Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Kings 7:8
Like unto this porch - i. e., of similar materials, hewn stone and cedar. The zenana could not have been a mere portico.
Like unto this porch - i. e., of similar materials, hewn stone and cedar. The zenana could not have been a mere portico.
Verse 1 Kings 7:8. _A HOUSE FOR PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER_] This appears to have been a _third house_; probably the whole _three_ made but _one_ _building_, and were in the same place, but distinguished from...
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...
_And his house where he dwelt_had _another court within the porch_, which _was of the like work_ It is better to leave out the italics of A V. and translate -And his house WHERE HE MIGHT DWELL, THE OT...
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....
ANOTHER COURT] i.e. behind the porch of judgment there was a court which enclosed the king's palace; this was probably the same as 'the middle court' of 2 Kings 20:4 (if that is the right reading)....
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...
(8-11) The residence of the king, and the separate palace for the queen, distinct from the apartments of the inferior wives and concubines, are not described; except that they lay “within the porch,”...
וּ בֵיתֹו֩ אֲשֶׁר ־יֵ֨שֶׁב שָׁ֜ם חָצֵ֣ר הָ
1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
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...
House. In the form of a recess or alcove, at the end of one of the aforesaid porches, and probably in that which was nearer the palace. Guards would be stationed in the other. (Haydock) --- This is th...
(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...
AND HIS HOUSE WHERE HE DWELT,.... Which was properly his dwellingplace, that part of the house where he usually resided: [HAD] ANOTHER COURT WITHIN THE PORCH, WHICH [WAS] OF THE LIKE WORK; a court be...
And his house where he dwelt [had] another court within the porch, [which] was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken [to wife], like unto this porch....
_His house where he dwelt had another court within the porch_ That is, between the porch and the house, called therefore the middle court, 1 Kings 20:4. _Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh's daught...
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...
And his house where he dwelt, the fourth building of the palace complex, HAD ANOTHER COURT WITHIN THE PORCH, the royal residence was behind the throne-room and the Hall of Judgment, WHICH WAS OF THE L...
Solomon's Palace...
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...
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...
WITHIN THE PORCH, i.e. between the porch and the house, called therefore the middle court, 2 KINGS 20:4. A HOUSE FOR PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER; of which see 1 KINGS 3:1 2 CHRONICLES 8:11. Like unto this porc...
1 Kings 7:8 house H1004 dwelt H3427 (H8799) another H312 court H2691 inside H1004 hall H197 workmanship H4639 Solo
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 3:1; 1 Kings 9:24; 2 Chronicles 8:11; 2 Kings 20:4...
Another court — That is, between the porch and the house, called therefore the middle court, 2 Kings 20:4. Like this — Not for form or quantity, but for the materials and workmanship, the rooms being...