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- 16900
- * another court.
- # 2Ki 20:4
- * an house.
- # 3:1 9:24 2Ch 8:11
- 16901
- * costly stones.
- # 10,11 5:17
- 16902
- * the foundation.
- # Isa 28:16 54:11 1Co 3:10,11 Re 21:19,20
- * 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.
- 16903
- # Eph 2:20-22 1Pe 2:5
- 16904
- * three rows.
- # 6:36
- * the porch.
- # Joh 10:23 Ac 3:11 5:12
- 16905
- * Hiram.
- # 40 2Ch 2:13 4:11
- * Huram.
- 16906
- * a widow's son. Heb. the son of a widow woman. tribe.
- The mother of Hiram (not the Tyrian king mentioned before, but
- an intelligent coppersmith, of Jewish extraction by his
- mother's side) in Chronicles, is said to have been of "the
- daughters of Dan;" and she might have been of Naphtali by her
- father, and of Dan by her mother; or she might originally be
- of the tribe of Dan, and have been first married to a man of
- the tribe of Naphtali; and, in either case, she might be
- indifferently called "of the tribe of Naphtali," or of "the
- daughters of Dan."
-
- * Naphtali.
- # 2Ch 2:14
- * his father.
- # 2Ch 4:16
- * he was filled.
- # Ex 31:2-6 35:30-35 36:1,2,8 Isa 28:26
- 16907
- * cast. Heb. fashioned. two pillars.
- # 21 2Ki 25:16,17 2Ch 3:15-17 4:12-22 Jer 52:21-13
- * eighteen cubits.
- That is, nearly thirty feet, English measure. But in the
- parallel place in Chronicles, these pillars are said to
- thirty-five cubits high. Tremellius reconciles this
- difference by observing, that the common cubit was but
- one-half of the cubit of the sanctuary; so that eighteen of
- the one would make thirty-six of the other; from which, if we
- deduct one cubit for the base, there will remain thirty-five.
- Notwithstanding the names of these pillars, they seem to have
- supported no part of the building, and appear to have been
- formed for ornament; and were no doubt also emblematical. The
- right pillar was called {Jachin,} which signifies, "He will
- establish;" while that on the left was named {Boaz,} "In it is
- strength." Some think they were intended for memorials of the
- pillars and cloud of fire, which led Israel through the
- wilderness; but Henry supposes them designed for memorandums
- to the priests and others that came to worship at God's door.
- 1st. To depend upon God only, and not upon any sufficiency of
- their own, for strength and establishment in all their
- religious exercises. 2nd. It was a memorandum to them of the
- strength and establishment of the temple of God among them.
- When the temple was destroyed, particular notice is taken of
- the breaking up and carrying away of these brazen pillars, 2
- Ki 25:13, 17, which had been the tokens of its establishment,
- and would have been still so, if they had not forsaken God.
- 16908
- # Ex 36:38 38:17,19,28 2Ch 4:12,13
- 16909
- # Ex 28:14,22,24,25 39:15-18 2Ki 25:17
- 16910
- # Ex 28:14,22,24,25 39:15-18 2Ki 25:17
- 16911
- * lily work.
- # 22 6:18,32-35
- 16912
- * and the pomegranates.
- # 2Ki 25:17 2Ch 3:16 4:13 Jer 52:22,23
- 16913
- * And he set.
- # 2Ch 3:17 Ga 2:9 Re 3:12
- * the porch.
- # 12 6:3 Eze 40:48,49
- * Jachin.
- # 2Sa 7:12 Isa 9:7
- * Boaz.
- # Ru 4:21 Isa 45:24 Mt 16:18
- 16914
- # 22
- 16915
- * he made.
- # Ex 30:18-21 38:8
- * a molten sea.
- # 2Ki 25:13 2Ch 4:2 Jer 52:17,20
- * the one brim to the other. Heb. his brim to his brim.
- 16916
- * knops.
- # 6:18 Ex 25:31-36 37:17-22
- * compassing the sea.
- # 2Ch 4:3
- 16917
- # 2Ch 4:4,5 Jer 52:20 Eze 1:10 Mt 28:19 Mr 16:15,16 Lu 24:47
- # 1Co 9:9 Re 4:6,7
- 16918
- * an hand breadth.
