1 Kings 7:2-5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 7:3

So in this second story were only three rows of pillars, which was sufficient for the ornament of the second, and for the support of the third story. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 7:4

Light was against light; one directly opposite or answering to the other, as is usual in well-contrived buildings. In three ranks; one exactly under another. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 7:5

He speaks either, first, of the same lights mentioned 1 Kings 7:4, it being the manner of the Hebrews to repeat the same things; or rather, of the smaller windows or lights, which were over the several doors, as the manner of many buildings is. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Kings 7:1-12

THE SPLENDOUR OF SOLOMON’S BUILDINGSCRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—1 Kings 7:1. Solomon was building his own house thirteen years—Because no previous building preparations had been made for the palace as for the temple, and there was less urgency about the king’s house than that God’s Holy Place should be prepared wherein He and His people might meet; and Solomon was more zealous in his work for Jehovah than for himself. 1 Kings 7:2. He built also, &c. Lange, Michaelis, and others regard... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 1 Kings 7:5

doors Or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:1-51

Chapter 7But Solomon was building his own house for thirteen years, and he finished all of his house ( 1 Kings 7:1 ).So it shows where his priorities began to turn. Seven years building the house of God, then turning around and for thirteen years building his own. But then it goes on and tells of the dimensions of the Solomon's house and the foundations of this costly, great stones; ten cubits, which would be fifteen feet, and eight cubits, which would be about twelve feet, so twelve to fifteen... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 7:1-51

1 Kings 7:1 . Solomon was thirteen years in building his own palace in Jerusalem, because fewer workmen were employed, many of whom were still engaged on the exterior parts of the temple. 1 Kings 7:2 . He built also the house (the palace) of the forest of Lebanon. A forest adjacent to Jerusalem, called so, as having some resemblance to Lebanon. 1 Kings 7:7 . He made a porch for the throne. In England, our courts were open in porches, as the old court in Durham. 1 Kings 7:9 . ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 7:1-12

1 Kings 7:1-12Solomon was building his own house thirteen years.Building God’s house and one’s ownA very curious thing this, that whilst Solomon was building the temple of God he was also building his own house. It does not follow that when a man is building his own house he is also building the temple of God; but it inevitably follows that when a man is deeply engaged in promoting the interests of the Divine sanctuary, he is most truly laying the foundations of his own house, and completing... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 7:2

1Ki 7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. Ver. 2. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon. ] For public feasts, games, pastimes, and delights, Ecc 2:4-6 for a magazine also. 1Ki 10:16-17 Isa 22:8 Framed it might be in Lebanon, 1Ki 9:19 but built it was in Jerusalem, Solomon’s... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 7:3

1Ki 7:3 And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen [in] a row. Ver. 3. Upon the beams. ] Heb., Ribs: for beams are to a building what ribs are to a living creature. In Africa they make, if not beams, yet rafters for houses, of the whale’s ribs. read more

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