17<\/strong>. they brought<\/em> ] The verb is used most frequently of pulling up tent pegs when removing a tent. And it is hardly found with the mere sense of ‘bringing’ or ‘bearing.’ Therefore in this passage and in Ecc 10:9<\/span>, the R.V. has given it (with the authority of the Targum) the meaning ‘to hew out.’ In the latter passage this rendering is certainly more appropriate and in harmony with the parallel clause, ‘Whoso heweth out<\/em> stones shall be hurt therewith, and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.’ Here too, the sense ‘they hewed out<\/strong> great stones’ fits the passage extremely well.<\/p>\n costly stones<\/em> ] The adjective is not unfrequently used of gems which are of great price; as, of the precious stones in the crown of the Ammonite king (2Sa 13:30<\/span>). But in the present case the costly nature was due to the care and pains which had been taken in selecting and working these foundation stones. This seems to be the sense in such passages as Isa 28:16<\/span>, where the worth consists in the stability and tried nature of the stone spoken of.<\/p>\n and hewed stones<\/em> ] As will be seen from the A. V. there is no conjunction expressed in the original. The rendering however which is given leads the reader to suppose that there stands another adjective in the Hebrew like those rendered ‘great’ and ‘costly.’ This is not so, and moreover the order of the words makes it clear that the words rendered ‘hewed stones’ should follow ‘to lay the foundation of the house.’ Hence the R.V. has to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Some of these great, hewed (no and) stones, are probably still to be seen in the place where they were set by Solomons builders, at the southwestern angle of the wall of the Haram area in the modern Jerusalem. The largest found so far is 38 ft. 9 in. long, and weighs about 100 tons.<\/P> <\/p>\n 1Ki 5:17<\/span><\/p>\n The foundation of the house.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Foundation work<\/strong><\/p>\n The king commanded: that is the beginning of all Holy zeal waits for the kings orders. But as soon as the command was given there was neither pause nor hesitation; the king commanded, and they brought. Solomon began to build the temple at the foundation. Begin with the foundation. The foundation, in his case, had to be carried to a great height, because the area upon which the temple stood was on high above the valley. Very much of foundation work is out of sight, and the temptation is to pay but small attention to its finish. It was not so with Solomon. I want to urge that all our work for God should be done thoroughly, and especially that part of it which lies lowest, and is least observed of men.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Observe the work of creation. God took care that even in the material universe there should be a grand foundation for His noble edifice.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>The same is true of Gods work called Providence. No event happens but He has planned it, and ordained that a multitude of other events should precede or follow it. The doings of Providence are threaded together, like pearls upon a string; there is a relation of this to that, and of that to another. Events dovetail the one into the other. Every fact is fitted and adapted to take its place in the design of the Great Architect.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>But we come into clearer light when we look at the Lords greatest work of redemption. You and I are not saved haphazard. It is not as though God had saved us on the spur of the moment, as an after-thought which was not in His first intent. No; redemption plays an essential part in the purposes of the Lord.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Let it be so in the building up of our own life.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>So it must be, next, in the building up of a church. Is that a church of God which is not founded on everlasting <\/strong>truth? There are numbers of hasty builders with wood, hay, and stubble; but these neither attend to foundation nor to material laid thereon.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>In the building up of character in others we must mind that we do the foundation work well. Sunday-school teachers are those who do the foundation work; for they begin first with young hearts, while they are tender and susceptible. It is a most important thing that we have our children and young people well instructed in Divine truth and soundly converted.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Because it is suitable for God. You build your temple for God, and not for men: you should, therefore, make that part of the building good which will be seen by him; and as he sees it all, it must be all of the best.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Next, look well to the foundation that is out of sight, for your own sake. No builder can afford to be negligent over the unseen part of a building; for it would involve a serious injury to his character. The very act of scamping is mean and degrading, and lowers a mans tone.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Further, lay the foundation well, and look to that part which is out of sight, because in this way you will secure the superstructure. There was a bit of a flaw in the foundation, but nobody saw it; for the builder covered it up very quickly, and ran up the whole concern as quickly as possible. The walls were built, and built well. It seemed clear that the fault down below was of no consequence whatever; and as it had a little cheapened the underground construction, was it not so much the better? How long was this the case? Well, the next year nothing happened: a longer time passed away, and then an ugly crack came down the wall. Had there been an earthquake? No, there was no earthquake. Perhaps a cyclone had beaten upon the work? No, there was no cyclone: the weather was the same as usual. What was the cause of that gaping space which marred the beauty of the building, and threatened to bring it down? It was that blunder long age: that underground neglect produced the terrible mischief above, which would involve a great expense, and perhaps render it needful to take all the building down. That which was out of sight did not always remain out of mind; it only needed time to produce a dangerous settlement.