Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Kings 7:1
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he (a) finished all his house.
(a) After he had built the temple.
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he (a) finished all his house.
(a) After he had built the temple.
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...
THIRTEEN YEARS - The thirteen years, i. e., counting from the end of the seven 1 Kings 6:38. Solomon’s buildings thus occupied him twenty years 1 Kings 9:10; 2 Chronicles 8:1, from the fourth year o
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...
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...
1 Kings 7:1-12. The building of Solomon's own house, the house of the forest of Lebanon, and the house for Pharaoh's daughter (Not in Chronicles) 1. _his own house_ This includes all the buildings des...
I. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PALACE COMPLEX 7:1-12 TRANSLATION (1) Now his own house, Solomon was thirteen years in the process of building; and he finished all his house. (2) And he built the house of...
_BUT SOLOMON WAS BUILDING HIS OWN HOUSE THIRTEEN YEARS, AND HE FINISHED ALL HIS HOUSE._ Solomon was building his own house thirteen years. The time occupied in building his palace was nearly double th...
THIRTEEN YEARS] The Temple was of small extent compared with the royal palace, so that the time spent on the latter exceeded that required for the former. The various buildings mentioned in 1 Kings 7:...
SOLOMON'S PALACE This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple....
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...
וְ אֶת ־בֵּיתֹו֙ בָּנָ֣ה שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה שְׁלֹ֥שׁ ע
1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...
OTHER SPLENDID STRUCTURES 1 Kings 7:1 Solomon's house took nearly twice as long to build as did the Temple, because there was not the same urgency for it. His house and that for the queen were proba...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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...
_Thirteen. He was only twelve years and a half; since he finished both the temple and the palace in 20 years, chap. ix. 10. Salien observes that Solomon's house was connected with the queen's, as well...
CONTENTS To the building of the temple, succeeds in history, the building of Solomon's house, which this chapter records: likewise, the house of Lebanon, and of the house of Pharaoh's daughter. Here...
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...
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...
BUT SOLOMON WAS BUILDING HIS OWN HOUSE THIRTEEN YEARS,.... He made more haste with the house of God than with his own, for that was but seven years in building; which showed greater regard to the hono...
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. Ver. 1. _But Solomon was building his own house._] Here he took greater leisure, and had less help, both for mate...
_Solomon was building his own house_ The royal palace, for himself and for his successors, which he did not begin to build till he had finished the house of God, that nothing might hinder that holy wo...
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...
Solomon's Palace...
But Solomon was building his own house, the complex of buildings which was his palace, THIRTEEN YEARS, AND HE FINISHED ALL HIS HOUSE....
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...
1-12 All Solomon's buildings, though beautiful, were intended for use. Solomon began with the temple; he built for God first, and then his other buildings. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity...
1 KINGS CHAPTER 7 The building of Solomon's house: the house of Lebanon, 1 KINGS 7:1. The porch of pillars, and of judgment: the house of Pharaoh's daughter, 1 KINGS 7:6. Hiram's work of the two pilla...
1 Kings 7:1 Solomon H8010 thirteen H7969 H6240 years H8141 build H1129 (H8804) house H1004 finished H3615 ...
THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON'S OWN PALACE (1 KINGS 7:1). The building of Solomon's palace complex comes between the description of the building of the Temple and the further details of the completion of th...
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...
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...
_Solomon was building his own house thirteen years._ BUILDING GOD’S HOUSE AND ONE’S OWN A very curious thing this, that whilst Solomon was building the temple of God he was also building his own hous...
THE SPLENDOUR OF SOLOMON’S BUILDINGS CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 7:1. SOLOMON WAS BUILDING HIS OWN HOUSE THIRTEEN YEARS—Because no previous building preparations had been made for the pa...
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...
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...
1 Kings 9:10; 2 Chronicles 8:1; Ecclesiastes 2:4; Ecclesiastes 2:5;...
House — The royal palace for himself, and for his successors. Thirteen years — Almost double the time to that in which the temple was built; because neither were the materials so far provided and prep...