TSK - 1 KINGS 6

  1  The building of Solomon's temple.
 5  The chambers thereof.
11  God's promise unto it.
15  The ceiling and adorning of it.
23  The cherubims.
31  The doors.
36  The court.
37  The time of building it.


VERSE 1
- A.M. 2993.  B.C. 1011.  An. Ex. Is. 480.  And it came.
   * Jud 11:26 2Ch 3:1,2
- in the month Zif.
   * :37 Nu 1:1
- began.  Heb. built.
   * Ac 7:47
- build.
   * 1Ch 29:19 Zec 6:12,13,15 Joh 2:19-21 1Co 6:19 2Co 6:16
   * Eph 2:20-22 Col 2:7 Heb 9:11; 11:10 1Pe 2:5


VERSE 2 
 - the house.
   * Eze 40:1-26 41:26
- the length.
  According to Bp. Cumberland's estimation of the cubit, its
  length was 36 yds. 1 ft. 5/28 inch; its breadth 12 yds. 5/76
  inch; and its height, 18 yds. 8/64 inch.  This constituted
  what is properly called the temple; but, besides this, there
  were the courts and colonnades, where the people might
  assemble to perform their devotions, without being exposed to
  the open air.

- threescore.
   * Ezr 6:3,4 Eze 41:1-15 Re 21:16,17

VERSE 3
    * 1Ch 28:11 2Ch 3:3,4 Eze 41:15 Mt 4:5 Joh 10:23 Ac 3:10,11


VERSE 4 
 - windows of narrow lights.  or, windows broad within, and
  narrow without; or, skewed and closed.  See on ver.

   * :4 So 2:9 Eze 40:16; 41:26


VERSE 5 
 - against.  or, upon, or joining to.  built.
   * 1Ch 9:26; 23:28; 28:11 2Ch 31:11 Ne 10:37; 12:44; 13:5-9 So 1:4
   * Jer 35:4 Eze 40:44; 41:5-11; 42:3-12
- chambers.  Heb. floors.
  These appear to have been what we should now call corridors or
  galleries; in which were apartments for the use of the
  priests.  They consisted of three stories, and increased one
  cubit in breadth in every story, the wall of the temple being
  two cubits thicker at the bottom than at the top; and where
  the wall diminished, a rest was thus formed for the beams of
  the chambers to lodge upon.

- oracle.
   * :16,19-21,31 Ex 25:22 Le 16:2 Nu 7:89 2Ch 4:20; 5:7,9 Ps 28:2
- chambers.  Heb. ribs.


VERSE 6 
 - narrowed rests.  or, narrowings, or rebatements.
   * :6


VERSE 7 
 - built of stone.
   * 1Ki 5:17,18 De 27:5,6 Pr 24:27 Ro 9:23 2Co 5:5 Col 1:12 1Pe 2:5
- neither hammer.
   * Isa 42:2 Ac 9:31 Jas 20 1:20; 3:17,18


VERSE 8 
 - side.  Heb. shoulder.  went up.
   * Eze 41:6,7


VERSE 9 
 - he built.
   * :14,38
- with beams and boards of cedar.  or, the vault beams and the
  ceilings with cedar.

VERSE 10
    * :10

VERSE 11


VERSE 12 
 - if thou wilt.
   * 1Ki 2:3,4; 3:14; 8:25; 9:3-6 1Sa 12:14,15 1Ch 28:9 2Ch 7:17,18
   * Ps 132:12 Zec 3:7 Col 1:23
- then will I perform.
   * 2Sa 7:13 1Ch 22:10


VERSE 13 
 - I will dwell.
   * 1Ki 8:27 Ex 25:8 Le 26:11 Ps 68:18; 132:12,13 Isa 57:15
   * Eze 37:26-28 2Co 6:16 Re 21:3
- will not forsake.  See on
   * De 31:6,8 1Sa 12:22 1Ch 28:9,20 Heb 13:5


VERSE 14 
 - A.M. 2993-3000.  B.C. 1011-1004.
   * :9,38 Ac 7:47,48


VERSE 15 
 - he built.
  That is, he lined or wainscoted the walls with cedar, the
  floor being covered with planks of fir:  the marginal reading
  in this verse is preferable, as it removes every difficulty
  and obscurity.

- both the floor of the house, and the walls.  or, from the
  floor of the house, unto the walls, etc.  and so ver.
   * :16


VERSE 16 
 - built them.
   * :5,19,20; 8:6 Ex 25:21,22; 26:23 Le 16:2 2Ch 3:8 Eze 45:3
   * Heb 9:3
- the oracle.
  The oracle was the sanctuary, or holy of holies, in which
  there was nothing but the ark of the covenant, including the
  tables of the law, and into which the high priest alone was to
  enter but once a year.

VERSE 17


VERSE 18 
 - knops.  or, gourds.
  {Peka‹m,} "artificial knops," in the shape of {colocynths,} or
  wild gourds, as the word denotes.  (See note on 2 Ki 39 4:39;)
  the full-blown flowers of which must have been very
  ornamental.

