1 Kings 7:2-7 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:3

And it was covered [or roofed] with cedar above [cf. 1 Kings 6:9 , 1 Kings 6:15 ] upon the beams [ צְלָעוֹת lit ; ribs, the word used in 1 Kings 6:5 of the side chambers, and in 1 Kings 6:34 (in the masculine) of the leaves of the doors], that lay on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row. [Rawlinson, al . are much exercised to reconcile this statement with that of 1 Kings 6:2 , which speaks of four rows, But the explanation is very simple, viz; that the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:4

And there were windows [ שְׁקֻפִים same word as in 1 Kings 6:4 , i.e; beams or lattices. Keil understands, beam layers; and Bähr, ubergelegte Balken. The LXX . has πλευρῶν ] in three rows [or tiers. All we can say is that there is a possible reference to three stories formed by the three rows of beams], and light [lit; outlook. מֶחְזָה probably means a wide outlook. LXX . χῶρα , aspectus, prospectus ] was against light in three ranks [ Heb. three times. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:5

And all the doors and posts [For מְזוּזֹת roF[ s posts, Thenius would read מֶהְזוֹת outlooks, after 1 Kings 7:4 , which seems a natural emendation, especially as the LXX . has χῶραι . We should then get the sense of "doors and windows "] were square of beam. [The word translated "windows" in 1 Kings 7:4 ; the proper rendering is beam, and the meaning apparently is that all these openings were square in shape. Nothing is said about the height of the rooms, and as the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:6

And he made a porch of pillars [Heb. the porch of pillars. This was no doubt a covered colonnade, i.e; it had a roof but no sides. The pillars were its only walls. But here the question presents itself, Was this porch the vestibule of the house of the forest of Lebanon, just described? From the correspondence between its width and that of this palace, Rawlinson infers that it was (cf. 1 Kings 6:2 , 1 Kings 6:3 ). Bähr believes it to have been the porch or entrance to the hall of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:7

Then he made a porch [or the porch] for the throne where he might Judge [ i.e; it was at once audience chamber (throne room, 1 Kings 10:18 ) and court of justice], even the porch of judgment [Stanley remarks that this "porch, or gate of justice, still kept alive the likeness of the old patriarchal custom of sitting in judgment at the gate." He then refers to the "gate of justice" at Granada and the "Sublime Porte "at Constantinople. It is, perhaps, not quite so certain that "this... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 7:2

Many have supposed that the buildings mentioned in 1 Kings 7:1-2, 1 Kings 7:8, were three entirely distinct and separate buildings. But it is perhaps best to consider the “house” of 1 Kings 7:1 as the palace proper - Solomon’s own dwelling-house (see 1 Kings 7:8); the house of 1 Kings 7:2, as the state apartments; and the house for Pharaoh’s daughter as the hareem or zenana; and to regard these three groups of buildings as distinct, though interconnected, and as together constituting what is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 7:4

Either three ranges of windows, one above the other, on either side of the house; or perhaps the three ranges were one in either side wall, and the third in a wall down the middle of the hall, along the course of the midmost row of pillars. The windows were directly opposite one another, giving what we call a through light. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 7:5

All the doors and posts - The doorways, and the posts which formed them, seem to be intended. These were square at top, not arched or rounded. In Assyrian buildings arched doorways were not uncommon. The doorways also, like the windows, exactly faced one another. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 7:6

Probably the porch of the “House of the Forest.” Porches of columns immediately in front of columnar chambers were a favorite feature of Persian architecture. The whole verse should be translated, “And he made the porch of the pillars in length 50 cubits, and in breadth 30 cubits, and a porch before them (i. e., the pillars), and pillars, and a base (or step) before them.” Most of the Persepolitan porches had small pillared chambers at some little distance in front of them. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 7:7

The porch or gate of justice still kept alive the likeness of the old patriarchal custom of sitting in judgment at the gate; exactly as the “Gate of justice” still recalls it at Granada, and the Sublime Porte - “the Lofty Gate” - at Constantinople. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 7:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 7:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 7:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 7:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 7:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 7:7

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