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>Besides, to lay a good foundation, on Solomons hart was the way to save himself from future fears. Buildings which have to hold a crowd endure seasons of test and trial. Years ago, I was preaching in a building which was exceedingly crowded, and, to my apprehension, there was a continuous tremor. I grew so anxious that I said to a friend, who understood such matters, Go downstairs and see whether this building is really safe; for it seems hardly able to bear the weight of this crowd. When he returned he looked anxious, but gave me no answer. The service ended quietly, and then he said, I am so glad that everything has gone off safely. I do not think you should ever preach there again; for it is a very frail affair; but I thought that if I frightened you there would be more risk in a panic than in letting the service go on. Solomon had built with great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones; and therefore, when the <\/strong>vast multitudes came together around the temple, it never occurred to him to fear that the great weight of people might cause a subsidence of the foundation.<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>Do look well to the foundation, and to the secret part of your dealings with God, because there is a fire coming which will try all things. Every mans work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every mans work of what sort it is. (C. H. Spurgeon.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Faiths foundation secure<\/strong><\/p>\n There is no kind of construction known to the modern engineer or builder which requires at all times so perfect and absolutely secure a foundation as a bridge. So, precisely, there is no faculty of the soul known to mans keenest spiritual sense which requires so perfect and absolutely secure a foundation as faith, and since faith is the bridge between man and God over the otherwise impassible chasm of doubt and destruction, the Great Constructor, the Engineer of the Universe, has seen to it that its foundations shall rest upon nothing less secure than His own Almighty Word.<\/p>\n The comfort of a sure foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n As you gaze with admiration at the wonderful tower of the cathedral of Antwerp, it looks as if it were made of lace suspended by some invisible chain from the heavens; but you know when you come to examine it, that all the exquisite lacery and tracery is built upon a most solid foundation. So the experience of the saint, which seems to pierce the very heavens, and is lit up with the light of God, rests on a firm basis. That is assurance of a personal interest in the salvation, procured by the atoning love and sacrifice of Jesus. (R. Venting.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Verse 17<\/span>. Great stones<\/B><\/I>] Stones of very large dimensions.<\/P> <\/P> Costly stones<\/B><\/I>] Stones that cost much labour and time to cut them out of the rock.<\/P> <\/P> Hewed stones<\/B><\/I>] Everywhere squared and polished.<\/P> <\/p>\n Costly stones; <\/B>marble and porphyry, or other stones of great size and value. <\/P> To lay the foundation of the house; <\/B>where they could not afterward be seen; and therefore that this was done, is mentioned only as a point of magnificence, except it was intended for a type or mystical signification of the preciousness of Christ, who is the foundation<\/I> of the true temple, the church of God, as he is called, Isa 28:16<\/span>; 1Co 3:11<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 17. brought great stones<\/B>Thestone of Lebanon is “hard, calcareous, whitish and sonorous,like free stone” [SHAW].The same white and beautiful stone can be obtained in every part ofSyria and Palestine. <\/P> hewed stones<\/B>or neatlypolished, as the Hebrew<\/I> word signifies (Ex20:25<\/span>). Both Jewish and Tyrian builders were employed in hewingthese great stones.<\/P><\/p>\n And the king commanded, and they brought great stones<\/strong>,…. Not in quality, but in quantity, large stones, fit to lay in the foundation; strong, and durable against all the injuries of time, as Josephus says i:<\/p>\n costly stones<\/strong>; not what are commonly called precious stones, as gems, pearls, c. but stones of value, as marble, porphyry, c.<\/p>\n [and] hewed stones<\/strong> not rough as they were taken out of the quarry, but hewed, and made smooth:<\/p>\n to lay the foundation of the house<\/strong> which, though out of sight, was to be laid with goodly stones for the magnificence of the building; so the church of Christ, its foundation is said to be laid even with sapphires and other precious stones, see Isa 54:11<\/span>.<\/p>\n i Antiqu. l. 8. c. 3. sect. 2.<\/p>\n And the king had large, costly stones broken, “to lay the foundation of the house with hewn stones.” does not mean heavy (Thenius), for this would be a perfectly superfluous remark, inasmuch as large stones are always heavy, but costly, valuable stones, qui multa pecunia constabant <\/em> (Cler.); compare 1Ki 10:2<\/span>, where the word stands for precious stones. , i.e., to lay the foundation for the temple, by which we are to understand not merely the foundation for the temple-house, but the magnificent substructions for the whole of the temple area, even though the strong walls which surrounded the temple mountain, and which Josephus describes in his Antiquities<\/em>, viii. 3, 9, and xv. 11, 3, and in his de Bell. Jud<\/em>. v. 5, 1, may not have been all completed by Solomon, but may have been a work of centuries. For further remarks on this subject, see at 1Ki 6:38<\/span>. are squared stones, according to 1Ki 7:10<\/span>, of ten and eight cubits.