to build a house<\/em> ]. It should be noticed that between the narrative in Kings and Chronicles there is a marked difference here. The former says nothing about the preparations which David had made for building the Temple, but makes the preparation commence under Solomon. In Chronicles David is represented as making great preparations before his death. Cf. 1Ch 29:6-9<\/span>; 2Ch 2:3-7<\/span> and with 1Ki 6:2<\/span> compare 2Ch 3:3<\/span>.<\/p>\n as the Lord spake<\/em> ] Cf. 2Sa 7:12-13<\/span>. In that passage no mention is made of the reason why David was not permitted to build.<\/p>\n As the Lord spake – <\/B>See the marginal references 1Ki 7:13<\/span>, and compare 1Ch 22:10<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 5<\/span>. A house unto the name of the Lord<\/B><\/I>] The name of God is God himself. I purpose to build a house to that infinite and eternal Being called Jehovah<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God<\/strong>,…. For his worship, and for his honour and glory:<\/p>\n as the Lord spake unto David my father<\/strong>; by the prophet Nathan, 2Sa 7:12<\/span>;<\/p>\n saying, thy son whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name<\/strong>; which was no small encouragement to Solomon to go about this work; in which he was a type of Christ, the builder of his temple, the church, see Zec 6:12<\/span>.<\/p>\n 5<\/strong>. <\/strong> As the Lord spake unto David <\/strong> See 2Sa 7:12-13<\/span>, and the notes there.<\/p>\n “<\/strong> And, behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of YHWH my God, as YHWH spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your room, he will build the house for my name’.” <\/p>\n So he explained to Hiram that as a result of the situation brought about by YHWH, he purposed to build a house for the name of YHWH his God as (in his view) YHWH had originally declared to David. Unable to grasp the whole glorious significance of 2 Samuel 7<\/span> he selected out from it the little that he thought that he did understand and which would bring the greatest glory to him. Had he put as much effort into building up his spiritual house as YHWH had wished, instead of into building up a physical house for YHWH, history would have been very different. And from the Temple would eventually grow up the iniquitous doctrine of the inviolability of the Temple, a doctrine that would finally contribute to Israel’s downfall, for by it they had made YHWH into a little God firmly tied to earth.. Solomon would prove to be the perfect exemplar of the fact that man loves to thrust his outward religious formalities into the limelight, and having then fulfilled them to his own satisfaction, considers that he can live the remainder of his life as he pleases. It is the story both of later Judaism, and of the physical monstrosity which was built up and called itself the church in the middle ages, and whose legacy still hangs on in many places today. <\/p>\n 1Ki 5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.<\/p>\n Ver. 5. To build a house unto the name.<\/strong> ] Wherein he became a type of Christ, who buildeth his Church, that spiritual temple. See Isa 44:28<\/span> Mat 16:18<\/span> . In the Old Testament the brass gates were opened to make way for the building of that temple; Isa 45:2 but in the New, those gates of hell shall not gainstand, or prevail. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As the Lord spake unto David.<\/strong> ] Solomon’s purpose was founded upon God’s gracious promise. This was a right rise, for want whereof many men’s purposes, like clouds without rain, vanish, and come to nothing.<\/p>\n as the LORD spake = according as Jehovah spake. Compare 2Sa 7:12, 2Sa 7:13. 1Ch 17:11, 1Ch 17:12. <\/p>\n behold: 2Ch 2:1-4, 2Ch 2:5-8 <\/p>\n purpose: Heb. say <\/p>\n as the Lord: 2Sa 7:12, 2Sa 7:13, 1Ch 17:12, 1Ch 22:10, 1Ch 28:6, 1Ch 28:10, Zec 6:12, Zec 6:13 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 27:16 – set a man Ezr 4:1 – the adversaries Dan 1:8 – purposed<\/p>\n A TEMPLE MOST COSTLY<\/p>\n An house unto the name of the Lord my God.<\/p>\n 1Ki 5:5<\/p>\n It is a matter of great interest that ere Solomon could proceed in his vast design, he had to call in the aid of Gentile hands. The opportunity for this was given to him when Hiram, the Phnician king, who had ever been so friendly with king David, sent a message of congratulation to Solomon on his accession to the throne. Solomon immediately replied to this embassy of good-will, and took occasion to unfold his purpose and secure the co-operation of Hiram.