon. SO THEY PREPARED TIMBER AND STONES...
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...
STONE SQUARERS: Or, Giblites, as Ezekiel 27:9...
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...
THE STONE-SQUARERS, Heb. _the Gibites_; the inhabitants of Gebel, a place near Zidon, named PSALMS 83:7 EZEKIEL 27:9, famous for artificers and architects, JOSHUA 13:5. These are here mentioned apart,...
1 Kings 5:18 Solomons H8010 builders H1129 (H8802) Hirams H2438 builders H1129 (H8802) Gebalites H1382 quarried H6458
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...
_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...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 5:17 DRESSED STONES probably describes “ashlar” masonry, which uses uniform, rectangular blocks that can be joined with mortar....
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 5:18 The MEN OF GEBAL are workers from Byblos, a coastal city north of Tyre. ⇐...
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...
Ezekiel 27:9; Joshua 13:5; Psalms 83:7...
Stone — squarers — Heb. the Giblites, the inhabitants of Gebel, a place near Zidon, famous for artificers and architects, Joshua 13:5. These are here mentioned apart, distinct from the rest of Hiram's...