1 Kings 5:15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 5:10-18

Here is, I. The performance of the agreement between Solomon and Hiram. Each of the parties made good his engagement. 1. Hiram delivered Solomon the timber, according to his bargain, 1 Kgs. 5:10. The trees were Solomon?s, but perhaps?Materiam superabat opus?The workmanship was of more value than the article. Hiram is therefore said to deliver the trees. 2. Solomon conveyed to Hiram the corn which he had promised him, 1 Kgs. 5:11. Thus let justice be followed (as the expression is, Deut.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 5:15

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens ,.... Seventy thousand to carry the stones from the mountains out of which they were dug, and which were near Jerusalem, to the city; these were strangers in Israel, as were those that follow: and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains : eighty thousand that dug the stones out of the quarries, and squared them; these, with the others, made 150,000, see 2 Chronicles 2:17 ; according to Jacob Leon F7 Relation of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 5:15

Threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens - These were all strangers, or proselytes, dwelling among the Israelites; as we learn from the parallel place, 2 Chronicles 2:17 , 2 Chronicles 2:18 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 5:15

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains. [These 150,000, destined for the more laborious and menial works, were not Israelites, but Canaanites. We learn from 2 Chronicles 2:17 , 2 Chronicles 2:18 that "all the strangers that were in the land of Israel" were subjected to forced labour by Solomon—there were, that is to say, but 150,000 of them remaining. They occupied a very different position from that of the 30,000... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 5:15

That bare burdens ... - Compare the marginal references. These laborers, whose services were continuous, consisted of “strangers” - “the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites” - whom Solomon, following the example of his father 1 Chronicles 22:2, condemned to slavery, and employed in this way. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 5:15-16

1 Kings 5:15-16. That bare burdens Namely, porters, carters, seamen, and such like. Fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains That is, hewers of stone, for timber was hewed by Hiram’s servants in Lebanon. Officers over the work three thousand three hundred Whereof three thousand were set over the one hundred and fifty thousand mentioned 1 Kings 5:15, each of these over fifty of them, and the odd three hundred were set over these three thousand; each of them to have the oversight of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 5:1-18

5:1-9:25 SOLOMON’S BUILDING PROGRAMWhen David had expressed a desire to build a permanent house for God, he was told that God was more concerned with building a permanent ‘house’ for David, namely, a dynasty. As for a symbolic dwelling place for God, God had already shown his ideal for Israel in the tabernacle. Nevertheless, he would allow Israel to have a temple, though it would be built not by David, but by David’s son Solomon (see notes on 2 Samuel 7:1-17).Despite God’s emphasis on the need... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 5:1-18

1. Preparations for building ch. 5 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 5:13-18

Solomon’s conscription of laborers 5:13-18Solomon’s forced laborers were non-Israelites (2 Chronicles 8:7-8). Israelites also served, but they were not slaves (1 Kings 9:22). Solomon’s method of providing workers for state projects became very distasteful to the people eventually, perhaps because of how it was administered (cf. 1 Kings 12:18)."[Adoniram, also known as Hadoram, 2 Chronicles 10:18] was probably one of the most hated men in Israel, an embodiment of autocracy." [Note: J. Barton... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 5:1-18

Solomon’s Preparations for building the Temple1. Hiram] see 2 Samuel 5; 1 Chronicles 14:1. It has been questioned whether this Hiram, who was living as late as Solomon’s twentieth year (1 Kings 9:10), is really identical with the Hiram mentioned in connexion with David (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Chronicles 1:1), because, according to Josephus, his reign lasted only 34 years. But it is possible that David did not undertake the buildings in which Hiram assisted him until comparatively late in his life.3.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 5:10-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 5:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 5:15

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 5:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 5:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 5:15-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 5:1-18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 5:1-18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 5:13-18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 5:1-18

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