- # Jer 52:21
- * with flowers.
- # 19 6:18,32,35
- * it contained.
- This immense laver, called a sea from it magnitude, held, at a
- moderate computation, 16,000 gallons. Besides this great
- brazen laver, there were in the temple ten lavers of brass of
- a less size, which moved on wheels, and were ornamented with
- the figures of various animals, having, probably, always some
- relation to the cherubim. These lavers were to hold water for
- the use of the priests in their sacred office, particularly to
- wash the victims that were to be offered as a burnt offering,
- as we learn from 2 Ch 4:6; but the brazen sea was for the
- priests to wash in. The knops are supposed to have been in
- the form of an ox's head, (2 Ch 4:3;) and some think the water
- flowed out at their mouths.
-
- * two thousand.
- # 38 2Ch 4:5 Eze 45:14
- 16919
- * ten bases.
- These highly ornamental bases appear to have been square
- stands, or immense pedestals, for the purpose of supporting
- the lavers.
-
- # 2Ki 25:13,16 2Ch 4:14 Jer 52:17,20
- 16920
- * bases was on.
- It seems evident that these bases or pedestals rose with
- steps, and that the ornaments mentioned in the next verse
- appeared in front, forming so many entablatures. But the
- description of these bases is very difficult to comprehend:
- many of the original words are seldom, if at all, used
- elsewhere; and it would be impossible to give an explanation
- of each particular, without a labour and prolixity
- disproportioned to its importance to us.
-
- # 28
- 16921
- * lions.
- # 25 6:27 Eze 1:10 10:14 41:18,19 Ho 5:14 Re 4:6,7 5:5
- * cherubims.
- # Ge 3:24 Ex 25:18 37:7 Heb 9:5
- * certain additions.
- # 1Pe 2:5
- 16922
- * wheels.
- # Eze 1:15-21 3:13 10:10-13
- * had undersetters.
- It is probable that these undersetters were so many strong
- legs, somewhat shorter than the wheels, and were intended to
- prevent the laver from tilting, or falling, in case of any
- accident.
- 16923
- # 31
- 16924
- * joined to the base. Heb. in the base.
- # 32
- 16925
- # Eze 1:16,18
- 16926
- # 34
- 16927
- # 35
- 16928
- * graved cherubims.
- # 29 6:29,32,35 Eze 40:31,37 41:18-20,25,26
- * proportion. Heb. nakedness.
- 16929
- # 37
- 16930
- * ten lavers.
- # Ex 30:17-21,28 38:8 40:11,12 2Ch 4:6-22 Zec 13:1 Heb 9:10
- # Heb 10:22 1Jo 1:7 Re 7:14
- 16931
- * side. Heb. shoulder. he set.
- # 2Ch 4:6,10
- 16932
- * Hiram. Heb. Hirom.
- # 13
- * the lavers.
- # 28 2Ki 25:14,15 2Ch 4:8,11-16 Jer 52:18,19
- * the shovels.
- # 45
- * the basons.
- # Ex 24:6
- * So Hiram.
- # Ex 39:32-43
- 16933
- * two pillars.
- # 15-22 2Ch 4:12
- * two networks.
- # 17,18
- 16934
- * the pillars. Heb. the face of the pillars.
- # 42
- 16935
- * ten bases.
- # 27-39
- 16936
- * one sea.
- # 23-26
- 16937
- * the pots.
- # Ex 27:3 38:3 Le 8:31 1Sa 2:13,14 2Ch 4:16 Eze 46:20-24
- # Zec 14:21
- * bright brass. Heb. brass made bright, or scoured.
- 16938
- * the clay ground. Heb. the thickness of the ground. Succoth.
- # Ge 33:17
- * Zarthan.
- Zarthan is supposed to have been situated in the tribe of
- Manasseh, west of Jordan, near Jezreel and Bethshan or
- Scythopolis, and not far from the Jordan. Succoth we know was
- situated east of Jordan, in the tribe of Gad, and according to
- Jerome, in the district of Scythopolis: hence the "plain of
- Jordan," where Hiram cast the brazen vessels, must be the
- plain in which that river runs, Zarthan and Succoth being
- probably nearly opposite each other; but whether the precise
- spot of his operations was on this side or the other side, is
- uncertain. In this place he found that particular clay that
- was proper for his purpose; and it being a considerable
- distance from Jerusalem, that city would not be annoyed by the
- smoke and noxious vapours necessarily occasioned by the
- process.