<\/p>\n I. We are told that the building of the Temple occupied seven years.When we read the dimensions of this building, and are told that it consisted of two main chambers, that the whole length was ninety feet, from side to side thirty feet, and from floor to roof forty-five feet, it does not seem to us a remarkable thing to raise a building of such commonplace dimensions in seven years. But we must remember that it was built on the narrow top of Mount Moriah, and that it needed to rest upon vast substructures built up from the valley to make the hill-top not less than five hundred yards square. The walls necessary for this had to be built of stone, cut from a quarry on the crown of the hill. These stones had to be moved down an inclined plane and built so strongly that they should support the whole structure at the top. No one can adequately estimate the extraordinary patience and labour involved in this task. When we are told that one of these stones, still visible in its original place, weighs something like two hundred tons, and that such a stone had to be moved and lifted without our modern appliances, we may dimly see glimpses of the agony and torture of the men whose strength had to be expended upon such labour.<\/p>\n II. This opens our eyes to the real cost of a building like the Temple.Not only was Solomon dependent upon the labour of the servants of Hiram, he made a levy from amongst the people of Israel to the extent of thirty thousand men, of whom ten thousand only were at work at any one time. These ten thousand laboured for a month and then retired to their homes for two months; and so on they worked, travelling to Lebanon and back in three monthly rotations.<\/p>\n But there was a still greater army of labourers, composed of men who were called the burden-bearers and those who were called the hewers or stone-cutters; of the former there were seventy thousand, and of the latter eighty thousand. These men were drawn from two sources: first, the peoples whom David had conquered; and, second, the original inhabitants of the land who were yet unexterminated. These worked literally as slaves, and no one can imagine the horror involved in slave labour in those ancient times upon royal undertakings like this. One writer says that these facts show us how in the day of Solomon an abyss of misery heaved and moaned under the glittering surface of his splendour.<\/p>\n III. That in Solomons heart there was a truly religious intent there can be no doubt.Out of loyalty to the memory of David and out of adoration for Jehovah, he desired to make this structure as glorious as was possible. And truly when, upon that enormous platform, that Temple stood glittering outwardly with brass and inwardly with lavish ornamentation of gold, he might look upon it with sincerely pious emotions.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, we are thankful that the Spirit of God has led His people so far beyond the knowledge and the attainments of Solomon that we see now what he could not see in his day, that a Temple built at such cost of human agony and humiliation cannot truly bring glory unto God. There may be those who, to-day, make large fortunes out of the shame, the impoverishment, and the suffering of their fellow-men, and who give a slice of these fortunes to the building of cathedrals or the endowment of churches; but the general sense of Protestant Christendom is surely coming to see that no pious gift can, in the sight of God, blot out the guilt of a man who gained the power to give by injustice and cruelty to his fellow-men.<\/p>\n Illustrations<\/p>\n (1) There is one thing here that is not beautiful or good. Solomon had begun to oppress his people for his pleasure, and he built the house for the Name of God, not by appeals to the free will of his people, but by raising a levy out of all Israel (v. 13), i.e., by forced labour. And the blotches of smoke are still visible, says Farrar, on the walls of the underground quarries where they laboured. This is one of the blots in Solomons reign, and when he died the whole people cried to his son Rehoboam, Thy father made our yoke grievous make thou his heavy yoke lighter. <\/p>\n (2) The men of Tyre and Sidon became helpers in building the Temple. It is interesting to notice that not only were materials brought from heathen lands, but much of the work was done by heathen builders and artists. This suggests to us that in the great temple of God that is rising in heaven men of all nations work. God loved the world and gave His Son to die for the world. To-day the missionaries are carrying the Gospel to all parts of the earth, to every nation under heaven.<\/p>\n (3)Souls are built as temples are<\/p>\n Sunken deep, unseen, unknown,<\/p>\n Lies the sure foundation stone,<\/p>\n Then the courses framed to bear,<\/p>\n Lift the cloisters, pillared fair.<\/p>\n Last of all the airy spire,<\/p>\n Soaring heavenward, higher and higher,<\/p>\n Nearest sun and nearest star.<\/p>\n Souls are built as temples are<\/p>\n Based on truths eternal law,<\/p>\n Sure and steadfast without flaw,<\/p>\n Through the sunshine, through the snows,<\/p>\n Up and on the building goes;<\/p>\n Every fair thing finds its place,<\/p>\n Every hard thing lends a grace,<\/p>\n Every hand may make or mar.<\/p>\n (4) The treaty between Solomon and Hiram was eminently wise, since their peoples were so differentthe one pastoral, the other commercial. So we receive from one another, and it is wise for Peter and John to make common friendship, and to go together up the steps to the Gate Beautiful!<\/p>\n And, behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build a house unto my name. 5. 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