The stones were uniform - all cut to certain fixed measures of length, breadth, and thickness. They were not squared only on the face which showed, but also on the sides which fell within the wall and were not seen. Saws appear in Assyrian sculptures of the age of Sennacherib; and fragments of an iron saw have been found at Nimrud.
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...
SAWED WITH SAWS. Figure of speech _Ployptoton_. App-6....
_All these_ i.e. The whole of the buildings described in the previous verses. _according to the measures of hewed stones_ Better not to be taken as in construction, but with R.V. EVEN HEWN STONES ACC...
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...
_ALL THESE WERE OF COSTLY STONES, ACCORDING TO THE MEASURES OF HEWED STONES, SAWED WITH SAWS, WITHIN AND WITHOUT, EVEN FROM THE FOUNDATION UNTO THE COPING, AND SO ON THE OUTSIDE TOWARD THE GREAT COURT...
SOLOMON'S PALACE This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple....
ACCORDING TO.. STONES] RV 'even hewn stone, according to measure': and so in 1 Kings 7:11. WITHIN AND WITHOUT] i.e. both the outer and inner surfaces. THE GREAT COURT] This was perhaps a large court e...
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,”...
כָּל ־אֵ֜לֶּה אֲבָנִ֤ים יְקָרֹת֙ כְּ מִדֹּ֣ת...
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...
All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto (f) the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the grea...
(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...
ALL THESE WERE OF COSTLY STONES,.... Marble, porphyry, c. ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE OF HEWED STONES, SAWED WITH SAWS, WITHIN AND WITHOUT they were all hewed, and squared, and polished, and so they app...
All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great co...
_All these were of costly stones_ Namely, the buildings described here, and in the former chapter. _According to the measures of hewed stones_ Either, 1st, Which were hewed in such measure and proport...
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...
All these were of costly stones, perfect building-stones, without a flaw, ACCORDING TO THE MEASURES OF HEWED STONES, SAWED WITH SAWS, WITHIN AND WITHOUT, EVEN FROM THE FOUNDATION UNTO THE COPING, to t...
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...
ALL THESE buildings described here and in the former chapter. ACCORDING TO THE MEASURES OF HEWED STONES; either first, which were hewed in such measure and proportion, as exact workmen used to hew ord...
1 Kings 7:9 costly H3368 stones H68 size H4060 H1496 trimmed H1641 (H8775) saws H4050 inside H1004 out...
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 5:17; 1 Kings 7:10; 1 Kings 7:11...
These — Buildings described here and in the former chapter. The measures — Hewed in such measure and proportion as exact workmen use to hew ordinary stones. Within, &c. — Both on the inside of the bui...