PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Kings
Joseph Hammond [1839-1912] · 502,085 words · 545 reading sections
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soul (1 Cor. x. 16, 17; Heh. :xiii. 10; Matt. xxvi. 26 ; John vi. 54, 55). If, there- fore, the Holy Communion is not a sacrifice, properly so called (inasmuch as there is no death), it has these marks of a sacrifice, that it is an oblation, a memorial, and a feast. And when we consider these remarkable analogies, we c…
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feet and the light to our path'' (Psa. cxix. 105; cf. Prov. iii. 5, 6). 5. The ark, the pride of Israel, on two occasions became its plague. The men of Bethshemesh looked into it, and died. Uzzah put forth bis hand to steady it, and was smitten for his error (2 Sam. vi. 7). So the ark teaches the much-needed lesson …
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enough to see that it would be impossible for two separate kingdoms to exist while all the people met in the one temple. Hence the calves at Bethel and Dan, and hence in our Lord's day the temple on Gerizim. Show how in the Christian Church the rich and the poor meet together, and how essential Christian principle i…
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NESS, How exact the measurements, how perfect the finish of work, which only required to be brought together in order to make e. complete whole. Piece joined piece in the woodwork, and every separate casting found its appropriate niche, Nothing but painstaking accure.cy could have insured such a result. Yet probably…
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these beings. They are introduced in Genesis without a woril of description ; and in Exodus (xxv. and xxxvii.) little is said beyond this, that they had "wings and faces." Turning to their visionary appearances-to Ezekiel and to John-there i.e variety in form. But whatever latitude there may be in detail, the leadin…
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restored by redemptive love to holiness, shall share Paradise regained." The means of realizing this became more clear ae the ages rolled by. The hope that ideal bumanit;Y would inherit bliss did not die out, but the method of its fa.lfilment was unfolded in the Mosaic institutions. Not only did the cherubim in the ora…
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own house thirteen years." The much tainty. And when it is further oonsidered longer period occupied in the erection of the that the nccu.mulatod dlb1·i'.s of Jerusalem royal palace is easily accounted for. In the nt one point reaches a depth of 120 feet it first place, the buildings were much larger, will be readily u…
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'bodyguo.rd (cf, xiv. 28 with x. 17). Iliihr Ver. 4.-And there were wtndowe [t:l'~i?t;i observes that the arrangement of the po.lo.cos same word as in eh. vi. 4, i.e., beams ··or accords with the Jewish conceptions of the le.ttices. Keil underste.nde, beam layers; and kingly office. The first, the armouxy, re- Bii.h…
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while Fergusson agR.i.n assigns it an inde- m_arks that t!tls "porch, or gate of justice, pendent position, separate from either. The still kept e.live the likeness of the old term porch (i:l?~::-:), the meaning of which is patriarchal ouetom of sitting in judgment at surely determined by its use in eh. vi., almost …
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and vers. 10, 11] stones, according to the latter formed the coping. The wall of the measures of hewed stones [ lit., of squaring court of the palace thus resembled that of or hewing, same word in chs. v. 31 (Heh.), vi. the temple. See on eh. vi. 36. In all 36, and Isa. ix. 9, &c. All the stones in these these coincide…
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meo.eurement employed in this oo.ee. As "seven." Some, accordingly, would read, "11 they were co.stings, it would be needless to net for the one chapiter, and II net," &c. mea.sure both pillo.re, o.nd eo the length mo.y But there is no sufficient reason for the ha.ve been ascertained from the first, o.nd change. " This…
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relievi in imita.tion of flowering lilios. Prob- of four hundred, as given in ver. 42, and in ably the bowl-shaped cha.piter was treated 2 Chronicles, and with the " hundred round as a fnll-blo= lily, just as the ca.pitals of about" (i.e., the number in each row) men, Egyptian pillars took the form of the lotus. tioned…
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tion of o. Phronician temple, it always has [i.e., he shall eBtablish, as marg. The name a pillar or pillnre standing within or before expressed the belief that God would presene it" (Stanley), (3) It is extremely doubt- and protect the new fane. It is true that a ful whother these columns, twenty-three Jo.chin is ment…
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and the circumference e.s thirty cubits. If to the ornamentation of the !aver. The lip the diameter was exactly ten, the circumfer- was curved like a lilyJ : it conta.ined two ence would of course be about 31½ oubits. thousand [In Chron. and by Josephus the But the sacred writers seldom aim at pre- number is given a…
