Every laver was four cubits - Assuming height to be intended, and taking the cubit at 20 inches, the entire height of the lavers as they stood upon their wheeled stands would seem to have been 13 ft. 9 in. It is evident, therefore, that the water must have been drawn from them, as from the “molten sea,” through cocks or taps.
Verse 1 Kings 7:38. _THEN MADE HE TEN LAVERS_] These were set on the ten _bases_ or _pedestals_, and were to hold water for the use of the priests in their sacred office, particularly to wash the vic...
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 made he_ It is only the simple copulative AND....
C. THE METALLIC OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COURTYARD 7:23-47 Associated with the courtyard of the Temple were the following items: (1) the bronze sea (1 Kings 7:23-26); (2) the bronze stands and basi...
_AND THE WORK OF THE BASES WAS ON THIS MANNER: THEY HAD BORDERS, AND THE BORDERS WERE BETWEEN THE LEDGES:_ 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....
TEN LAVERS] for the purpose of these see 2 Chronicles 4:6. FORTY BATHS] about 320 gallons....
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...
(13-50) The exceedingly graphic and elaborate description of the work of Hiram on the vessels and furniture of the Temple, and on the great pillars, bears on the very face of it the most evident marks...
וַ יַּ֛עַשׂ עֲשָׂרָ֥ה כִיֹּרֹ֖ות נְחֹ֑שֶׁת אַרְבָּעִ֨ים...
1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
THE IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 7:13; 1 Kings 8:12 "The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father But the hour cometh, and now is, whe...
VASES AND LAVERS 1 Kings 7:27 In addition to the great molten sea, described in the previous verses, there were ten portable vessels, or vases, that ran on wheels, so that they could be pushed across...
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 made he (s) ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: [and] every laver was four cubits: [and] upon every one of the ten bases one laver. (s) To keep waters for the use of the sacrif...
CHAPTER VII....
(27) And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. (28) And the work of the bases was on this manner:...
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 MADE HE TEN LAVERS OF BRASS,.... There was but one in the tabernacle of Moses, and what became of that is not known: some Jewish writers c say it was placed in Solomon's temple, and these lavers,...
Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: [and] every laver was four cubits: [and] upon every one of the ten bases one laver. Ver. 38. _Then made he ten lavers of brass._] An...
_He made ten lavers of brass_ Which were to stand upon the bases before mentioned. _One laver contained forty baths_ See 1 Kings 7:26; from whence it will appear, that each of these lavers contained t...
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...
The Metal Appointment Of The Temple...
Then made he ten lavers of brass, used as containers of water for ceremonial washings; ONE LAVER CONTAINED FORTY BATHS, upward of two hundred gallons; AND EVERY LAVER WAS FOUR CUBITS, either in diamet...
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...
13-47 The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises...
FORTY BATHS; ten barrels; of which SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 7:26"....
1 Kings 7:38 made H6213 (H8799) ten H6235 lavers H3595 bronze H5178 each H259 laver H3595 contained H3557 ...
THE MAKING OF THE TEN LAVERS TO BE PLACED ON THE BASES AND THE PLACING OF THE BASES AND THE SEA IN THE TEMPLE (1 KINGS 7:38). Ten large basins or lavers were now made to fit into the bases, and the ba...
HIRAM FASHIONS THE MOLTEN SEA AND THE TEN LAVERS WITH THEIR INSTRUMENTS (1 KINGS 7:23). Hiram also fashioned the molten Sea, or Sea made of cast-work. The Hebrew word ‘sea' (yam) is nowhere else in Sc...
THE FURNISHING AND EMBELLISHMENT OF THE TEMPLE (1 KINGS 7:13). The passage is divided into two parts. The first part emphasises that what is described was the work of Hiram, a skilled metalworker and...
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...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 7:23 See note on 2 Chron. 4:2–6. The SEA OF CAST METAL was a large metal basin containing water. It would remind the people of how the Lord created the world out of water ...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 7:13. FETCHED HIRAM OUT OF TYRE—He seems to have been eminent among the artists in metals for which Tyre and Phœnicia were then renowned. This man (of like nam...
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 John 1:7; 2 Chronicles 4:6; Exodus 30:17; Exodus 30:28; Exodus 38:8