PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — I Kings
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 123,839 words · 410 reading sections
1 Kings 4:13
1 Kings 4:13 Ver. 13. The son of Geber in Ramothgilead,.... A city in the tribe of Gad, and was a city of refuge, Jos 20:8; to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; of which see Nu 32:41; to him [also pertained] the region of Argob, which [is] in Bashan, threescore great citie…
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1 Kings 4:14 Ver. 14. Ahinadab the son of Iddo [had] Mahanaim. Another city on the other side Jordan, where both Ishbosheth and David sometimes dwelt, 2Sa 2:8; this and the places adjacent must be very fruitful, since this officer was to furnish the king with provisions for a month once a year from hence,…
57 wordsSECTION 631 Kings 4:15
1 Kings 4:15 Ver. 15. Ahimaaz [was] in Naphtali,.... Out of that tribe he made a monthly provision annually: he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife; another daughter of Solomon's, in course of time; See Gill on "1Ki 4:11".…
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1 Kings 4:16 Ver. 16. Baanah the son of Hushai [was] in Asher,.... In the tribe of Asher; a very plentiful tribe, particularly for oil; this officer was perhaps the son of Hushai, the Archite, David's friend, and, it may be, promoted for his sake: and in Aloth; which signifies ascensions, mountains went upon by steps…
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1 Kings 4:17 Ver. 17. Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar. In the tribe of Issachar; he had the whole tribe at his command to make a monthly provision out of for the king once a year, as had the preceding officer and the following one.…
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1 Kings 4:18 Ver. 18. Shimei the son of Elah in Benjamin. So described, to distinguish him from that Shimei that cursed David, who was of the same tribe; See Gill on "2Sa 16:5".…
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1 Kings 4:19 Ver. 19. Geber the son of Uri [was] in the country of Gilead,.... Which was beyond Jordan, and inhabited by the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh; this must be understood of all the country, excepting what was under the jurisdiction of the son of Geber, 1Ki 4:13; and which had been …
291 wordsSECTION 681 Kings 4:20
1 Kings 4:20 Ver. 20. Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude,.... Being blessed with great fruitfulness in their families, and having no pestilential disease among them, nor wars to lessen their number, and so the promise to Abraham was fulfilled, Ge 22:17; and which was an emblem…
121 wordsSECTION 691 Kings 4:21
1 Kings 4:21 Ver. 21. And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms,.... Not only over Judah and Israel, but all people round about him, they standing in fear of him; or who brought him presents, or paid tribute to him, which was an acknowledgment of superiority over them, and doing homage to him: from the river unto the lan…
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1 Kings 4:22 Ver. 22. And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour,.... The measure here used was the "corus", or "cor", the same with the homer, which was equal to ten ephahs, and, according to Bishop Cumberland {w}, held seventy five wine gallons and five pints, and somewhat more; by which m…
2,592 wordsSECTION 711 Kings 5:1
1 Kings 5:1 INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 5 This chapter relates Solomon's preparation for building the temple: on Hiram, king of Tyre, sending a congratulatory letter to him, he returned another to him, signifying his intention to build an house for God, and requesting him to supply him with timber, and men to work it…
270 wordsSECTION 721 Kings 5:2
1 Kings 5:2 Ver. 2. And Solomon sent to Hiram,.... A letter, either by the hand of his ambassadors when they returned, as Kimchi thinks, or by ambassadors Solomon sent on purpose. Josephus {w} appeals to the Tyrian archives for the genuineness of these letters that passed between Hiram and Solomon; and Eupolemus, an H…
106 wordsSECTION 731 Kings 5:3
1 Kings 5:3 Ver. 3. Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God,.... As he designed, and was desirous of; and which Hiram might know not only by common fame, but from David himself, between whom there was an intercourse, and that in relation to cedars for building, …
151 wordsSECTION 741 Kings 5:4
1 Kings 5:4 Ver. 4. But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side,.... From foreign enemies; for Solomon had no wars with any: [so that there is] neither adversary; or Satan, no internal enemy in his kingdom, as well as no external ones, Adonijah, Joab, and other ill-designing persons, being cut off: nor …
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1 Kings 5:5 Ver. 5. And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God,.... For his worship, and for his honour and glory: as the Lord spake unto David my father; by the prophet Nathan, 2Sa 7:12; saying, thy son whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name;…
