1 Kings 6:8

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Kings 6:1-38

B.—The accomplishment of the building of the Temple1 Kings 6:1-381And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth1 year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that2 he began to build the house of the Lord [Jehovah]. 2And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord [Jehovah] the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits,3 and the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Kings 6:1-13

the Plan of the Lord’s House 1 Kings 6:1-13 The Temple was twice the size of the Tabernacle-ninety feet long by thirty feet broad, and forty-five feet high. The plan had been given to David by revelation, 1 Chronicles 28:11-12 . Seven years and a half were consumed in its erection. It was completed in sacred silence, 1 Kings 6:7 . The awful sanctity of the shrine would have been violated if its construction had been marred by the harsh and violent sounds that generally accompany the mason’s... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Kings 6:1-38

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Kings 9:1-28 ; 1 Kings 10:1-29 ; 1 Kings 11:1-43 ; 1 Kings 12:1-33 ; 1 Kings 13:1-34 ; 1 Kings 14:1-31 ; 1 Kings 15:1-34 ; 1 Kings 16:1-34 From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 6:1-38

This chapter is full of interest, as it gives a somewhat detailed description of the structure of the Temple. In all essentials its actual central building was on the pattern of the Tabernacle. It was, however, twice the size of the Tabernacle, and was built of solid material because it was intended to remain in a permanent position, seeing that the nation was now settled in the land. Moreover, this settlement was symbolized by the fact that round about the Temple proper many chambers were... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 6:1-38

The Building Of The Temple And Its Specifications (1 Kings 6:1-38 ). The description of the building of the Temple, and its specifications, are now given in order to bring out the glory of Solomon, and the glowing picture (untainted by the later reality) suggests that the whole was taken from the original source. It was common for such information to be found in the records kept by kings of the ancient Near East, for their temples were an important aspect of their reigns, and thus there is no... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 6:2-10

Description Of The Erection Of The Main Stone Buildings (1 Kings 6:2-10 ). As we read these descriptions we need to keep in mind the huge effort that had been put into bringing things up to this stage. It was the result of blood, sweat and tears, and the slave labour of tens of thousands of workers. It must be borne in mind that there are a number of technical terms in what follows which are not fully understood. Thus to some extent the descriptions are tentative. But the basic idea is... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 6:1-38

1 Kings 6:1-Haggai : . Description of Solomon’ s Temple.— The Temple area is on the eastern hill of Jerusalem, which overlooks the valley of the Kidron, with the Mount of Olives on the opposite side. It was probably not the Zion captured by David (2 Samuel 5), but the site was purchased by him from Ornan, or Araunah, the Jebusite ( 2 Samuel 24:18-Lamentations :). It is marked by an outcrop of rock, now called the Sakrah. The Temple hill is divided from the Upper City on the western hill by a... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 6:8

The door for the middle chamber, i.e. by which they entered to go up to the middle chamber or chambers, to wit, such as were in the middle story. In the right side, i.e. in the south side, called the right side here, and in the Hebrew text, Psalms 89:12, and in other authors; because when a man looks towards the east, or sun-rising, which is esteemed the most glorious part of the heavens, and to which men most frequently look for divers reasons, the south is on his right hand; whereby it is... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Kings 6:1-38

THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLECRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—1 Kings 6:1. Began to build the house of the Lord—The chronological year is carefully noted, and no criticism supplies reason for changing the figures here given. The Sept. reads 440 instead of 480, but is supported by no ancient MS. The site was Mount Moriah (2 Chronicles 3:1). “The uneven rock of Moriah had to be levelled, and the inequalities filled by immense substructions of great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones” (1... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 6:1-38

Chapter 6So in chapter six he began to build the temple.In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, and in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, in the second month, they began the building of the temple. Now the temple was to be ninety feet long and thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet tall ( 1 Kings 6:1-2 ).So if you can picture now in your mind, ninety feet is just about from the edge of the platform here to the back door. So that's... read more

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