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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
1 Kings Chapter 6 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
1 Kings Chapter 6 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. the house which king Solomon built for the Lord--The dimensions are given in cubits, which are to be reckoned according to the early standard
(2Ch 3:3),
or holy cubit
(Eze 40:5; 43:13),
a handbreadth longer than the common or later one. It is probable that the internal elevation only is here stated.
1 Kings Chapter 6 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
3. the porch--or portico, extended across the whole front (see on
2Ch 3:4).
1 Kings Chapter 6 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4. windows of narrow lights--that is, windows with lattices, capable of being shut and opened at pleasure, partly to let out the vapor of the lamps, the smoke of the frankincense, and partly to give light [KEIL].
1 Kings Chapter 6 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
1Ki 6:5-10.
THE CHAMBERS THEREOF.
5. against the wall of the house he built chambers--On three sides, there were chambers in three stories, each story wider than the one beneath it, as the walls were narrowed or made thinner as they ascended, by a rebate being made, on which the beams of the side floor rested, without penetrating the wall. These chambers were approached from the right-hand side, in the interior of the under story, by a winding staircase of stone, which led to the middle and upper stories.
1 Kings Chapter 6 7 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
7. there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building--A subterranean quarry has been very recently discovered near Jerusalem, where the temple stones are supposed to have been hewn. There is unequivocal evidence in this quarry that the stones were dressed there; for there are blocks very similar in size, as well as of the same kind of stone, as those found in the ancient remains. Thence, probably, they would be moved on rollers down the Tyropean valley to the very side of the temple [PORTER, Tent and Kahn].
1 Kings Chapter 6 9 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
9, 10. built the house--The temple is here distinguished from the wings or chambers attached to it--and its roofing was of cedar-wood.
1 Kings Chapter 6 10 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
10. chambers . . . five cubits high--The height of the whole three stories was therefore about fifteen cubits.
they rested on the house with timber of cedar--that is, because the beams of the side stones rested on the ledges of the temple wall. The wing was attached to the house; it was connected with the temple, without, however, interfering injuriously with the sanctuary [KEIL].
1Ki 6:1-4.
THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.