_SOLOMON BUILDS THE TEMPLE, SIXTY CUBITS LONG, TWENTY CUBITS BROAD, AND THIRTY HIGH; WHICH HE DIVIDES INTO TWO PARTS; THE EXTERIOR CALLED THE TEMPLE, AND THE INTERIOR CALLED THE ORACLE, IN WHICH THE CHERUBIM ARE PLACED. HE FINISHES THE WORK IN SEVEN YEARS._ _Before Christ 1011._... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF SOLOMON'S REIGN— If it be asked, why Solomon did not begin the building of the temple sooner, and even in the first year of his reign, since his father had left him a plan, and all things necessary for the undertaking, Abarbanel's answer is, that Solomon would not make use of w... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THAT THERE WAS NEITHER HAMMER NOR AXE, &C.— The true reason why no noise was heard in the building of the temple was, that the stones and all other materials were hewn and squared and fitted at a distance; so that when brought to the place where the temple was to stand, there was nothing to do bu... [ Continue Reading ]
HE MADE TWO CHERUBIMS OF OLIVE-TREE— See Exodus 25:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LINTEL, &C.— _The post which was the door cheeks, was at the fifth cubit._ Lightf. vol. i. 1084.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO WAS HE SEVEN YEARS IN BUILDING IT— That is, speaking in a round number; for he was, in fact, seven years and six months; nor is this mode of speaking unusual in Scripture. The _temple_ itself, indeed, was but a small edifice; but the many courts and offices about it made the whole a vast pile; an... [ Continue Reading ]