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 7:13
1 Kings 7:13 Ver. 13. And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. Not the king of Tyre, but an artificer in it, after described, whom Solomon had heard and upon his request Huram sent him to him, 2Ch 2:13 his name is called Hyperon by Clemens of Alexandria {l}. {l} Stromat. l. 1. p. 332.…
60 wordsSECTION 1221 Kings 7:14
1 Kings 7:14 Ver. 14. He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali,.... In 2Ch 2:14, his mother is said to be of the daughters of Dan, as she might be, and yet her son of the tribe of Naphtali; for either she was of the city of Dan, which is placed in the tribe of Naphtali {m}, or her mother was of the tribe of Dan; …
388 wordsSECTION 1231 Kings 7:15
1 Kings 7:15 Ver. 15. For he cast two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece,.... In 2Ch 3:15 they are said to be thirty five cubits high, which must be understood of the length or height of them both; and whereas that would allow but seventeen cubits and a half to a pillar, either the round number of eighteen …
197 wordsSECTION 1241 Kings 7:16
1 Kings 7:16 Ver. 16. And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars,.... These were large ovals in the form of a crown, as the word signifies; or like two crowns joined together, as Ben Gersom; or bowls, as they are called, 1Ki 7:41, the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and…
118 wordsSECTION 1251 Kings 7:17
1 Kings 7:17 Ver. 17. And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars,.... These were the ornaments of the chapiters; the former being like thick branches of trees, with their boughs and leaves curiously wrought, as the word signifies, and the latter like f…
92 wordsSECTION 1261 Kings 7:18
1 Kings 7:18 Ver. 18. And he made the pillars,.... Or adorned them in this manner: and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates; that is, there were two rows of figures like pomegranates upon the net or branch work that covered the chapiters that were…
102 wordsSECTION 1271 Kings 7:19
1 Kings 7:19 Ver. 19. And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch,.... Or such as was in the porch of the temple; the work was like that wrought in the form of the flower of lilies open: four cubits; of the five cubits of which the chapiters consisted, four of them were of l…
131 wordsSECTION 1281 Kings 7:20
1 Kings 7:20 Ver. 20. And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network,.... The supplement is needless, according to Dr. Lightfoot; the sense being only, that the chapiters were above the lily work, which wrought out as far as the belly of the chapiter…
180 wordsSECTION 1291 Kings 7:21
1 Kings 7:21 Ver. 21. And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple,.... Not at the door or entrance into the temple, as Jarchi, but at the entrance into the porch: and he set up the right pillar; or the pillar on the right hand as you went in, which was on the north, the front being east: and called the name…
4,817 wordsSECTION 1301 Kings 8:1
1 Kings 8:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 8 This chapter gives an account of the introduction of the ark into the temple, 1Ki 8:1 of the glory of the Lord filling it, 1Ki 8:10 of a speech Solomon made to the people concerning the building of the temple, and how he came to be engaged in it, 1Ki 8:12, of a prayer of his he p…
295 wordsSECTION 1311 Kings 8:2
1 Kings 8:2 Ver. 2. And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto King Solomon at the feast,.... Not of tabernacles, as the Targum on 2Ch 5:3 and so Jarchi; though that was in the same month next mentioned, and began on the fifteenth of it, and held seven days; wherefore this must be the feast of the dedication …
467 wordsSECTION 1321 Kings 8:3
1 Kings 8:3 Ver. 3. And all the elders of Israel came,.... To Zion, the city of David: and the priests took up the ark; from thence; in 2Ch 5:4 it is said the Levites did it, whose business it was, De 31:25, and so the priests might be called; for every priest was a Levite, though every Levite was not a priest, and t…
80 wordsSECTION 1331 Kings 8:4
1 Kings 8:4 Ver. 4. And they brought up the ark of the Lord,.... From the city of David to the temple: and the tabernacle of the congregation; not the tent David made for the ark, though that might be brought also, but the tabernacle of Moses, which had been many years at Gibeon; but now removed to Zion, and from the…
144 wordsSECTION 1341 Kings 8:5
1 Kings 8:5 Ver. 5. And King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled together,.... On this solemn occasion: were with him before the ark; while it was in the court of the priests, before it was carried into the most holy place: sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered …
73 wordsSECTION 1351 Kings 8:6
1 Kings 8:6 Ver. 6. And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place,.... Destined for it, the like to which it had in the tabernacle: into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place; that part of the house where the divine oracle was, the holy of holies; for though into it none but …
