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2 Chronicles 3
17 verses with commentary
Solomon Builds the Temple
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. where: or, which was seen of David his father
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The temple's location is theologically significant: 'Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.' Identifying this as Mount Moriah connects to Abraham offering Isaac (Genesis 22:2), suggesting the temple site is where God provided the ...
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(*a*) **SITE AND DATE** (2Chronicles 3:1-2).
(1) **At Jerusalem in mount Moriah.**—Nowhere else in the Old Testament is the Temple site so specified. (Comp. “the land of Moriah,” the place appointed for the sacrifice of Isaac, Genesis 22:2.)
**Where the Lord appeared unto David his father.**—So LXX.; rather, who *appeared unto David his father.* Such is the meaning according to the common use of w...
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**37-42. So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, &c.--**The sequel of the chapter describes the appointment of the sacred musicians and their respective duties.
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Chapter 3
The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
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<strong>And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-exilic Israel. Unlike the Kings ac...
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(2) **In the second day of the second month.**—Heb., *in the second month in the second.* The versions omit the repetition, which is probably a scribe’s error. “On the second day” would be expressed in Hebrew differently. Read simply, “And he began to build in the second month,” *i.e.,* in Zif (or April—May). See 1Kings 6:1.
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**37-42. So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, &c.--**The sequel of the chapter describes the appointment of the sacred musicians and their respective duties.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 3
The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. instructed: Heb. founded
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<strong>Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's fait...
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(*b*) **DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE; THE PORCK AND THE HOLY PLACE, OR NAVE** (2Chronicles 3:3-7).
(3) **Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed.**—Rather, *And this is the foundation* (or ground-plan) *of Solomon.* The plural pronoun *‘ēllè, “*these,” is used as a neut. sing. “this” (comp. 1Chronicles 24:19), and the *hophal* infinitive *hûsad,* “to be founded,” is used substantively,...
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The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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<strong>And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler present...
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(4) **And the porch . . . twenty cubits.**—Heb., *and the porch that was before the length* (*i.e.,* that lay in front of the oblong main building), *before the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits* (*i.e.,* the porch was as. long as the house was broad). This curious statement answers to what we read in 1Kings 6:3 : *“*And the porch before the hall of the house, twenty cubits was its length, b...
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The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
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<strong>And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-exilic I...
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(5) **The greater house.**—Or, *the great chamber, i.e.* the Holy Place, or nave. (Comp. 1Chronicles 28:11.)
**He cieled** **with fir tree.**—*He covered with planks of fir;* or, *panelled with fir.* To *ciel, or* rather *seel *(from *syle* or *cyll,* a canopy: Skeat, *Etymol. Dict.* s.v.) a room, meant in old English to wainscot or panel it. (Comp. 1Kings 6:15-16.)
**Which he overlaid with fine g...
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CHAPTER 17
1Ch 17:1-10. David Forbidden to Build God a House.
**1. as David sat in his house--**The details of this chapter were given in nearly similar terms (2Sa 7:1-29). The date was towards the latter end of David's reign, for it is expressly said in the former book to have been at the cessation of all his wars. But as to narrate the preparations for the removal of the ark and the erection...
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The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. garnished: Heb. covered
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<strong>And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-exilic Israel. Unlike the Kings ac...
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(6) **Garnished.**—*Overlaid* (2Chronicles 3:4) *the chamber.*
**Precious stones.**—See 1Chronicles 29:2; and 1Kings 10:11, which relates that Hiram’s fleet brought “precious stones” from Ophir for Solomon. But no mention of this kind of decoration is made in 1 Kings 6. The Vulgate explains the phrase as meaning a floor of costly marble.
**Gold of Parvaim.***—*Perhaps *Farwâ,* an auriferous region...
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The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
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<strong>He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigm...
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(7) **He overlaid also the house.**—*And he covered* (2Chronicles 3:5) *the chamber*—that is, the great chamber or Holy Place. (See 1Kings 6:21-23.)
**The beams.**—Of the roof.
**The posts.**—*The thresholds* (Isaiah 6:4).
**And graved cherubims on the walls.**—See 1Kings 6:29, which gives a fuller account of the mural decorations.
**Cherubims.**—*Cherubim,* or *cherubs* (Psalm 18:10). Cherubim is...
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The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
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<strong>And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicle...
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(*c*) **THE HOLY OF HOLIES, OR CHANCEL, WITH THE CHERUBIM AND THE VAIL** (2Chronicles 3:8-14).
(8) **The most holy house.**—*The chamber of the Holy of holies,* or *chancel,* called also the *oracle* (*Dĕbîr*)*,* 1Kings 6:5. (So 2Chronicles 3:10.)
**The length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits.**—*Its* *length before the breadth of the house was twenty cubits.* (See ...
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The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
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<strong>And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-exilic Israel. Unlike the K...
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(9) **And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold.**—Literally, *And a weight for nails for shekels—fifty in gold.* The LXX. and Vulg. take this to mean that the weight of each nail was fifty shekels; and this is probably right, for fifty shekels as a total would be a trifling sum to record along with six hundred talents. The nails were used to fasten the golden plates to the wooden wain...
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**5. I ... have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another--**The literal rendering is, "I was walking in a tent and in a dwelling." The evident intention (as we may see from 1Ch 17:6) was to lay stress upon the fact that God was a Mithhatlek (a travelling God) and went from one place to another with His tent and His entire dwelling (the dwelling included not merely the tent, but t...
