Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 7:10
And the foundation [was of] costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
10. And the foundation ] Even that work which was to be buried out of sight was of the same quality.
ten cubits eight cubits ] Probably we have here the greatest dimension, the length. We are left to imagine the breadth and thickness which would be proportional in stones of 15 feet and 12 feet long.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
See the 1Ki 5:17 note.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Stones of ten cubits; not square, which would have been both unnecessary, and unportable, and unmanageable; but of solid measure, by which stones and timber are usually measured; and so they were only two cubits square, but there were twenty solid cubits contained in them. And so also the following
eight cubits are to be understood.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
10. the foundation was of costlystones, even great stonesEnormous stones, correspondingexactly with the dimensions given, are found in Jerusalem at thisday. Not only the walls from the foundation to the roof beams werebuilt of large hewn stones, but the spacious court around the palacewas also paved with great square stones.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,…. Of a great price, and very large:
stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits some of one measure, and some of another; not so many cubits square, but of solid measure; they were so many in length.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
10. Even great stones These foundation stones were costly because of their great size rather than of the vast amount of labour required in hewing them.
Ten cubits About fifteen feet. See note on 1Ki 5:17.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ki 7:10 And the foundation [was of] costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Ver. 10. And the foundatlon was of costly stones. ] Heb., Precious; yet not of emeralds, carbuncles, sapphires, as Isa 54:11 , but of marble, porphyry, &c., which were longlasting.
Even great stones.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the foundation: Isa 28:16, Isa 54:11, 1Co 3:10, 1Co 3:11, Rev 21:19, Rev 21:20
stones of ten cubits: Reckoning the cubit at 21 inches, the ten cubits are 17 feet and a half, and the eight cubits are 14 feet. The magnitude of these stones was certainly extraordinary; but let us hear M. Volney, and our surprise will no longer be fixed on these stones, but transferred from Solomon’s house to the ruins of Balbec: “What is still more astonishing is the enormous stones which compose the sloping wall. To the west, the second layer is formed of stones which are from 28 to 35 feet long, by about 9 in height. Over this layer, at the north-west angle, there are three stones, which alone occupy a space of 175 feet and a half; viz. the first, 58 feet 7 inches; the second, 58 feet 11 inches; and the third, exactly 58 feet; and each of these is 12 feet thick. These stones are of white granite, with large shining flakes, like gypsum: there is a quarry of this kind of stone under the whole city, and another in the adjacent mountains, which is open in several places. On the right, as we approach the city, there is still lying there a stone hewn on three sides, which is 69 feet 2 inches long, 12 feet 10 inches broad, and 13 feet 3 inches in thickness.
Reciprocal: 1Ki 7:9 – costly stones
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 7:10-11. The foundation was of costly stones By costly stones, mentioned here, and in the foregoing and following verses, are not meant precious stones, but stones that, being larger, firmer, and better polished than others, were of greater price: probably they were large blocks of marble, squared and polished on all sides. Stones of ten cubits Not ten cubits square, which would have been unnecessary, and would have rendered them unportable and unmanageable, but of such measure as is generally used in measuring stones and timber; and thus also the following eight cubits are to be understood. And above That is, in the roof, or upper part; for this is opposed to the foundation. Were costly stones and cedars Intermixed the one with the other. Thus the roof was finished after the same manner with the lower parts.