167 wordsSECTION 1361 Kings 8:7
1 Kings 8:7 Ver. 7. For the cherubim spread forth [their] two wings over the place of the ark,.... The most holy place where the ark stood, even from wall to wall: and the cherubim covered the ark, and the staves thereof above; so that neither could be seen.…
50 wordsSECTION 1371 Kings 8:8
1 Kings 8:8 Ver. 8. And they drew out the staves,.... Not made them larger, as Ben Gersom, than those in the tabernacle of Moses, this place being larger than that; nor did they draw them wholly out, and lay them up in the sanctuary, there being no further use for them, the ark having now a fixed place, and not to be …
342 wordsSECTION 1381 Kings 8:9
1 Kings 8:9 Ver. 9. There was nothing in the ark, save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb,.... That is, there were no other writings; or, as Ben Gersom says, no other part of the law, but the decalogue otherwise he observes there were in it Aaron's rod and the pot of manna, according to Heb 9:4 tho…
127 wordsSECTION 1391 Kings 8:10
1 Kings 8:10 Ver. 10. And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place,.... The most holy place, having set up the ark of the Lord there, who were all sanctified that were there, and did not wait by course as at other times, see 2Ch 5:11, where in 2Ch 5:12 it is said, that at this time, the Levite…
192 wordsSECTION 1401 Kings 8:11
1 Kings 8:11 Ver. 11. So that the priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloud,.... Either through the darkness it first caused, or through the light that broke out of it, which was dazzling to them, or through the terror it struck their minds with; they could neither minister in the holy place, by offeri…
143 wordsSECTION 1411 Kings 8:12
1 Kings 8:12 Ver. 12. And then spake Solomon,.... Perceiving by this symbol that the Lord was come into his house, to take up his dwelling in it, and seeing the priests and people in consternation at it, spake the following words to their comfort: the Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness; and now was f…
238 wordsSECTION 1421 Kings 8:13
1 Kings 8:13 Ver. 13. I have surely built thee an house to dwell in,.... Turning himself from the priests and people, he quieted with a few words, he addressed the Lord; having built an house for him, for his worship and glory, with this view, that he might dwell in it, he was now, by the above token, fully assured it…
143 wordsSECTION 1431 Kings 8:14
1 Kings 8:14 Ver. 14. And the king turned his face about,.... He was before the altar, 1Ki 8:22, with his face to that first, and looking towards the holy and the most holy place, filled with the cloud and glory; and now he turned himself and stood with the altar behind him, and looking to the court of the people: an…
146 wordsSECTION 1441 Kings 8:15
1 Kings 8:15 Ver. 15. And he said, blessed be the Lord God of Israel,.... All praise and glory, honour and blessing, be ascribed to the Lord; who had afresh shown himself to be Israel's covenant God, by taking up his residence among them in the temple he had filled with his glory: which spake with his mouth to David …
134 wordsSECTION 1451 Kings 8:16
1 Kings 8:16 Ver. 16. Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt,.... Which was now about four hundred and eighty eight years ago; see 1Ki 6:1. I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; he had chosen one in his mind from all eternity; but h…
199 wordsSECTION 1461 Kings 8:17
1 Kings 8:17 Ver. 17. And it was in the heart of David my father,.... His mind was disposed to it, his heart was set upon it, he had taken up a resolution: to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel; for his worship and service, for his honour and glory, 2Sa 7:3.…
60 wordsSECTION 1471 Kings 8:18
1 Kings 8:18 Ver. 18. And the Lord said unto David my father,.... By Nathan the prophet: whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart; his design was good, and so far it was acceptable to the Lord, that he thought of such a thing, though it was not his pleas…
72 wordsSECTION 1481 Kings 8:19
1 Kings 8:19 Ver. 19. Nevertheless, thou shall not build the house,.... Which is implied in the question in 2Sa 7:5 but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name; which is expressed in 2Sa 7:12.…
49 wordsSECTION 1491 Kings 8:20
1 Kings 8:20 Ver. 20. And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake,.... To David, concerning his son's building the temple: and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised; succeeded him in the kingdom: and have built an house for the name of the Lord God…
101 wordsSECTION 1501 Kings 8:21
1 Kings 8:21 Ver. 21. And I have set there a place for the ark,.... The most holy place: wherein is the covenant of the Lord; the two tables of stone, on which were the covenant of the Lord, as the Targum: which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt; as in 1Ki 8:9.…
64 wordsSECTION 1511 Kings 8:22
