1 Kings 7:37-51 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 7:13-47

We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron, 1 Chron. 29:2. What those things were we are not told, but some of the things of brass are here described and the rest mentioned. I. The brasier whom Solomon employed to preside in this part of the work was Hiram, or Huram (2 Chron. 4:11), who was by his mother's side an Israelite, of the tribe of Naphtali, by his father's side a... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 7:48-51

Here is, 1. The making of the gold work of the temple, which it seems was done last, for with it the work of the house of God ended. All within doors was gold, and all made new (except the ark, with its mercy-seat and cherubim), the old being either melted down or laid by?the golden altar, table, and candlestick, with all their appurtenances. The altar of incense was still one, for Christ and his intercession are so: but he made ten golden tables, 2 Chron. 4:8 (though here mention is made of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:37

After this manner he made the ten bases ,.... This was the form and fashion of them as above described: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size ; they were all cast into the same mould, and were exactly alike in their form, figures, and size, and each weighed 2000 talents, and the weight of a talent was ninety three pounds and upwards, according to Jacob Leon F2 Relation of Memorable Things in the Temple, c. 4. p. 21. . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:38

Then made he ten lavers of brass ,.... There was but one in the tabernacle of Moses, and what became of that is not known: some Jewish writers F3 Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, in 2 Chron. iv. 6. say it was placed in Solomon's temple, and these lavers, five on the right and five on the left of it; however, here were enough provided for the purpose for the priests to wash their burnt offerings in, 2 Chronicles 4:6 and were typical of the large provision made in the blood of Christ for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:39

And he put five bases on the right side of the house ,.... On the south side, which is commonly understood; that is, of the courts of the priests, where they were placed for their use: and five on the left side of the house; on the north, as it must be, if the south is on the right; though as the entrance into the temple was at the east, when a man went in, the north must be on the right, and the south on the left; and this seems to be the position by what follows: and he set the sea on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:40-45

And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins ,.... The lavers are not the ten before mentioned, of the make of which an account is before given; but these, according to Jarchi and Ben Gersom, are the same with the pots, 1 Kings 7:45 and so they are called in 2 Chronicles 4:11 the use of which, as they say, was to put the ashes of the altar into; as the "shovels", next mentioned, were a sort of besoms to sweep them off, and the "basins" were to receive the blood of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:46

In the plain of Jericho did the king cast them in the clay ground ,.... Which being thick, as the word signifies, and stiff and close, was fit for such a purpose as casting brass; of such clay, furnaces of earth used to be made to melt metals in; but here were large things to be cast, as the two pillars, the sea, the ten lavers, &c.; moulds were made in the ground, and so the melted brass was poured into them, which gave it its different forms; this, no doubt, was done by Hiram, though... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:47

And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed , because they were exceeding many ,.... The vessels of brass before mentioned, being so large, at least some of them, and so numerous; the Targum is, he laid them up, or placed them; he brought them from whence they were cast, and put them in the sanctuary without weighing them: neither was the weight of the brass found out ; or "searched" F9 לא נחקר "nec invesigari potuerit", Tigurine version: "non pervestigatum est", Junius,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:48

And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord ,.... That is, he ordered them to be made, even all that were in the tabernacle of Moses; all were newly made, excepting the ark, mercy seat, and cherubim: the altar of gold ; the altar of incense, which was made of cedar, covered with gold, 1 Kings 6:20 , hence called the golden altar, Revelation 8:3 . and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was ; this includes all the tables, for there were ten of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:49

And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle ,.... These stood in the holy place, where the shewbread tables did, right before the holy of holies; there were ten of these as of them, which were placed, as the same Jewish writers say, not on the right and left of the temple, but on the right and left of Moses's candlestick, which stood on the south side, Exodus 40:24 , these may denote the greater degree of spiritual light in the church... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 7:13-47

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 7:48-51

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:40-45

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:46

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:47

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:48

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 7:49

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