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* another court.
# 2Ki 20:4
* an house.
# 3:1 9:24 2Ch 8:11
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* costly stones.
# 10,11 5:17
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* 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.
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# Eph 2:20-22 1Pe 2:5
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* three rows.
# 6:36
* the porch.
# Joh 10:23 Ac 3:11 5:12
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* Hiram.
# 40 2Ch 2:13 4:11
* Huram.
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* 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
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* 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
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* lily work.
# 22 6:18,32-35
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* and the pomegranates.
# 2Ki 25:17 2Ch 3:16 4:13 Jer 52:22,23
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* 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
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# 22
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* 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.
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* knops.
# 6:18 Ex 25:31-36 37:17-22
* compassing the sea.
# 2Ch 4:3
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# 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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.
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# 31
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* joined to the base. Heb. in the base.
# 32
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# Eze 1:16,18
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# 34
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# 35
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* graved cherubims.
# 29 6:29,32,35 Eze 40:31,37 41:18-20,25,26
* proportion. Heb. nakedness.
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# 37
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* 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
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* side. Heb. shoulder. he set.
# 2Ch 4:6,10
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* 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
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* two pillars.
# 15-22 2Ch 4:12
* two networks.
# 17,18
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* the pillars. Heb. the face of the pillars.
# 42
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* ten bases.
# 27-39
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* one sea.
# 23-26
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* because they were exceeding many. Heb. for the exceeding
multitude.
# 2Ch 4:18
* found out. Heb. searched.
# 1Ch 22:14,16
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* 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
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* 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
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* spoons.
# Ex 25:29 Nu 7:86
* censers. Heb. ash pans.
# Le 16:12 2Ch 4:21,22
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* 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
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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
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* 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
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* 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
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* and the.
# 3:4 2Ch 1:3
* tabernacle.
# Ex 40:2-33
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* sacrificing sheep.
# 62,63 2Sa 6:13 1Ch 16:1
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* 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