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Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:1-12

Construction of other buildings (7:1-12)After finishing the temple, Solomon moved on to the next part of his building program. This was the building of a magnificent palace that took thirteen years (7:1). He also built many other expensive buildings in this national showpiece. The House of the Forest of Lebanon, so called because of its three rows of cedar pillars, was apparently a military headquarters and weapons storehouse (2-5; cf. 10:17; Isaiah 22:8). The Hall of Pillars was probably a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 7:7

1 Kings 7:7. And it was covered with cedar— It deserves remark, that the eastern floors and ceilings are just the reverse of ours. Their ceilings are of wood, ours of plaister or stucco work; their floors are of plaister or painted tyles, ours of wood. This fully detects a mistake of Kimchi and R. Solomon, who, according to Buxtorff, supposed, that the floor of the porch of judgment which Solomon built was all of cedar; whereas the sacred writer undoubtedly meant, that its covering at the top,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 7:1-12

3. Solomon’s palace 7:1-12Solomon’s palace complex took longer to build than the temple because it was much larger. The king evidently completed the temple and then began work on his palace (cf. 1 Kings 9:10). Solomon seems to have built several separate but interconnected buildings. A large common courtyard evidently surrounded the temple and the palace (1 Kings 7:12). A similar view is that the palace was one structure and the other buildings were really sections of it. [Note: Wood, p. 291,... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 7:1-51

Solomon’s PalaceThis c, besides giving a description of Solomon’s palace, contains an account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple.1. Thirteen years] The Temple was of small extent compared with the royal palace, so that the time spent on the latter exceeded that required for the former. The various buildings mentioned in 1 Kings 7:2-8 seem together to have constituted the house of 1 Kings 7:1.2. He built also] RV ’for he built.’ The house of the forest of Lebanon] so called from... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 7:6

(6) A porch of pillars, although by some authorities it is held to be a separate building, seems by the exact agreement of dimensions—its “length” being just the breadth of the hall—to have been a propylæon, or entrance vestibule, to the hall of state (like the porch, or vestibule, of the Temple), probably corresponding in the general arrangement of its pillars, and perhaps also in height. It had also a porch of its own, with a threshold (for the last clause of the verse should be rendered,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 7:7

(7) The porch (or hall) of judgment was clearly a separate building, not described in the text, except as having been floored and ceiled with cedar. Mr. Fergusson, comparing it “with the remains of Assyrian and Persian examples,” supposes it to have been square, supported on four pillars in the centre, between which the throne stood, and having openings on the four sides for the public, the king, and his officers. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:1-51

; 1 Kings 6:1-38; 1 Kings 7:1-51THE TEMPLE1 Kings 5:1-18; 1 Kings 6:1-38; 1 Kings 7:1-51"And his next son, for wealth and wisdom famed, The clouded Ark of God, till then in tents Wandering, shall in a glorious temple enshrine."-Paradise Lost, 12:340.AFTER the destructive battle of Aphek, in which the Philistines had defeated Israel, slain the two sons of Eli, and taken captive the Ark of God, they had inflicted a terrible vengeance on the old sanctuary at Shiloh. They had burnt the young men in... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Kings 7:1-51

CHAPTER 7 The House of Solomon and Pharaoh’s DaughterThe Furnishings of the Temple 1. The house of the forest of Lebanon (1 Kings 7:1-7 ) 2. The royal palace and the house of Pharaoh’s daughter (1 Kings 7:8-12 ) 3. The master workman (1 Kings 7:13-14 ) 4. The great pillars and chapiters (1 Kings 7:15-22 ) 5. The brazen sea (1 Kings 7:23-26 ) 6. The ten lavers with their carriages (1 Kings 7:27-40 ) 7. Hiram’s work (1 Kings 7:41-47 ) 8. The golden utensils for the interior (1... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 7:6

7:6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch [was] before {d} them: and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] before them.(d) Before the pillars of the house. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 7:7

7:7 Then he made a porch {e} for the throne where he might judge, [even] the porch of judgment: and [it was] covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.(e) For his house which was at Jerusalem. read more

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