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King;" Porter, He.ndbook, i. pp. 134, 138). four corners [Heh. feet; C]l~ signifies step, The wo.ter wo.s probo.bly brought from Solo- thence foot, e.nd is here used of artificial mon's pools e.t Bethlehem, though "o. feet. These were, no doubt, at the fou-r founte.in of wo.ter exists ,n the city e.nd is comers, and se…
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stand-work, ),:l hE're fixes the meaning of the that they were cast with the base, i.e., f1·om word in ver. 29, i.e., it decides it to be the the same mould, as in the next verse it is ~ubstantive (Keil, after Che.ld.), not the ad- impossible to say.] • ' verb (as Thenius, Bahr, al.) a cubit and a Ver. 85.-And in th…
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aive a.a to which we.s the right e.nd which it fails to account, as the first-ne.mecl tho left. The right side we.a the south. emendation does, for the ~~!;)-,l[. It we.a probe.bly for convenience the.t the see. did not ete.nd due ea.et of the house, i.e., Ver. 43. And the ten bases and the ten between the porch e.nd o…
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v811S81 was not weighed out" (Bahr), but Exod. xii. 22. The " digheB 11 of Exod. nv. that the total weight of the metal was not, 29, and xnvii. 16, with which Rawlinson perhaps could not, be ascertained.] identities them, a.re exp,essed by a different The saored record now proceeds to enu- word. He thinks they were …
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But the importance of these monuments (which is also attested (1) by their position-in the very forefront of the temple-the first objects that would strike the eye of the beholder-and (2) by their isolation-they were apparently unconnected with the edifice and served a purpose of their own) is not due to what they w…
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4. Tha.t it was for the worship of a holy people. The chnpiters were fashioned after n lily-cup. The columns, i.e., blossomed into pw-ity under the shelter of the sanctunry, and so proclaimed that holiness was to be the product of the temple semces nnd ritunl. They served accordingly ns memoranda both to priests an…
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But here a distinction must be IDJ1de. The priests were commanded, to wash under pain of death (Exod. xxx. 19 sqq.; xxix. 4; :xl. 80-32), but there was n~ such command with respect to the victims. No; the sacrifices would seem to have been washed because the Jewish mind instinctively felt that this was right and fittin…
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God (Heb. x. 22). " I cannot pray, but I sin; I cannot heo.r, or preach o. sermon, but I sin; I cannot give an alms or receive the sacrament, but I fin; nay, I .cannot so much as confess my sins, but my very confessions are still aggravations of them; my repentance needs to be repented of, my tears want washing, and…
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in the vessels, emblems of those "vessels unto honour," the "messengers of the churches,'' Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, •&c. (2 Cor. viii. 23; Acts ix. 15). We shall fincl that the great Master Builder has prepared them all in the plavn; thai all alike have been moulded in the cla;y. As to the pladn, the figure is obv…
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keeps unbroken snbbath; "from a ''frozen tempest of black, weather-worn, rugged mountain peaks,'' the Hebrew Church went forth to witness for God. Nowhere, perhn.pR, under the whole heaven is there 11, more arid and rugged and desolate and uninhabitable land. Yet God chose it to be the school and training-·ground of…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 21.-Jachin and Boaz. No features in Solomon's temple have given rise to so much controversy as these two famous pillars; the beauty of which Jewish writers a.re never tired of recounting. They were marvels of the glyptio skill for which the Phrenician workmen were clistinguishecl. Hom…
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EXPOSITION. OHAPTER vm. 1-66. viii. 1, "Then Solomon BSeembled," &c. To the cursory reader it appears no doubt as if THE DEDI0ATION OJI' THE TEMPLE, -The this "then" must refer to the completion stately and impressive service with which of the work of which we have just heard, the Temple, the character and contents …
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can hardly belie,e, considering the natural the more popular proceedings of David, who eagerness nnd impatience of men, that the " gathered t1igether all the chosen men of tiibes of Israel, or their ambitious monarch, Israel, thirty thousand (2 Se.m. vi. 1), o.nd would, of their own choice, defer the con- the statel…
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fo.lle nbout the time of the eo.rly ro.ins-o.nd he.ve been uncovered, bnt this is very im- equinox (Bottcher)], which 1s the seventh probable. Why, we may e.ek, were cover- month. [This is added beco.uee the month ings provided, o.nd their use prescribed wo.s subsequently known e.s Tisri (see on (Num. iv. 5-15), if the…
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vi.. 7) which, we may be sure, were not [Heb. fi·om] the holy place [Marg. ark, e.ltogether forgotten on this ooc&sion] that the word found iu the Chron. v. 9. It is could not be told or numbered for multi- questionable, however, whether e::i'J~i'J is tude. [Cf. 2 Sam. vi. 13. But the sacrifices ever used, by itself…
