6"''*, which is omitted by LXX, is not, as ia generally assumed by critics, the work of 11", but Ls due to a post-exilic editor, who shows acquaint- ance with the Law of Holiness (H) and the Priestly code (P). The section contains some I) phrases, such as could, and did, pass from D into P, but other expressions belong solely to P or to II. \." is by the same hand as vv."", v.** being repeated in order to round off the interpolation and attach it to the precedin" narrative. The following special marks of authorship should be noticed : —
V.12 •ri,':n^ TlSr'Ds // thou wilt walk in nj.y gtattUeg. Never in Dt; twice iii Jer 44l<> 23. In H, Lv 263 (cf. 184), and con- st.'ititlv in Kzk (whose connexion with H is well ascertained ; Drivef, IMTO p. -18 ff.) i« ' 1120 igD. 17 2013.16.19.21.^ Cf. the phrase c'i;."i nipn^ "^hi^ walk in the atatutea of the nations, Lv W> 2023 (H). '
.itf'yrt 'eSvPTlNl a/uf vnlt exfcute my )vdgmentM. The exact phrase (with J" as six>ke8man — my jutUj^netitif^ \>e\on^Ti to II ; Lv IS', lizk 5' 1112 lsl7 20'-", 1 Ch 28''. In 1 K 11331. the passaire belongs to Rd, but the words '25^'^' "OP"] are an exilic insertion, as is shown by their omission in LXX. Even with I'^^v^ hie judymentu, Q't^^^'tn the judgmente, the phrase is not specially characteristic of Dt;*261'' 3321 (blessing of Moses in Apitcn- dix) ; elsewhere Neh 1030. Similar II phrases are fonntl in Lv 18», Ezk 2011 13 21, Lv Id" 2022 2.'<1«, Ezk II20 •2011' Si-"'.
C.~? nrS/ to walk in them, {the judtjmente). So exactly only In Lv 18« (H). D's phrase Is" '711? Ttzhh • to walk in the vayi ofj".'
V.u btf^: 'if -I'nj "P};?'1 And I will dvxU in the midtt oj the children of Israel. Very distinctive of P; Ex 25» iS", Nu 53 35'i4, Kzk 139 No occurrences in D. With the whole vereecf. Lv 2tl'l 12(li;.
6"*', which gives an liccount of the interior of the building, has been much corrupted by l.iter glosses. Thus in v.'" O'S't-C '^1'^ ' for the most holy place.' a phrase which belongs to P, has been adiled to explain iz'h ' fur an adytum.' Other more serious intcrpolaliuns (omitted in L.XX) are '•;■"? «''i, ' that is. (he temple,' in v.", vv.'*- " (except bust 4 words in Heb. ) '•^'''. In vv."- '• emend |:rn n'mp • mft'-rs of tiie ceiling,' n^i'ipn 'the rafters,' with LXX (B, Luc), Vulg., Pesh. in place of |K."t nn-p, nn'p.i. V." is probably due to II" (notice the phra.se 'ark of the covenant of J"'). By its omission we are able, with a slight emendation, to |i|ausibly restore the original statement of vv."-** 'And4tl cubits was the hou.se before the adytum. And the adytum was 211 cubits IpnL', and 20 cubits broad, and 'JO cubits high; and lie overlaid it with pure gold.' In v.-"'' we may emend (with LXX, B, Lucjlri:! for ■■V'l, and thus, with the liu-it 4 words of v.", we read, ' and he made an altar of cedar wood before the adytum, and overlaiil it with gold.' Stade wuuld omit all references to the use of gold-plutiiig or gilding in Solomon's temple, but in so doing he appears to go further than is warranted bv the state of the text.t
* I>'s usual phrases are n^t*;^; C'cp^ v %r obeerve jxui^inentt to do them ; f.i T" II" 121. o k 1717 n'ry';' C'cJiS •!;> leacA (wmeone eite) iudtpnenta to do thfin ; 41 & 14 (il.
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KINGS, I. AND IL
KINGS, I. AND II.
6"'" runs smoothly when, following the clever suggestion of Stade, v." is inserted between v.*" and v.^''.
G^- *• (omitted in LXX) is a gloss. V.'» is clearly by the same hand as v.", and v.* is redundant alter ^^, and also out of place.
g3a. » n,ay also readily be recognized as due to the author of vv.'*-^. Notice the late usage of the jierf. with weak i, v^j}], n^)i].
gTSi. 13 rendered intelligible by the emendation ri\]!zi mm? ' doorposts standing foursquare,' after L.^X (B, Luc.)
7''", tlie account of Solomon's further activity as a builder, appears to be free from lat«r inter- polation, doubtless because it did not possess so great an interest for post-exilic times as did the description of the first temple.
In v.2b read • three ' (B, Luc.) (or * four,' in agreement with the statement or v.*;* v.^b nn3'7.s nn3 7'.D1 'and door was over against door' (partly following B, Luc), instead of ' and lii'ht was over against light,' a statement already made in v.-**> ; v. 7b nHisn-iy 'to the rafters' (Vulg., Pesh.), in place of VB"!pn~iy ; v.yb '» n»3 "i^qpi ' and from the court of the house of J" ' (cf. T.13), for pnp» rendered by BV * and so on the outside.'
7""" has been much mutUated and obscured by
flosses. These were added for the purpose of escribing the 'wreaths of chain- work' (np'j;? c^ij nnT-ip) aud the ' lily work ' ([pie* .ipi;?), of^ which there appears to have been no mention in the original account ; cf. the summary vv.*"- '". The glosses are v. "» (down to nii^sy) in its present form, yy 19. 20a. s3_ "phe original description may be re- stored by the aid of LXX.