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KNOPS - literally, “gourds,” - i. e. a boss or ball ornament
encircled the rim of the bowl in two rows....
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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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_knops_ The word is that which occurs in 1 Kings 6:18, and the knops
were probably of a gourd-shape. See note there. The description in 2
Chronicles (1 Kings 4:3) says that _oxen_and not _knops_were t...
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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...
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_AND UNDER THE BRIM OF IT ROUND ABOUT THERE WERE KNOPS COMPASSING IT,
TEN IN A CUBIT, COMPASSING THE SEA ROUND ABOUT: THE KNOPS WERE CAST IN
TWO ROWS, WHEN IT WAS CAST._
No JFB commentary on these ve...
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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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(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...
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(23-26) A MOLTEN SEA — a gigantic laver for the ablution of the
priests — corresponding to the laver of brass in the Tabernacle
(Exodus 30:18; Exodus 38:8). It had a diameter of 15 feet, and a
height...
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וּ פְקָעִים֩ מִ תַּ֨חַת לִ שְׂפָתֹ֤ו ׀
סָבִיב
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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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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...
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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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PILLARS OF SECURITY AND STRENGTH
1 Kings 7:13
Hiram, the artificer, was remarkably gifted. From his father he had
inherited all the genius of Tyre, while on his mother's side he was of
the tribe of N...
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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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Ten cubits. All was not therefore ornamented. Protestants, " there
were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit....the knops were cast in two
rows, when it was cast." (Haydock) --- The signification of Pe...
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(23) And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the
other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a
line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. (24) And under...
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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 UNDER THE BRIM OF IT ROUND ABOUT THERE WERE KNOPS COMPASSING
IT,.... Of an oval form, and therefore the Targum calls them figures
of eggs; in 2 Chronicles 4:3 they are said to have the similitude...
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And under the brim of it round about [there were] knops compassing it,
ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops [were] cast
in two rows, when it was cast.
Ver. 24. _Ten in a cubit._]...
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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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And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it,
small ornaments in the shape of flower-buds, TEN IN A CUBIT,
COMPASSING THE SEA ROUND ABOUT; THE KNOBS WERE CAST IN TWO ROWS WHEN
I...
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The Metal Appointment Of The Temple...
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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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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...
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KNOPS; or, _carved or molten figures_; for learned Hebricians note,
that this word signifies the figures or pictures of all sorts, as
flowers, beasts, &c. This general word is particularly explained o...
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1 Kings 7:24 brim H8193 buds H6497 encircling H5437 (H8802) around
H5439 ten H6235 cubit H520 around H5362 ...
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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...
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THE FASHIONING OF THE MOLTEN SEA (1 KINGS 7:23).
Like the fashioning of the two pillars previously the making of the
molten sea was a great technical achievement, but we are given no
information about...
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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...
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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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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 ...
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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...
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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 6:18; 2 Chronicles 4:3; Exodus 25:31; Exodus 37:17...
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Knops — Carved or molten figures: for this word signifies figures or
pictures of all sorts. Ten, &c. — So there were three hundred in
all. Cast — Together with the sea; not carved. Two rows — It seems...