Bible Commentary

And [then] he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house [with] timber of cedar. 10. And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high ] Better with R.V. ‘And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high.’ We ought perhaps … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 6:10”

So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. 9. So he built the house ] i.e. The Temple building. The next verse speaks of the enclosing framework of chambers. What was now finished was the portion for divine service. and covered the house ] i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 6:9”

The door for the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber], and out of the middle into the third. 8. The door for the middle chamber ] R.V. middle side-chambers. The LXX. and Targum here give ‘lowest’ instead of ‘middle;’ doubtless … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 6:8”

And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 7. stone made ready before it was brought thither] The R.V. renders made ready … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 6:7”

The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 6. The nethermost chamber (R.V. story) was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 6:6”

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: 5. And against the wall of the house he built chambers ] The A. V. points out by its margin that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 6:5”

And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. 4. windows of narrow lights ] It is not easy to explain the nature of these windows from the words used to describe them. They were apparently windows made by overlaid woodwork, either in the fashion of sloping louvre boards or fashioned like latticework crosswise. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 6:4”

And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits [was] the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits [was] the breadth thereof before the house. 3. the porch ] This extended along the whole face of the building, and projected forward 10 cubits, thus making the whole length … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 6:3”

And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits. 2. the length thereof was threescore cubits ] In dimension the Temple was twice the size of the Tabernacle. The latter was 30 cubits long, 10 cubits … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 6:2”

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. Ch. 1Ki … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 6:1”