1 Kings 7

1 Kings 7:5

doors = entrances.

1 Kings 7:9

sawed with saws. Figure of speech Ployptoton. App-6.

1 Kings 7:14

a widow’s. One of nine widows specially mentioned. See note on Genesis 38:19.

Naphtali: by marriage. By birth, of Dan (2 Chronicles 2:14). Dan furnished Aholiab, one of the builders of the Tabernacle (Exodus 31:6).

cunning = knowing, or skilful. Compare 1 Samuel 16:18. 1 Chronicles 22:15.

works in brass = castings in bronze. These were the subjects of later prophecy (Jeremiah 27:19), fulfilled in 2 Kings 25:13-17.

1 Kings 7:15

cast. Hebrew fashioned.

two pillars = the two pillars: i.e. the two notable pillars, for ornament, not for support, and hollow (Jeremiah 52:21).

eighteen cubits high apiece. So 2 Kings 25:17 and Jeremiah 52:21. But 2 Chronicles 3:15 (margin) says thirty-five cubits long: i.e. together, the top of “each” being reckoned separately. Therefore the height here was 17 + cubit being taken up in the joining on of the capital.

apiece. This is the reckoning here. In 2 Chronicles 3:15 they are reckoned together. See margin.

1 Kings 7:16

chapiters. Old French chapiteau, from Latin. capitu-lum = capitals, or crowns.

five cubits. So 2 Chronicles 3:15. But 2 Kings 25:17 says three cubits, not including the “wreathen” or lattice work, which is described separately, and must have been two cubits.

1 Kings 7:17

nets = frames, or net- or lattice-work. These are included in the five cubits here and in 2 Chronicles 3:15, but not in 2 Kings 25:17.

1 Kings 7:20

belly = swell, or protuberance.

1 Kings 7:21

in the porch = for the porch.

Jachin = He (God) will establish. Referring to His

Boaz = In Him (God) is strength, People Israel.

1 Kings 7:23

molten sea = brazen laver. “Sea” put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for what contained it.

a line of thirty cubits. Here the proportion of the diameter to the circumference (1 Kings 1:3) was revealed, while human wisdom was still searching it out.

1 Kings 7:26

two thousand. 2 Chronicles 4:5 says three thousand. But 1 Kings 7:26 speaks of what it did (usually) contain; while 2 Chronicles 4:5 speaks of what it could " receive and hold". No bath in use is filled to its full capacity.

baths. See App-51.

1 Kings 7:28

borders = panels, or enclosures.

1 Kings 7:29

additions = connections. Probably wreaths. Occurs only here and 1 Kings 7:29, 1 Kings 7:30, 1 Kings 7:36.

1 Kings 7:30

wheels: showing that these lavers were movable; and indicating that when “that which is perfect should come (viz. the washing with spirit, Acts 1:5), the type (water) was to be wheeled away”.

plates = axletrees.

undersetters = projections, or supports.

at the side of = opposite.

1 Kings 7:31

borders = panels. Removed by Ahaz (2 Kings 16:17). Replaced by Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:19). Existed at taking of Temple (Jeremiah 52:17, Jeremiah 52:20).

1 Kings 7:33

naves = felloes.

felloes = spokes.

spokes = naves.

1 Kings 7:36

proportion : i.e. on a reduced scale, as the plates required.

1 Kings 7:40

lavers = cauldrons (for boiling the peace offerings). Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read “pans”. Compare 1 Kings 7:45 and 2 Chronicles 4:11.

made = made for.

1 Kings 7:41

networks = lattices.

1 Kings 7:42

upon = upon the face of. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6.

1 Kings 7:47

found out = sought out. 4

1 Kings 7:48

vessels = furniture.

altar : i.e. the altar of incense. Compare 1 Kings 6:22.

1 Kings 7:49

candlesticks. Compare 2 Chronicles 4:20. Solomon exceeded the pattern in number but followed the design in shape. Size not stated.

pure gold. In Palestine, gold has the least possible alloy, and is exceedingly malleable.

1 Kings 7:50

the most holy place = the holy of holies.

1 Kings 7:51

the things which David his father had dedicated = the holy things of David. Hebrew. kodesh. See note on Exodus 3:5