-
- # 4:12
- * Zartanah.
- # Jos 3:16
- * Zaretan.
- # 2Ch 4:17
- * Zeredathah.
- 16939
- * because they were exceeding many. Heb. for the exceeding
- multitude.
- # 2Ch 4:18
- * found out. Heb. searched.
- # 1Ch 22:14,16
- 16940
- * the altar.
- # Ex 30:1-5 37:25-28 39:38 40:26 2Ch 4:19
- * the table.
- # Ex 25:23-30 37:10-16 39:36 40:22,23 Le 24:5-9 2Ch 4:8
- # Eze 40:39,42 41:22 44:16 Mal 1:12 1Co 10:21
- 16941
- * the candlesticks.
- # Ex 25:31-40 37:17-24 39:37 40:24,25 2Ch 4:7 Zec 4:1-3,11-14
- # Mt 5:14-16 Re 1:20 2:1
- * before the oracle.
- # 2Ch 4:20
- * the tongs.
- # Ex 25:38 Nu 4:9
- 16942
- * spoons.
- # Ex 25:29 Nu 7:86
- * censers. Heb. ash pans.
- # Le 16:12 2Ch 4:21,22
- 16943
- * was ended.
- # Ex 40:33 Ezr 6:15 Zec 4:9
- * Solomon brought.
-
- It appears, therefore, that Solomon did not use any of the
- gold and silver in the structure of the temple which his
- father had provided.
-
- * things which David his father had dedicated. Heb. holy
- things of David.
- # 2Sa 8:7-11 1Ch 18:7,8,10,11 26:26-28 28:11-18 29:2-8 2Ch 5:1
- 16944
- 1 The feast of the dedication of the temple.
- 12 Solomon's blessing.
- 22 Solomon's prayer.
- 54 Solomon's blessing.
- 62 His sacrifice of peace offerings.
-
- * A.M. 3000. B.C. 1004. Solomon.
- This did not take place, according to Abp. Usher, till the
- year after the temple was finished, because that year was a
- jubilee. "The 8th day of the 7th month, viz. the 30th of our
- October, being Friday, was the first of the seven days of
- dedication; the 10th day, Saturday, November 1, the fast of
- expiation or atonement was held; whereon, according to the
- Levitical law, the jubilee was proclaimed by sound of trumpet.
- The 15th day, Friday, was the feast of tabernacles, which was
- always very solemnly kept; and the day following, Nov. 14,
- being our Saturday, when the Sabbath was ended, the people
- returned home."
-
- # 2Ch 5:2-10
- * assembled.
- # Jos 23:2 24:1 1Ch 28:1 2Ch 30:1 Ezr 3:1
- * chief of the fathers. Heb. princes.
- # Nu 7:3
- * that they might bring.
- # 2Sa 6:1,2,6,12 1Ch 13:1-5 15:3,25
- * out of the city.
- # 3:15 2Sa 5:7-9 6:12-17 1Ch 11:7 15:29 16:1 Ps 9:11 102:21
- # Isa 28:16 46:13 1Pe 2:6
- 16945
- * at the feast.
- # Le 23:34 Nu 29:12-40 De 16:13 2Ch 5:3 7:8-10 Ezr 3:4
- # Ne 8:14-18 Zec 14:16-19 Joh 7:2,37
- 16946
- * the priests took up.
- # Nu 4:15 De 31:9 Jos 3:6,14,15 4:9 6:6 1Ch 15:2,11-15
- # 2Ch 5:5-8
- 16947
- * and the.
- # 3:4 2Ch 1:3
- * tabernacle.
- # Ex 40:2-33
- 16948
- * sacrificing sheep.
- # 62,63 2Sa 6:13 1Ch 16:1
- 16949
- * And the priests.
- # 4 2Sa 6:17 2Ch 5:7
- * his place.
- # 6:19 Ex 26:33,34 40:20,21
- * under the wings.
- # 6:27 Ex 25:20-22 37:9 1Sa 4:4 2Sa 6:2 Ps 80:1 99:1 Isa 37:16
- # Eze 10:5
-