Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Kings 7:1
CHAPTER VII
Solomon builds his own house, and completes it in thirteen
years, 1.
He builds another called the house of the forest of Lebanon;
and a house for Pharaoh's daughter, 2-12.
He brings Hiram, a coppersmith, out of Tyre, who makes much
curious work for the temple, 13-20.
He makes the two pillars Jachin and Boaz, 21, 22.
The molten sea, and the twelve oxen that bare it, 23-26.
And ten brazen bases, and the ten lavers with pots, shovels,
and basons, all of which he cast in the plain of Jordan, 27-46.
The quantity of brass too great to be weighed; and the vessels
of the temple were all of pure gold, 47-50.
Solomon brings into the house the silver and gold which his
father had dedicated, 51.
NOTES ON CHAP. VII
Verse 1 Kings 7:1. Building his own house] This house is said to have been situated in Jerusalem, and probably was, what some call it, his winter's residence. It is called the king's house, 1 Kings 9:10.