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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        _And_it was _covered with cedar above upon the beams_ The word here
rendered -beams" is the same which has been rendered -side-chambers"
in 1 Kings 6:5. In two descriptions which are so closely relate... 
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                        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... 
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                        _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.... 
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                        SOLOMON'S PALACE
This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an
account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple.... 
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                        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... 
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                        וְ סָפֻ֣ן בָּ † אֶ֗רֶז מִ מַּ֨עַל֙... 
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                        1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1
 THE TEMPLE
1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;... 
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                        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... 
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                        BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;... 
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                        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... 
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                        (2) He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length
thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits,
and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pill... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        AND IT WAS COVERED WITH CEDAR ABOVE THE BEAMS, THAT LAY ON FORTY FIVE
PILLARS, FIFTEEN IN A ROW. On the second floor were three rows of
pillars, fifteen in a row, which made forty five, that stood to... 
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                        _And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on
forty five pillars, fifteen [in] a row._
Ver. 3. _Upon the beams._] Heb., Ribs: for beams are to a building
what ribs are to a liv... 
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                        _Fifteen in a row_ So in this second story there were only three rows
of pillars, which were sufficient for the ornament of the second and
for the support of the third story; and we may conjecture fro... 
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                        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... 
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                        Solomon's Palace... 
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                        And it was covered, it had a ceiling or roof, WITH CEDAR ABOVE UPON
THE BEAMS, the large joists, THAT LAY ON FORTY-FIVE PILLARS, FIFTEEN
IN A ROW. So the forty-five rooms arose in three stories of fif... 
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                        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... 
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                        BEAMS:
_ Heb._ ribs... 
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                        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... 
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                        So in this second story were only three rows of pillars, which was
sufficient for the ornament of the second, and for the support of the
third story.... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        _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... 
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                        1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 7:2 THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON, just
the first of several buildings in the palace complex, was much bigger
than the temple (see 1 Kings 6:2 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        1 Kings 6:5... 
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                        Fifteen — So in this second story were only three rows of pillars,
which was sufficient for the ornament of the second and for the
support of the third story....