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even the Chambers belonging to it- # 7. e. The Altar of Incenſe, which was ſet in the Holy place cloſe by the Doors of the Oracle. x As before he overlaid it with Cedar : of which, ſee the Notes ON Vere 20, :
23 4 And within the oracle he made two cheru- bims » of || + olive-tree s, each ten cubics high.
1 Beſides thoſe rwo made by Moſer, Exod: 25: 18: which were of Gold, and far leſs than theſe, and fixed in another place and poſture. o Or, of oily trees, which ſometimes are diſtinguiſhed from the Olive-trees, as Iſo. 41. 19.
24 And five cubits as the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub : from the uttermoſt part of the one wing unto the uttermoſt part of the other, were ten cubits.
25 And the other cherub was ten cubits : both the cherubims ere of one meaſure, and one iſe.
26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and ſo was it of the other cherub.
27 And he ſet the cherubims within the inner houſe ; and *|| they ſtretched forth the wings of the cherubims,
ſo that the wing of the one touched the ene all, and
}Or: /? the wing of the other cherub couched the other wall : _ " and their wings touched one another in the midit of {rh their the houſe.
& Not only the Oracle, butall the Holy place ; and, as ſome add, |
j Oily. + Heb. irees of oil,
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ning 28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the houſe round about with carved figures of cherubims p, and palm-trees +Heb. 9, and f open flowers, within and witliour r. openings of þ As ſigns of the Preſence and ProteQion of the Angels vouch- Aowers, fafed by God to that Place. q Emblems of that Peace and Victory
over their Enemies, which the 1ſraelites duely ſerving God in that place might expe&. r Within the Oracle and without it, in the
Holy place. - 30 And the floor ofthe houſe he overlaid with gold, within and without. 31 T And for the entring of the oracle, he made 10: doors of olive-tree : the lintel and ſide-poſts ere || a fifth Fu-quare, PATE of the wall /. ſ 7,e. Four Cubits in height or breadth, whereas the Wall was 20 Cubits. Or, a ffth part of the Door now mentioned. Orrather
froe-ſquare, having 5 Sides, and 5 Angles, which is not incongruous nor unuſual in Buildings.
[Or 32 The two || doors alſo were of olive-tree, and he Loves of Carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm- tk or. trees, and f open flowers, and overlaid :bewe with go'd
THeb. and ſpread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the epenings of fer, PAlM-rrees.
33 Soalſo made he for the door of the temple, poſts lor, Of olive-trees || a fourth part of the wall s, | fur-ſquare 5 Or rather, four-ſquare. See on wer. 31.
' Brek. 34 And the two doors were of fir-tree : the * two 41.23, leaves of the one door were folding, and the twoleaves
of the other door were folding. 35 And he carved thereon cherubims, and palm-trees,
and open flowers, and covered them with gold, fitted upon the carved work.
36 And he built the inner court : with three rows of hewed ftone, and a row of cedar-beams «.
# 1, e, The Prieſts Court, 2 Chron. 4.9. ſo called, becauſe it was next to the Temple which it did encompaſs. « Which is under- ſtood, either, 1. Of the thickneſs of the Wall, the three rows of Stones being one within anothcr, and the Cedar innermelt as a lining to the Wall. Or, 2, Of the height of the Wall, which was only 3 Cubits high, that the people might ſee the Prieſts Sacrificing upon the Altar, which was in their Court ; each row of Stones be- ing about acubir, and poſſibly of a diftering Colour from the reſt, and all covered with Cedar. Or rather, 3. Of ſo many Galleries, one on each ſide of the Temple, whereof the Three firſt were of Stone, and the Fourth of Cedar, all ſupported with rows of pillars: upon which there were many Chambers for the uſes of the Tem- ple, and of the Prieſts ; for it is hard to think, that only the ma- king of a low Wall about the Court would be called a Building of the Court. And thata great number of Buildings and Rooms were neceſlary for the various Offices and Works which were to be done; and the Treaſures of all ſorts which were to be laid up in the Temple largely fo called, is ſufficiently evident from the nature of the things, and divers paſſages in Scripture ; See among others, 1 Chron: 28; 11, 12.
37 © In the fourth year was the foundation of the houſe of the LORD laid, inthe month Zif.
38 Andin the eleventh year,in the month Bul, ( which
lOr, with 55 the exghth month ) was the houſe finiſhed ||throughour
all the ap=- . : tenor, All the parts thereof, and according to all the faſhion of theref,and It : To was he ſeven years x in building it.
wHthalthe x Compleat, and 6 Months, as appears by computation, Bur
Tnances ſmaller Summs are uſually negle
Gted, and ſwallowed up in the grea- hereof, ter, both in Scripture, as Juds - o
; : 20; 46: 2Sam: 5: 5; 1 Kings 2: 11: and in other Authors. Is is nor ſtrange that this Work took up ſo much time: for, 1: The Temple properly ſo called, was for Quan-
tity the leaft part of it, there being very many and great Buildings both above Ground in the ſeveral Courts, Cog ana only _ Court of the Prieſts be mentioned, yet it 15 thereby unplied, thar the ſame thing was proportionably done in the others ) and under Ground. 2. The great curiolity of Art which was uſed here, and the fewneſs of exquulite Artiſts, required the longer time for the
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N G 8. Chap. VII doing of it. And if the Puilding of Diana's Temple did im ploy all ſia for 200 Years ; and the Building of one P;ramid employed 360 Thou!and Men, for 20 Years together; both which, Pliny af-
firms: no reaſonable Man can wonder that this Temple was 7 Years in Building. |
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The building of Solomon's houſe ; the houſe of Lebanon, 1,—— 5, The Porch of Pidars, and of judgment : the .houſe of Pharaoh's daughter, 6, — 12, Hiram's work of the two pillars of braſs, 13,22, of the molten ſea, 23, -- 26. of the ten baſes of braſs, 27,-=-37. The ren brazen lavers : all theveſſels of braſs and gold, 38, —=—=—— 50, The cedicated things are brought into the Temple, 51.
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