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1 Kings 5:6 Ver. 6. Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedars out of Lebanon,.... That is, order his servants to cut them down there for him. Some think that Lebanon belonged to the land of Israel, and therefore Solomon did not ask for the cedars upon it, but for his servants to hew them for him; but as it la…
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1 Kings 5:7 Ver. 7. And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon,.... The letter read he sent him: that he rejoiced greatly; that the friendship which had subsisted between him and David was like to be continued between him and his successor, but chiefly for what follows: saying, blessed [be] the Lord …
149 wordsSECTION 781 Kings 5:8
1 Kings 5:8 Ver. 8. And Hiram sent to Solomon,.... A letter to him, to the following purpose: saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for; whether he could, and whether it was fitting he should grant his request; which was acting like a wise and prudent prince: [and] I will do all thy desire co…
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1 Kings 5:9 Ver. 9. My servants shall bring [them] down from Lebanon unto the sea,.... The Mediterranean sea, on which Tyre stood: and I will convey them by sea in floats; which were either a sort of carriage for the timber the Tyrians and Sidonians had, being furnished with various navigable vessels; or these were t…
231 wordsSECTION 801 Kings 5:10
1 Kings 5:10 Ver. 10. So Hiram, gave Solomon cedar trees, and fir trees,.... Ordered his servants to cut them down from Lebanon, and sent them to him in floats, which he received: [according to] all his desire; he had as many as he requested, and what he wanted.…
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1 Kings 5:11 Ver. 11. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat [for] food to his household,.... This measure was the Hebrew measure "cor", or "corus", and, according to Bishop Cumberland {e}, its contents were 17,477 solid inches; it was equal to ten ephahs, each of which held two gallons and an half, …
283 wordsSECTION 821 Kings 5:12
1 Kings 5:12 Ver. 12. And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him,.... Which, among other things, appeared in his preparations for building the temple, and in his agreements with Hiram for timber and workmen for that purpose and by continuing and confirming friendship between himself and Hiram, who was so ser…
102 wordsSECTION 831 Kings 5:13
1 Kings 5:13 Ver. 13. And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel,.... Not of money, but of men, as follows: and the levy was thirty thousand men; for what purpose, and how they were employed, 1Ki 5:14 shows.…
43 wordsSECTION 841 Kings 5:14
1 Kings 5:14 Ver. 14. And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses,.... In their turns; these are the servants of his he proposed to be with Hiram's servants, assisting in cutting down the trees, and squaring the timber in Lebanon, 1Ki 5:6; a month they were in Lebanon, [and] two months at home; that …
127 wordsSECTION 851 Kings 5:15
1 Kings 5:15 Ver. 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 mount…
115 wordsSECTION 861 Kings 5:16
1 Kings 5:16 Ver. 16. Besides the chief of Solomon's officers which [were] over the work,.... Over the whole work, preparatory for the building of the temple; though it seems chiefly to have respect to that of hewing the stones, and bringing them to the city: three thousand and three hundred which ruled over the peop…
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1 Kings 5:17 Ver. 17. And the king commanded, and they brought great stones,.... Not in quality, but in quantity, large stones, fit to lay in the foundation; strong, and durable against all the injuries of time, as Josephus says {i}: costly stones; not what are commonly called precious stones, as gems, pearls, &c. bu…
137 wordsSECTION 881 Kings 5:18
1 Kings 5:18 Ver. 18. And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew [them],.... The stones; for it seems Solomon had not only hewers of wood, but of stone, from Hiram: and the stonesquarers; or rather the Giblites, the men of Gebal, which were under the jurisdiction of Tyre, and were skilful in this sort of wor…
199 wordsSECTION 891 Kings 6:1
1 Kings 6:1 INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 6 This chapter gives an account of the building of the temple, for which preparations were before made and begins with the time of its building, 1Ki 6:1; gives the dimensions of it and the porch before it, 1Ki 6:2; observes the windows in it and chambers about it, 1Ki 6:4; and …
528 wordsSECTION 901 Kings 6:2
1 Kings 6:2 Ver. 2. And the house which King Solomon built for the Lord,.... For his worship, honour, and glory: the length thereof [was] threescore cubits; sixty cubits from east to west, including the holy place and the most holy place; the holy place was forty cubits, and the most holy place twenty; the same measu…
174 wordsSECTION 911 Kings 6:3