1 Kings 8:22 Ver. 22. And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord,.... The altar of the burnt offering in the court of the priests, where he prayed the following prayer; and which altar was typical of Christ, who is always to be in sight in prayer, and through whom all sacrifices of prayer and praise become accepta…
6,078 wordsSECTION 1521 Kings 9:1
1 Kings 9:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9 This chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10, the places that Solomon built or repaired, 1Ki 9:15, the Canaanitish people that be…
213 wordsSECTION 1531 Kings 9:2
1 Kings 9:2 Ver. 2. That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time,.... Junius and Tremellius read this verse with the following, to the end of the ninth, in a parenthesis, and render this clause, "for the Lord had appeared", &c. and Piscator translates it, "moreover the Lord appeared", &c. as beginning a distinct …
165 wordsSECTION 1541 Kings 9:3
1 Kings 9:3 Ver. 3. And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me,.... With delight and pleasure, and had accepted it; meaning the prayer recorded in the preceding chapter: I have hallowed this house which thou hast built; by the cloud of glory filling it, and …
183 wordsSECTION 1551 Kings 9:4
1 Kings 9:4 Ver. 4. And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness..... Who, though guilty of many sins and failings in life, yet was sincere and upright in the worship of God, never apostatized from it, or fell into idolatry, which is what is chiefly respected: …
87 wordsSECTION 1561 Kings 9:5
1 Kings 9:5 Ver. 5. Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever,.... In a succession in his posterity, until the coming of the Messiah: as I promised unto David thy father, saying, there shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel; not fail one of his posterity to sit upon it; see 2Sa…
65 wordsSECTION 1571 Kings 9:6
1 Kings 9:6 Ver. 6. But if you shall at all turn from following me, you or your children,.... From my worship, as the Targum; either Solomon or his successors, or the people of Israel and their posterity; should they turn their backs on God and his worship, meaning not in a single instance, or in some small degree; bu…
139 wordsSECTION 1581 Kings 9:7
1 Kings 9:7 Ver. 7. Then will I cut off Israel out of the land I have given them,.... Suffer them to be carried captive into other lands, as the ten tribes were into Assyria, and the two tribes to Babylon; which is called a plucking them up by the roots in 2Ch 7:20 and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, w…
120 wordsSECTION 1591 Kings 9:8
1 Kings 9:8 Ver. 8. And at this house which is high,.... The house of the most High, as some render it, and in high esteem, fame, and glory, as well as it was built on an high hill, and was itself one hundred and twenty cubits high, 2Ch 3:4, the Targum is, "and this house which was high shall be destroyed:'' everyon…
181 wordsSECTION 1601 Kings 9:9
1 Kings 9:9 Ver. 9. And they shall answer,.... Who were left in the land when others were carried captive, as were some by Nebuchadnezzar, and who were capable of making the following answer: because they forsook the Lord; the worship of the Lord their God, as the Targum: who brought forth their fathers out of the l…
152 wordsSECTION 1611 Kings 9:10
1 Kings 9:10 Ver. 10. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years,.... From the time Solomon first began to build: when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house; the first was seven years in building, and the other thirteen; in all twenty.…
55 wordsSECTION 1621 Kings 9:11
1 Kings 9:11 Ver. 11. (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees,.... For the building of both his houses; see 1Ki 5:8, and with gold, according to all his desire): which is not before mentioned, and accounts for it from whence Solomon had his gold; if he made no use, as some thi…
312 wordsSECTION 1631 Kings 9:12
1 Kings 9:12 Ver. 12. And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him,.... For these cities, being in or near Galilee, were not far from Tyre: and they pleased him not; being either out of repair, as some think; see 2Ch 8:2 or the ground barren, and unfruitful; which is not likely, being in…
125 wordsSECTION 1641 Kings 9:13
1 Kings 9:13 Ver. 13. And he said,.... By letter to him: what cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? so he called him, being not only his neighbour, but his ally, in friendship and covenant with him; and this he said of them not by way of complaint, or contempt, as unworthy of his acceptance; for so m…
345 wordsSECTION 1651 Kings 9:14
1 Kings 9:14 Ver. 14. And Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold. Not after the cities had been given him, but before; and it may be rendered "had sent" {m}, and is the sum of the gold he furnished him with for the temple, 1Ki 9:11 which, according to Brerewood {n}, was 540,000 pounds of our mon…
110 wordsSECTION 1661 Kings 9:15