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The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. image: or, (as some think) of moveable work
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<strong>And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-exilic Israel. Unlike the Kings acc...
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(10) **Two cherubims.**—1Kings 6:23-28. They were made of oleaster, plated with gold.
**Of image work.**—Literally, *a work of statuary.* The Hebrew word meaning “statuary” occurs here only, and looks suspicious. The Vulg. renders *opere statuario;* the LXX. “a work of logs”; the Syriac “a durable work.” With the last three renderings comp. 1Kings 6:23, “wood (or blocks) of oleaster,” a specially ...
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**6. spake I a word to any of the judges--**In 2Sa 7:7 it is "any of the tribes" of Israel. Both are included. But the judges "who were commanded to feed the people," form the more suitable antithesis to David.
**Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?--**that is, a solid and magnificent temple.
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Chapter 3
The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
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<strong>And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chron...
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(11) **And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long.**—*Their length* was, altogether, *twenty cubits;* so that, being outspread, they reached from wall to wall of the Holy of holies, which was twenty cubits wide. Of this breadth each cherub covered half, or ten cubits, with his wings, which were five cubits apiece in length. Obviously the inner wing of each cherub met the inner wing of ...
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**7. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote--**a round tower of rude construction, high walled, but open at the top, in which sheep are often enclosed at night to protect them from wild beasts. The meaning is, I elevated you to the throne from a humble condition solely by an act of divine grace, and not from any antecedent merits of your own (see on 1Sa 16:11), and I enabled ...
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Chapter 3
The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
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<strong>And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple buildin...
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(12) Literally, *And the wing of the one cherub—five cubits*—*was touching the wall of the chamber, and the other wing—five cubits*—*was cleaving to the wing of the other cherub.*
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Chapter 3
The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. inward: or, toward the house
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<strong>The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-e...
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(13) **The wings of these cherubims.**—Or, *These wings of the cherubim.*
**Spread themselves forth.**—*Were outspreading* (participle), 1Chronicles 28:18.
**And they** **stood.**—*Were standing.* They were ten cubits high (1Kings 6:26).
**Inward.**—See margin. Translate, *toward the chamber.* The cherubs did not face each other like the cherubim on the mercy seat (Exodus 25:20).
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**9-10. at the beginning, and since the time that I commanded judges--**that is, including the whole period from Joshua to Saul.
**I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house--**This was the language of Nathan himself, who was specially directed to assure David, not only of personal blessing and prosperity, but of a continuous line of royal descendants.
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Chapter 3
The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. wrought: Heb. caused to ascend
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<strong>And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-exilic Israel. Unlike the ...
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(14) **The vail.**—The *Pārōkheth,* or curtain, which divided the holy place from the holy of holies, is not mentioned in the existing text of 1Kings 6:21, which passage, however, speaks of the chains of gold by which the vail was probably suspended.
**Blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen.**—See Notes on 2Chronicles 2:7; 2Chronicles 2:14.
**Wrought.**—See Note on “set,” 2Chronicles 3:5. H...
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**9-10. at the beginning, and since the time that I commanded judges--**that is, including the whole period from Joshua to Saul.
**I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house--**This was the language of Nathan himself, who was specially directed to assure David, not only of personal blessing and prosperity, but of a continuous line of royal descendants.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 3
The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. high: Heb. long
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<strong>Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradi...
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(*d*) **THE TWO BRONZE PILLARS IN THE PORCH**
(2Chronicles 3:15-17). Comp. 1Kings 7:15-22.
(15) **Before the house.**—Before the holy place, in the porch.
**Two pillars of thirty and five cubits high.**—*Two pillars thirty and five cubits in length.* 1Kings 7:15 says “eighteen cubits,” so also 2Kings 25:17; Jeremiah 52:21; and no doubt correctly. Of the versions, the LXX. and Vulg. have “thirty-fi...
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**11. I will raise up thy seed--**(See on 2Sa 7:12).
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Chapter 3
The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
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<strong>And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigm...
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(16) **And he made chains, as in the oracle.**—Heb., *And he made chainwork in the oracle,* or chancel, which is clearly corrupt. But if we read *kad-debîr* for *bad-debîr,* an infinitesimal change in Hebrew writing, we get the sense which our version suggests: *And he made chainwork as in the chancel.* It is true that the sacred writer has not told us that the walls of the Holy of Holies were so ...
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The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
Read full commentary →And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. Jachin: that is, He shall establish Boaz: that is, In it is strength
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<strong>And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Building according to divine pattern on consecrated ground. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithf...
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(17) **Before the temple.**—Vulg., *in* *vestibulo templi.* So 1Kings 7:21 has, “at the porch of the temple.” 1Kings 7:22 adds, “and upon the top of the pillars was lily-work.”
**Jachin . . .** **Boaz.**—See 1Kings 7:21. “The description of the two brazen pillars,” says Reuss, “much more detailed in 1Kings 7:15 ff., has become almost unintelligible, under the pen of the abbreviate.” This is a stro...
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**13. I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee--**My procedure in dealing with him will be different from My disposal of Saul. Should his misconduct call for personal chastisement, I shall spare his family. If I see it necessary to withdraw My favor and help for a time, it will be a corrective discipline only to reform and restore, not to destroy. (On this...
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Chapter 3
The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render th...
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