_A.M. 2992. B.C. 1012._ The place and time of building the temple, 2 Chronicles 3:1; 2 Chronicles 3:2. The dimensions and ornaments of it, 2 Chronicles 3:3. The cherubim in the most holy place, 2 Chronicles 3:10. The veil, 2 Chronicles 3:14. The two pillars, 2 Chronicles 3:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
_In mount Moriah_ Part of this mountain was in the tribe of Judah, and part of it in the tribe of Benjamin: so that the temple is ascribed to them both. To Judah, Psalm 77:68, 69, and to Benjamin, Deuteronomy 33:12. For the greatest part of the courts were in the tribe of Judah; but the altar, the p... [ Continue Reading ]
_He began to build in the second day_, &c. Concerning the contents of this verse, and the rest of the chapter, see notes on 1 Kings 6.... [ Continue Reading ]
_These are the things wherein Solomon was instructed_ By David his father, and by the Spirit of God. _After the first measure threescore cubits_ According to the measure which was first fixed. _The porch, the height was a hundred and twenty_ This being a kind of turret to the building. How this may... [ Continue Reading ]
_He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty_ A great many precious stones were dedicated to God 1Ch 29:2; 1 Chronicles 29:8, and these were set here and there where they would show to the best advantage. _And the gold was gold of Parvaim_ That is, of Taprobana, or Ceylon, as Bochart hath... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fine gold amounting to six hundred talents_ That is, upward of three millions forty-five thousand pounds sterling. This vast sum was expended on the holy of holies alone, a room only ten yards square. _The weight of the nails_ That is, of each of the _nails, screws_, or _pins_, by which the golden... [ Continue Reading ]
_The wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long_ Which was just the breadth of the most holy place. _And they stood on their feet_ As servants, being designed, it seems, to represent the angels, those _ministers of God who do his pleasure, Psalms 103:21_, and who always attend the Divine Majesty... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he made the veil_, &c. The inner veil, which parted between the holy and the most holy place. This denoted the darkness of that dispensation, and the distance at which the worshippers were kept. But at the death of Christ this veil was rent; for through him we are brought nigh, and have _boldne... [ Continue Reading ]
_He also made before the house_ That is, before the _holy house_, or temple, as it is explained 2 Chronicles 3:17; _two pillars of thirty and five cubits high_ Namely, both taken together, being each near eighteen cubits, 1 Kings 7:15. _He made chains as in the oracle_ Like unto those which he made... [ Continue Reading ]