1 Kings 7 - Introduction
_THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON'S HOUSE; OF THE HOUSE OF LEBANON; AND OF THE HOUSE OF PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER. HIRAM, AN EXCELLENT WORKMAN, COMES TO SOLOMON FROM TYRE._ _Before Christ 1004._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON'S HOUSE; OF THE HOUSE OF LEBANON; AND OF THE HOUSE OF PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER. HIRAM, AN EXCELLENT WORKMAN, COMES TO SOLOMON FROM TYRE._ _Before Christ 1004._... [ Continue Reading ]
HE BUILT ALSO THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON— The house mentioned in the foregoing verse was in Jerusalem, the winter residence of Solomon. _This_ was built in a cool shady mountain near Jerusalem for his summer residence. See chap. 1 Kings 14:25. It was called the house of the forest of Lebanon... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT WAS COVERED WITH CEDAR— It deserves remark, that the eastern floors and ceilings are just the reverse of ours. Their ceilings are of wood, ours of plaister or stucco work; their floors are of plaister or painted tyles, ours of wood. This fully detects a mistake of Kimchi and R. Solomon, who,... [ Continue Reading ]
KING SOLOMON SENT AND FETCHED HIRAM OUT OF TYRE— In former times there had been among the Hebrews very excellent workmen, who knew how to cut and engrave precious stones, to cast and work upon metals, &c. But this was before they came into the land of Canaan, in the time of Moses, when Bezaleel and... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO PILLARS—OF EIGHTEEN CUBITS HIGH— It is said, 2 Chronicles 3:15 that these pillars were _thirty and five_ cubits high, which relates to the height of both of them together without their pedestals, whereas the height of each is given here with its pedestal. These two pillars were called by the nam... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE MADE THE PILLARS, &C.— _Thus he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about by the branch-work, which was to cover the chapiter, even that_ [_part_] _which was above the pomegranates:_ [See Light. vol. i. 1075.] _and so did he,_ &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE MADE A MOLTEN SEA— The Hebrews call any great collection of waters by the name of ים _yam, a sea._ So the lake of Genesareth and others are called in the Gospel; and here the original words, מוצק ים _yam mutzak,_ signify a large vessel containing a great quantity of water, which served for th... [ Continue Reading ]
HE MADE TEN BASES OF BRASS— That is, _stands_ or _tables,_ upon which the lavers mentioned, 1 Kings 7:38 were to be placed; and which were to be so situated, 1 Kings 7:39 that as soon as the priests entered they might have water to wash their hands and feet. For the other parts of the furniture of t... [ Continue Reading ]
SO WAS ENDED ALL THE WORK— Concerning this temple, we may observe upon the whole, that the glory of it did not consist in its bulk or largeness, (for in itself it was but a small pile of building; no more than 150 feet in length, and 105 in breadth, taking the whole together, and is exceeded by many... [ Continue Reading ]