1 Kings 7:21

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 7:21

21. Jachin and . . . Boaz—These names were symbolical, and indicated the strength and stability—not so much of the material temple, for they were destroyed along with it (Jeremiah 52:17), as of the spiritual kingdom of God, which was embodied in the temple. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 7:13-47

Furnishings outside the temple 7:13-47The Hiram of 1 Kings 7:13 was obviously a different person from the King of Tyre (1 Kings 5:1). God evidently guided this Hiram as he fashioned the furnishings (cf. Exodus 31:1-11). [Note: See Allen S. Maller, "Hiram from Tyre," Journal of Reform Judaism 29:2 (Spring 1982):41-42.] The two pillars on the temple porch were common features that flanked the main entrances to temples in Syria, Phoenicia, Cyprus, Assyria, and elsewhere in the ancient Near East at... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 7:13-51

4. The temple furnishings 7:13-51The people also saw the glory of Yahweh reflected in the furnishings of the temple. These furnishings came from several sources but all contributed to the proper worship of Yahweh. 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 7:13-50

(13-50) The exceedingly graphic and elaborate description of the work of Hiram on the vessels and furniture of the Temple, and on the great pillars, bears on the very face of it the most evident marks of historical accuracy and of the use of contemporary documents, and it has, moreover, great antiquarian interest. Looked at in itself, it shows that the Temple (like many other buildings in the comparative infancy of architecture) depended for its effect, not so much on size or proportion, as on... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 7:15-22

(15-22) With regard to the two pillars, Jachin (“He shall establish”) and Boaz (“In it is strength”), the text gives no account of their destination, except that they were set up in the porch of the Temple (1 Kings 7:21). Mr. Fergusson considers that they were supports to the roof of the vestibule; and if this were thirty cubits high, the twenty-seven cubits of each pillar, allowing for the slope of the roof to the apex, would suit well enough. But the absence of all reference to their position... 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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:13-51

THE IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE1 Kings 7:13-51; 1 Kings 8:12-61"The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth."- John 4:21; John 4:23.FIVE long chapters of the First Book of Kings are devoted to the description of Solomon’s Temple, which occupies a still larger space in the Books of Chronicles. The Temple was regarded as the permanent... 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 7:21

7:21 And he set up the pillars in the {l} porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof {m} Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof {n} Boaz.(l) Which was in the inner court between the temple and the oracle.(m) That is, he will stablish, that is, his promise toward this house.(n) That is, in strength: meaning the power of it will continue. read more

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