- open flowers.  or, openings of flowers.
   * :18


VERSE 19 
 - the oracle.  See on ver.
   * :5,16 2Ch 4:20 Ps 28:2
- to set.
   * 1Ki 8:6-10 Ex 40:20,21 2Ch 5:7 Heb 9:3,4


VERSE 20 
 - twenty cubits.  See on ver.
   * :2,3
- pure.  Heb. shut up.  the altar.
   * :22; 7:48 Ex 30:1-3


VERSE 21 
 - overlaid.
   * Ex 26:29,32; 36:34 2Ch 3:7-9
- by the chains.
   * :5 Ex 26:32,33 2Ch 3:14-16


VERSE 22 
 - the whole house.
  It is impossible to calculate this expense, or the quantity of
  gold employed in this sacred building; but both must have been
  immense.

- also.  See on ver.
   * :20 Ex 30:1,3,5,6 2Ch 3:7-14
- the whole altar.
  This was the altar of incense without the vail, in the holy
  place, which was twice the length of the most holy place.


VERSE 23 
 - two cherubims.
  These were distinct from, and much larger than those which
  covered the mercy-seat.

   * Ge 3:24 Ex 25:18-22; 37:7-9 2Ch 3:10-13 Ps 18:10; 80:1
   * Isa 37:16 Eze 10:2-22 Heb 1:14 1Pe 1:12
- olive tree.  or, oily trees.  Heb. trees of oil.

VERSE 24
    * :24

VERSE 25
    * :25

VERSE 26


VERSE 27 
 - they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims.  or, the
  cherubims stretched forth their wings.
   * Ex 25:20; 37:9 2Ch 3:11; 5:8

VERSE 28


VERSE 29 
 - carved figures.
   * Ex 36:8 2Ch 3:14; 4:2-5 Ps 103:20; 148:2 Lu 2:13,14 Eph 3:10
   * Re 5:11-14
- palm trees.
  {Tamar,} in Ethiopic, {tamart,} the palm tree, is so called,
  says Parkhurst, from its straight, upright growth, for which
  it seems more remarkable than any other tree; and it sometimes
  rises to the height of more than 100 feet.  The trunk is
  remarkably straight and lofty; and it is crowned at the top
  with a large tuft of spiring leaves, about four feet long,
  which never fall off, but always continue in the same
  flourishing verdure.  The stalks are generally full of rugged
  knots, which are vestiges of decayed leaves:  for the trunk of
  the tree is not solid, but its center is filled with pith,
  round which is a tough bark full of strong fibres when young,
  which, as the tree becomes old, hardens and becomes ligneous.
  To this bark the leaves are closely joined, which, as the tree
  becomes old, hardens and becomes ligneous.  To this bark the
  leaves are closely joined, which in the center rise erect, but
  after they are advanced above the vagina which surrounds them,
  they expand very wide on every side of the stem, and as the
  older leaves decay, the stalk advances in height.  The leaves,
  when the tree has grown to a size for bearing fruit, are six
  or eight feet long, and very broad when expanded.  The fruit,
  called the date, grows below the leaves in clusters.

   * Ps 92:12-15 Re 7:9
- open flowers.  Heb. openings of flowers.
   * :18,32

VERSE 30
    * Isa 54:11,12; 60:17 Re 21:18-21


VERSE 31 
 - doors.
   * Joh 10:9; 14:6 Eph 3:18 Heb 10:19,20
- a fifth part.  or, five square.


VERSE 32 
 - two doors.  or, leaves of the doors.  open flowers.  Heb.
  openings of flowers.
   * :18,29


VERSE 33 
 - a fourth part.  or, four square.
   * :33


VERSE 34 
 - fir tree.
   * 1Ki 5:8
- the two leaves.
   * Eze 41:23-25

VERSE 35


VERSE 36 
 - the inner.
   * Ex 27:9-19; 38:9-20 2Ch 4:9; 7:7 Re 11:2

VERSE 37
    * :1 2Ch 3:2
  Among chronologists there is a great diversity of opinion
  respecting the time of the building of the temple.  The
  Septuagint has 440 years; Glycas, 330; Josephus and Moeslinus,
  592; Melchius Canus, 590; Sulpicius Severus, 588; Clemens
  Alexandrinus, 570; Cedrenus, 672; Codomus, 598; Vossius and
  Capellus, 580; Serarius, 680; Nicholas Abraham, 527; Petavius
  and Valtherus, 520.  After all, that in the common Hebrew text
  is more likely to the true one, than any of the others.


VERSE 38 
 - finished.
   * Ezr 6:14,15 Zec 4:9; 6:13-15
- throughout, etc.  or, with all the appurtenances thereof, and
  with all the ordinances thereof.  seven years.
   * :1,9; 7:1 Ezr 3:8-13; 6:15 Joh 2:20



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