<\/p>\n (17) Great stones.<\/strong>The stones, so emphatically described as great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, were necessary, not so much for the foundation of the Temple itself, which was small, but for the substructure of the area, formed into a square on the irregular summit of Mount Moriah. In this substructure vast stones are still to be seen, and are referred by many authorities to the age of Solomon. The labour of transport must have been enormous, especially as all were worked beforehand. (See 1Ki. 6:7<\/span>.)<\/p>\n 17<\/strong>. <\/strong> And they brought <\/strong> , they quarried out, <\/em> great stones. The reference is to the digging of the stones from the quarry, not to their transportation. <\/p>\n Great stones, costly stones, hewed stones <\/strong> Literally, They quarried out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house of hewn stones. <\/em> That is, the great costly stones were dug out for the purpose of being hewn or squared, that the foundation might be laid with stones thus squared, and not with rough stones. Josephus says: “The king laid the foundation of the temple very deep in the ground, and the materials were strong stones, and such as would resist the force of time. These were to unite themselves with the earth, and become a basis and sure foundation to sustain with ease those vast superstructures and precious ornaments whose own weight was to be not less than the weight of those other high and heavy buildings which the king designed to be very ornamental and magnificent.” Great stones are found in the walls of modern Jerusalem which measure from seventeen to over thirty feet in length, and vary in thickness from four to six and a half feet. They are doubtless some remains of the ancient temple. Dr. Robinson, who measured many of them, remarks that it is not only their great size, but also “the manner in which they are hewn, that gives them a peculiar character. In common parlance they are said to be bevelled; <\/em> which means that after the whole face has first been hewn and squared, a narrow strip along the edge is cut down a quarter or half an inch lower than the rest of the surface. The face of the wall of such stones has the appearance of many panels.”<\/p>\n (17) And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. (18) And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It is impossible to behold Solomon laying the foundation stone for the temple without carrying our thoughts to the contemplation of that foundation stone which God hath laid in Zion: a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. Oh! precious Jesus! thou art indeed a foundation stone, for other foundation can no man lay. Thou art most firm, most durable, most strong, and lasting, even eternal. And as thou art so precious in God my Father’s view; so, dearest Lord, be thou everlastingly in mine. On thee hath Jehovah built his church. On thee do I, through his blessed Spirit, build my whole salvation. And as Solomon’s builders, and Hiram’s builders, did hew and square the stones for the temple, so, blessed Jesus, thou almighty master-builder, (for thou hath chosen and hewn me out of the quarry of nature), do thou polish my soul by regeneration, and rear up a structure of grace in my heart, that I may be an holy temple to the Lord. Eph 2:21<\/span> .<\/p>\n 1Ki 5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.<\/p>\n Ver. 17. Great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones,<\/strong> ] i.e., <\/em> Marble of all sorts, as porphyry, parian, ophites, sphengites, &c. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n To lay the foundation of the house.<\/strong> ] Even those stones that were laid in the base of the building were not rugged and rude, but hewn and costly. God is not all for the eye: he pleaseth himself with the hidden value of the living stones of his spiritual temple.<\/p>\n brought = quarried. <\/p>\n great stones. These stones illustrate the work of conversion in the sinner. Hewed out of nature’s dark quarry (Isa 51:1, Isa 51:2), out and carved for a place in the temple of glory (Eph 2:20-22). <\/p>\n costly stones: 1Ki 6:7, 1Ki 7:9, 1Ch 22:2, Isa 28:16, 1Co 3:11, 1Co 3:12, 1Pe 2:6, 1Pe 2:7, Rev 21:14-21 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ki 12:12 – masons Pro 24:27 – General Isa 54:11 – I will lay<\/p>\n 1Ki 5:17. Costly stones Marble and porphyry, or other stones of great size and value. To lay the foundation of the house Where they could not afterward be seen; and therefore that this was done, is mentioned only as a point of magnificence, except it was intended for a type or mystical signification of the preciousness of Christ, who is the foundation of the true temple, and the church of God. It should seem, says Henry, that Solomon was himself present at the founding of the temple, and that the first stone, as has been usual in famous buildings, was laid with great solemnity. Solomon commanded, and they brought costly stones For a foundation; though, being out of sight, worse might have served. Christ, who is laid for a foundation, is an elect and precious stone, (Isaiah 28.,) and the foundations of the church are said to be laid with sapphires, Isa 54:11. and Rev 21:19. Sincerity obligeth us to lay our foundation firm, and to bestow most pains on that part of our religion which lies out of the sight, of men.<\/p>\n And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 17. they brought ] The verb is used most frequently of pulling up tent pegs when removing a tent. 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I. <\/strong>This is Gods method.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>This must be our method. We must build after this fashion, and make sure of our foundations.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>It is a wise method.<\/p>\n
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Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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