1 Kings 9:15 Ver. 15. And this is the reason of the levy which King Solomon raised,.... Both of men to work, 1Ki 5:13, and of money to defray the expense: it was for to build the house of the Lord; the temple: and his own house; or palace: and Millo; which he repaired: See Gill on "1Sa 5:9". and the wall of Jerusa…
137 wordsSECTION 1671 Kings 9:16
1 Kings 9:16 Ver. 16. For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire,.... Egypt lay lower than Canaan, and therefore Pharaoh is said to go up to it; what moved him to it is not certain; whether he went of himself provoked, or was moved to it by Solomon, who had married his daughter; how…
114 wordsSECTION 168Jos 16:10
Jos 16:10 and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife; not as a dowry with her, but as a present to her; perhaps some time after marriage.…
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1 Kings 9:17 Ver. 17. And Solomon built Gezer,.... Rebuilt it, it having been burnt, at least great part of it, by Pharaoh when he took it: and Bethhoron the nether; and the upper also, 2Ch 8:5, which belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, and were on the borders of it, between that and Benjamin, Jos 16:3.…
60 wordsSECTION 1701 Kings 9:18
1 Kings 9:18 Ver. 18. And Baalath,.... A city in the tribe of Dan, Jos 19:44 and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land; or "Tamar", as in the Cetib, or Scriptural reading; for we go according to the marginal reading, and so Thamato in Ptolemy {p}; and is thought by some to be the same with Tamar in Eze 47:19, which J…
2,945 wordsSECTION 1711 Kings 10:1
1 Kings 10:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 10 This chapter contains an account of the queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon to her great satisfaction, 1Ki 10:1, of Solomon's merchandise and riches, and the magnificence of his court, 1Ki 10:14, of the rich presents sent to him, and of the purchase of chariots and horses, a…
499 wordsSECTION 1721 Kings 10:2
1 Kings 10:2 Ver. 2. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train,.... With many of her courtiers and principal men, as well as with a large retinue of servants: with camels that bare spices; her country abounded both with camels and spices; See Gill on "Isa 60:6", See Gill on "Jer 6:20", and as Pliny {f} observ…
426 wordsSECTION 1731 Kings 10:3
1 Kings 10:3 Ver. 3. And Solomon told her all her questions,.... Answered them, told her the meaning of everything she inquired about, expounded her riddles, solved her objections, and gave her satisfaction in all things she proposed unto him: there was not anything hid from the king, which he told her not; there was…
77 wordsSECTION 1741 Kings 10:4
1 Kings 10:4 Ver. 4. And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom,.... Which she perceived by his answers to things relative to all sorts of science, natural, civil, and divine: and the house that he had built; the singular for the plural, "house for houses"; the house of the Lord, his own house, that fo…
128 wordsSECTION 1751 Kings 10:5
1 Kings 10:5 Ver. 5. And the meat of his table,.... The various sorts of it, the different dishes, and the multitude of them; see 1Ki 4:22 and the sitting of his servants; at table, either with him, or at tables by themselves, yet in his presence; for these were his nobles and courtiers, who were placed in order, acc…
393 wordsSECTION 1761 Kings 10:6
1 Kings 10:6 Ver. 6. And she said to the king,.... When she was a little come to herself: it was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom; which she was ready to call in question when she first heard it; at least she thought it was greatly exaggerated, but now she found it was strictl…
68 wordsSECTION 1771 Kings 10:7
1 Kings 10:7 Ver. 7. Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it,.... That is, she did not believe the whole of what was related to her; somewhat of it she credited, and supposed there was something grand and extraordinary in it, or she would never have taken such a journey; but she did n…
156 wordsSECTION 1781 Kings 10:8
1 Kings 10:8 Ver. 8. Happy are thy men,.... The men of Israel, that had a king over them so wise, so great, so good: happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom; who were now present, and to whom she pointed, and may respect not his nobles and courtiers only, but his menial …
95 wordsSECTION 1791 Kings 10:9
1 Kings 10:9 Ver. 9. Blessed be the Lord thy God,.... Of whom she might have better notions than when she came out of her own country: which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; loved him with a love of complacency and delight, was Jedidiah, as he called him, beloved of the Lord, and therefore he c…
156 wordsSECTION 1801 Kings 10:10
1 Kings 10:10 Ver. 10. And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold,.... The same sum that Hiram sent him, See Gill on "1Ki 9:14" this fulfilled the prophecy, so far as it respected Solomon, Ps 72:15 and of spices very great store, and precious stones; see 1Ki 10:2 there came no more such abundance of…
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