1 Kings 6:3 Ver. 3. And the porch before the temple of the house,.... Which stood at the east end of it: twenty cubits [was] the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; which was from north to south, and of the same dimension, so that they exactly answered each other: [and] ten cubits [was] the breadt…
193 wordsSECTION 921 Kings 6:4
1 Kings 6:4 Ver. 4. And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. Or "open, shut" {o}, which could be both, having shutters to them, to open or shut at pleasure; windows which they could open, and look through at them, or shut when they pleased; the Targum is, "open within, and shut without;'' or, as others un…
208 wordsSECTION 931 Kings 6:5
1 Kings 6:5 Ver. 5. And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,.... Or near it, as Jarchi interprets it, for the beams of them were not fastened in in it, 1Ki 6:6; or rather "upon" it {p}; and when they are said to be round about the house, it must be understood of the two sides, north and south, …
328 wordsSECTION 941 Kings 6:6
1 Kings 6:6 Ver. 6. And the nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad,.... The nethermost row of them, which were upon the first floor: and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad; so that the middlemost was a cubit larger than the lowest, and the highest a cubit larger than that: t…
295 wordsSECTION 951 Kings 6:7
1 Kings 6:7 Ver. 7. And the house, when it was in building,.... And all the while it was building: was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; being hewn or squared by the builders and stonesquarers of Solomon and Hiram, 1Ki 5:18; wherefore the builders had nothing more to do than to lay them in thei…
233 wordsSECTION 961 Kings 6:8
1 Kings 6:8 Ver. 8. The door of the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house,.... The south side of it: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber]; which were outside the chambers, and which winded about for the sake of taking up less room, and which led up to the door of the middle cha…
243 wordsSECTION 971 Kings 6:9
1 Kings 6:9 Ver. 9. So he built the house, and finished it,.... The body of it, the walls of the holy and most holy place, with the chambers on the sides of them, and the porch at the end that led into them: and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar; with hollow boards, as the Targum, which formed an arch …
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1 Kings 6:10 Ver. 10. And [then] he built chambers against all the house five cubits high,.... Which some understand of the same chambers in 1Ki 6:5; here made mention of again for the sake of giving the height of them, not before given; but they were built against, or upon the wall of the house, these against, or rat…
183 wordsSECTION 991 Kings 6:11
1 Kings 6:11 Ver. 11. And the word of the Lord came to Solomon,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum, foretelling what would be the case of this building, according to the obedience or disobedience of him and the people of Israel; which was brought to him either by an impulse of the Spirit of God upon him; or by th…
106 wordsSECTION 1001 Kings 6:12
1 Kings 6:12 Ver. 12. [Concerning] this house which thou art in building,.... Or with respect to that, these things are to be said as from the Lord: if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; even all the laws of God, moral, ceremonial, and judicial; and …
155 wordsSECTION 1011 Kings 6:13
1 Kings 6:13 Ver. 13. And I will dwell among the children of Israel,.... In this house now building, and which was in the middle of the land, and where he would meet with them, and accept their sacrifices, not only of slain beasts, but of prayer and praise: and will not forsake my people Israel; and leave them to the…
78 wordsSECTION 1021 Kings 6:14
1 Kings 6:14 Ver. 14. So Solomon built the house, and finished it. He went on with it until he had completed it, animated and encouraged by the promise of the divine Presence in it, provided a proper regard was had to the will and ways of God. Abarbinel thinks the above message was sent him in the midst of his work, t…
126 wordsSECTION 1031 Kings 6:15
1 Kings 6:15 Ver. 15. And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar,.... For as yet he had only built the stone walls of it without, but now he wainscotted it with cedar boards: and not only them, but both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling; or from "the floor of the house unto the…
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1 Kings 6:16 Ver. 16. And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house,.... At the end or extremity of it, as the Targum; that is, he built the most holy place, which was twenty two cubits long, at the end of the holy place, which he wainscotted as the other: both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar; or …
129 wordsSECTION 1051 Kings 6:17
1 Kings 6:17 Ver. 17. And the house, that [is], the temple before it,.... The holy place, which was before the of holies: was forty cubits [long]; and which, with the most holy place, being twenty cubits, as in the preceding verse, made the length of the whole house sixty cubits, as in 1Ki 6:2.…