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whether the staves, so long as they remained viii 22. At the date of the publice.tion 01 in the rings, could be made to reach to the this book, the temple wa.s of course de- door of the oracle, unless indeed they were stroyed (2 Kings xxv. 9), eo that at that lengthened for the purpose. How then were day the staves wer…
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o.s the word o.lmost seems to imply, o. "light the people," e.s Wordsworth pertinently from heo.ven o.bove the brightness of the e.sks, 11 e.lso perform e. priestly a.et? " The snn" (Acts xxvi. 13; cf. Rev. i. 14, 16). word is elsewhere used of saluting. See It is ho.rdly necessary to o.dd the.t the glory, note on ver.…
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&o.) The flame of God is the expression to 2 Chron. vi. 18). The latter po.ssnge inform■ man of His nature, attributes, &c.] us that he both stood and knelt upon a Ver. 20.-And the Lord hath performed " brazen scaffold," three cubits high] be- [Sa.me word as in eh. ii. 4. Lit., "hath fore the altar of the Lord [i.e.…
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Ver. 25.-Therefore now [Heh . .A.nd now. worthy ideas-snch as were prevalent in The promise has been but partially fulfilled. th1Lt age-of God e.s a local deity, limited to The house is built; he now prays that the epnce. The words clearly prove his grasp succession may be continued in De.vid'e of the omnipresence and …
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plication of thy earva.nt, a.nd of thy people and so enooumged falsehood and impiety, Israel, when they shall pray toW1Ll"d this God is here entreated, oonsequently, to te.ke place : a.nd hear thou 1n heaven [Heh. unto cognizance of the oaths sworn bef Jre His heaven, Cl~t,;)~iJ-S~, e. pregnant construction a.Ite.r…
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servants, oondem.ning [Heh. to make (i.e., Levit. xxvi. 33; Dent. iv. 27 ; xxviii. 64 sqq.] prove) wicked] the wicked, to bring [Heb. a.gain unto the land which thou gavest give, so.me word as below] hlll way [i.e., unto their fa.there. works, fruits] upon hlll head [cf. Ezek. ix. The third petition concerns the plague…
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But the Chron. aud the Verss. distinguish Jemsalem, of its religion and sanotue.ry it here (by the introduction of "and" be- could offer towards the house. The Gentiles tween the two words) as a separate plague. It is also similarly distinguished, Joel i. 4; who should visit Jerusalem would assuredly, Pse.. lxxviii…
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stretched out arm ;) when he shall come Hebrew nation. It has hence been too and pray toward this house. readily inferred that this portion of the Ver. 43.-Bear thou 1n heaven thy dwell- Ing place, and do according to all that the prayer, at lee.et, if not the preceding peti- stranger calleth to thee for: that all peo…
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in this formula, which no doubt had been Ver. 52.-That thine eyes may be open preserved in the 'ITiitings of the prophets, [cf. ver. 29] unto the auppllcation of thy a confession specially appropriate to their servant, and unto the euppllca.tion of thy case, and indeed provided for their uso. people Israel [of. vers…
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should be appointed (ver. 11). Tho.t place castaway), to walk 1n his statutes, and to is now dedicated, nnd the king sees in this keep his commandments, as at this day circumsta.nce a proof that the rest is now [That day the nation proved its piety by the o.t Inst fully attained, The permanent dedication of the house. …
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two o.nd twenty thousand oxen, and a.n been a.t the very least at this period two or hundred a.nd twenty thousand sheep. [It three thousand priests (Keil), 11,nd we oan is very possible that these numbers have hardly think that at tho dedication of so been altered in course of transc1iption, as glorious a. temple, i…
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number of ponce offerings (cf. eh. iii. 15). people away [i.e., on the eighth day of the 1,.11 the flesh that could be, must be co.ten second feast, the "three e.ncl twentieth day (Levit. xi.x. 5, 6)], and all Israel wlth hlm, of the month" (ib., ver. 10). The first im, a great congregation [see note on vcr. 64. pressi…
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" Majestic silence I then the harp awoke, Tbe cymbal clanged, the deep-voiced trumpet spoke, And Salem spread her suppliant hands abroad, Viewed the descending flame, and blessed the present God," Snch, in brief, was the dedication of this house. It is true prayers and sacrifices followed, bnt of these we cannot no…
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Chap. vi. nr. 7, and chap. viii. ver. 12.-The Silence and the Da1rkness. In the :first of these passages we a.re told that the honse, built for the habitation of the Most High, wa.s reared in profound silence ; in the second, that the Most High Himself dwelleth in the thick darkness. Now observe, first, that darkness …
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And in silence, too, is this planet sustained and ordered. How " silently the springtime Her crown of verdure weaves, And o.11 the trees on all the bills Open their thousand leaves." Or as another, not less beautifully, puts it- " Soundless as cha.riots on the snow The saplings of the forest grow To trees of mig…
