ROT Solomon was building his. own houſe #* thirteen years b, and he finiſhed all his houſe. a3 The Royal Palace for himſelf and for his Succefſſors. Or, his horſes, the Singular Number being put for the Plural. 5 Almoſt double time to that in which the Temple was built;becauſe neither were the Materials fo far provided and prepared for this, as they were for the Temple : nor did either he or his people ule the ſame alacrity and diligence in this, as in the other Work ; nor had they the ſame Obligations to this Work, as they had to that, to which they were quickned by God's expreſs Command ; and by the ne«- ceſlity of ſetting up God's Worſhip there, as the Foundation of all the hopes and happineſs both of King and People, whereas this Building was only for Solomon's greater conveniency, and he had already a Palace of David's Building. 2 UC He built alſo the houſe of the foreit of Lebanon c, the length thereof d was a hu 1dred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifry cubits, and che height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars e, with cedar-beams upon the piilars fe c An Houſe ſo called. Either, birt, Becauſe it was builr in the Mountain and Foreſt of Lebanzn, for his Recreation there in Sum= mer-time- Burit is generally and more probabjy held, that it was in or near Jeruſalem, both becauſe there was the :hrone of jud:ment, v, 7. which was fitteſt ro be in the place of his conſtant and uſual Relidence : and becauſe there was the chief Magazin of Arms, 1/a: 22; 8: and Solomon's Golden Shields were pur there, as is manifeſt from 1 Kings 10: 17: and 14; 25, 26, 28: which no wiſe prince would do ina place fo remote from his Royal City, . and in the ut= moſt Borders of his Kingdom, as this was. Or 1ather, Secondly, From ſome reſemblance it might have with that Place, for the plea- fant Shades and Groves which were abour it: nothing being more frequent both in Sacred and other Writers, than to transfer the names of Carmel, ot Tempe, or the like, to other Places of the ſame nature and quality with them. d To wit. of the principal Manſion ; ro which douttleſs other Buildings were adjoyned e Upon which the Houſe was Built, and between which there were four ſtately” Walks. f Which were laid for the Floor of the ſecond Story- And it was covered with cedar above upon the Þ + pep. beams that lay on forty five pillars, fifteenin a row g. g So in this ſecond Story were only three rows of pillars, which was ſufficient for the Ornament of the ſecond, and for the ſupport : of the third Story. ; £5 4 And there was windows in three rows, and light , Heb! was apainſt light þ in three ranks 5. babe a= I h One direa!y oppoſite or anſwering to the other, as is uſual in gain# fight. | well-contrived Buildings z One exaGtly under another. | 5 And ail the || doors and poſts were ſquare with the | Or.ſpaces | windows : and light was againſt light i» threeranks k. 5nd pillars k He ſpeaks, either, firſt, of rhe ſame Lights mentioned, wv. 4 it were {| being the manner of the Hebrews to repeat the ſame things. Or ſquare in. * rather, of the {malſer Windows or Lights, which were over the 1c- projþe#;
ribs,
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veral Doors, as the manner of many Buildings 15.
6 4 And he made a porch of piitars / ; the length - thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits : and the porch m was || before them : and the aber , | pillars, and the thick beam o were || before them. ou =
[ 7. e. Supported by divers Pillars, for the more Magnificent ene ,,, trance into the Houle ; upon which alſo it is thoughr there were Oi other Rooms built, as in the Houſe. m: Now mentioned, which is ad ſaid to be before them, 3.e. before the pillars on which-che Houſe ,,.., * of Lebanon ſtood ; or. before the Doors and Potts mentioned-w. 5; * or, a porch ; i« e another and aleſſer Porch which was vefore them ; 7.8: before the pillars of the greater Porch now mentioned. » Or,:and pillars; 4. e. tewer and lefler pillars for the ſupport ofthe lefler Porctn » Which was laid upon theſe pillars, as the ofhers were, v. 2, -
7 © Then he made a porch p for the throne q where he might Judge r, eves the porch of Judgment : and if was Covered with cedar f from one 1ide of the floor to + Heb,
che other /. Be | - from flooy
2 Another Porch or diſtin& Room without the Houſe, q Deſeri- #0 floor. bed chap. 10. 18: r The people thar brought their Cauſcs before him. / z. e, The whole Floor ; or fron floor 50 floor, i. e. from the lower Floor on the Ground, to the upper Floor which covered
it, : ;
8 © And his houſe where ke dwelt, bad another courc wichin the porch t, which was of the like work. Solomon made alſo an houſe for Pharaohs daugter »; ( * whom + Chap; he had taken zo wife ) like unto this porch x. 3 gs 18
7 7. e. Between the Porch and the Houle, called therefore rhe middle Court, 2 Kings 20: 4 u Of which 1ce 1 Kings 3:1: and 2 Chron: 8:11. x Not for Form or Quantity, but for the Materials, and Workmanſhip, the Rooms being covered with Cedar, and
furniſhed with like Ornaments. | EE I ET 9
9 Alt theſe y wer: of coſtly ſkonies according tp the meaſures of hewed ſtonesz, fawed with ſaws, within and without 4, even from the foundation wnto the coping b,
and /o on the ongtlide toward the Freat Court c-
3G 3 y Buildings
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F Heb. 4 _ cubits high a piece p: andaline of twelve cubits did
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7 Buildings deſcribed here and in the former Chapter = Either, Eft, which were hewed in ſuch meaſure and proportion as exatt Workmen uſe to hew ordinary Stones. Or, Secondly, As large
*ascommon hewed Stones, which arr oft very great, « Both on the aſide ofthe Buildings which were covered with Cedar, and on the outſide alſo. - 6 From the bottom to the top ofthe Building. c Not only on the outſide of the front of the Houſe, which being moſt viſible, Men are more careful to adorn ; but alſo of the other ſide of the Houſe, which looked towards the great Court belonging to the King's Houſe. |
Io And the foundation wa of coſtly ſtones, ever
vreat ſtones, ſtones of ten cubits d, and ſtones ot eight
Cubits.
d Not ſquare, which would have been both unneceſſary, and un- portable. and unmanageable ; but of ſolid meafure, by which Stones and Timber are uſually meaſured : aud ſo they were only two Cubits ſquare, but there were twenty ſolid Cubits contained in them.
| And fo alfo the following eight Cubits are to be underſtood.
11 And above e were coſtly ſtones ( after the mea-