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1 Kings 6:18 Ver. 18. And the cedar of the house within,.... With which the inside of the place was lined: [was] carved with knops; of an oval form; so the Targum says, they had the appearance of eggs; and Ben Gersom likewise, that they were in the form of eggs: and open flowers; not in the figure of buds, but flowe…
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1 Kings 6:19 Ver. 19. And the oracle he prepared in the house within,.... In the innermost part of the house he fitted up the oracle, or speaking place, from whence the Lord spake and gave answer, to receive what was to be put into it: particularly to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord; even the very same …
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1 Kings 6:20 Ver. 20. And the oracle in the forepart,.... Which stood in the forepart of the temple, before a man's face as he entered into it, and went on; or the forepart of the holy of holies, next to the holy place, was of the dimensions as follows, when the back part of it might be higher at least, and be equal t…
2,525 wordsSECTION 1091 Kings 7:1
1 Kings 7:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7 This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27; with other utensils and ornaments, 1…
172 wordsSECTION 1101 Kings 7:2
1 Kings 7:2 Ver. 2. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon,.... Besides the temple, his own palace, and the queen's; so called, not because it was built on Mount Lebanon, which lay at the northern border of the land, at a great distance from Jerusalem, whereas this was both a magazine of arms, and a court of…
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1 Kings 7:3 Ver. 3. And it was covered with cedar above the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. On the second floor were three rows of pillars, fifteen in a row, which made forty five, that stood to east, north, and south; and upon these pillars beams, which were the floor of the third story, over…
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1 Kings 7:4 Ver. 4. And there were windows in three rows,.... Both in the second and third stories, east, north, and south, there being none in the west, where the porch stood: and light was against light in three ranks; or the windows, through which light was let, answered to each other.…
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1 Kings 7:5 Ver. 5. And all the doors and posts were square with the windows,.... The doors into the several stories and apartments, and the posts and lintel of them, and the windows over them, were all square: and light was against light in three ranks; they answered one another as before.…
54 wordsSECTION 1141 Kings 7:6
1 Kings 7:6 Ver. 6. And he made a porch of pillars,.... At the west end of the house: and the length thereof was fifty cubits; answerable to the breadth of the house: and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: which, added to the length of the house, made it one hundred and thirty: and the porch was before them; the fo…
148 wordsSECTION 1151 Kings 7:7
1 Kings 7:7 Ver. 7. Then he made a porch for the throne,.... The ivory throne on which he sat to hear and try causes, 1Ki 10:18, where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: which had its name from thence; this was either in his house in the forest of Lebanon, or in his palace at Jerusalem; the former seems best…
85 wordsSECTION 1161 Kings 7:8
1 Kings 7:8 Ver. 8. And his house where he dwelt,.... Which was properly his dwellingplace, that part of the house where he usually resided: [had] another court within the porch, which [was] of the like work; a court between that and the porch, called the inner court, 2Ki 20:4. Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh'…
87 wordsSECTION 1171 Kings 7:9
1 Kings 7:9 Ver. 9. All these were of costly stones,.... Marble, porphyry, &c. according to the measure of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without; they were all hewed, and squared, and polished, and so they appeared both on the inside of the building, and without: even from the foundation unto the coping;…
91 wordsSECTION 1181 Kings 7:10
1 Kings 7:10 Ver. 10. And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,.... Of a great price, and very large: stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits some of one measure, and some of another; not so many cubits square, but of solid measure; they were so many in length.…
55 wordsSECTION 1191 Kings 7:11
1 Kings 7:11 Ver. 11. And above were costly stones,.... Above the foundation, from thence to the top of the buildings; the whole walls were made of such right up to the ceiling: after the measure of hewed stones; which, according to the Rabbins, as Kimchi says, were five hands breadth: and cedars; beams of cedars ov…
71 wordsSECTION 1201 Kings 7:12
1 Kings 7:12 Ver. 12. And the great court round about,.... Which surrounded Solomon's house: [was] with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams; these rows were one upon another, and were a wall to the court, which were either topped with a row of cedar wood, or that was a lining to the stones for the i…
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