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I. IN ITS STRUCTURE. The temple, we have seen, WI\S a reproduction, on an enlarged scale, and in a more permanent form, of the tabernacle. And the tabernacle wns fashioned after a heavenly pattern (Exod. xxv. 40; xxvi. 80; xxvii. 8; Heb. viii. 5). Thrice was Moses admonished to make it" according to the fashion which w…
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that the " table of the face " has no counterpart in heaven, we may reply that it is not neolled, becnuse His servants " see his face" and feast upon His presence (Rev. xxiv. 4). Similarly heaven has its mercy-seat-the Fount of Mercy dwe'lls there-its cherubim and seraphim (Isa. vi. 2; Rev. iv. 7; cf. Ezek. i. 10), an…
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For we may be sure that the Prayer of Dedication is for our instruction o.nd i.niitation, otherwise it would hardly have been recorded, o.nd recorded o.t such length, in Scripture. " After this manner therefore pray ye" (Matt. vi. 9). I. LAYMEN MAY OFFER PUBLIC PRAYER. This is no monopoly of priests. The Hebrew kin…
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composed form. A form need not involve formalism. All Christians use forms of praise; why not forms of prayer? (See Hooker, V. :uvi. 2. 8.) VIII. OUTWARD FORMS ARE NOT TO BE DESPISED, Solomon "kneeled upon hie knees, with his hands stretched out towards heaven" (cf. Dan. vi. 10; Acts vii. 60; ix. 40 ; xx. 86; xxi 6 ; …
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II. OF THE SACRIFICE OF OUR BODIES (Rom. xii. 1). If in separating the body from common uses and yielding our bodies instruments of righteousness to God (Rom. vi. 13), we seem to suffer inconvenience, privation, &c., it is not really so. This sacrifice brings" joy and gladness of he11,rt." Not unseldom are we (IOnsciou…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 6.-The Ark of the Covenant. The ark was the heart of the temple. For it the shrine was erected. • It was regarded as the throne of Jehovah. Hence the reverence with which it was approached. In itself the ark was not very re- marko.ble. It was a chest 2½ cubits long, and 1½ cubits deep…
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pure gold of the Mpporeth. Exhibit the necessity of mercy to men who are prone to evil and forgetful of good. Illustrate it from God's dealings with Israel, and Christ's goodness to His disciples. The publican struck the keynote of true prayer when he exclaimed, "God be merciful to me, a sinner I" Compare Psalm li. Sho…
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&o. 4. Earnest pr(JJ!Jers were offered. Solomon's prayer, which follows, wa.s but the formal and public utterance of many secret prayers on the part of himself and others. See how often he spoke to God about this building, and how often God spoke to him. He and his people prayed above all things that the special glory …
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C!OWD of a long series (900 years long, perhaps) of mirnculous Divine manifesta- t10ns. But look on it now as prophetic of a more glorious future, as imaging forth ~ the men of that age higher forms of Divine manifestation that in the fulnees of time should come to pass. I. THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST. When the etern…
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could not really" behold his glory." They "saw through s. glass "-a. cloud- " darkly." The "dispensation of the Spirit," though it did not remove fleshly restrictions, brought in that blessed condition of things in which the soul has such a thrilling sense of Divine communion as scarcely to need any material help to th…
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and others. (2) The Christian whose heart goes out with yeaming over the lost, who lies a helpless invalid in some solitary room. (8) The child-disciple, stirred with noble enthusiasm, with splendid promise of future power in the Lord's kingdom, taken away in youth from the home and the world which seemed so sorely…
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"He hath given rest unto his people Israel." The blessedness of pee.ea to e. country, exemplified by the contrast between Solomon's and David's reigns. The freedom from harassing anxieties experienced by many is from God. The rest of heart, which may be ours amidst the distresses of life, is from Him. "Peace I leave wi…
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But there is no grief yon can conceal from Him. He became in the person of His Son " the man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," that we might feel how He follows us, or rather, goes before us, in every path of suffering. There is room in the great fatherly heart of God for us all, with all our burdens, and we can…
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Ver. 38.-Tbe consecration of the temple was the grandest religious ceremony of the old covenant. It is important- I. BECAUSE IT CENTRALIZES THE WORSHIP OF THE THEOCRACY. II. BECAUSE IT SUPPLIES A TYPE OF THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE which is to be reared in the Church e.nd in every Christian soul. Solomon, as the king chosen…
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