ſures of hewed ftones ) and cedars f. e i.e. In the Roof or upper part ; for this is oppoſed to the foun- dation. f Intermixed here the one, and there the other. : 12 And the great court g round about, was with
three rows of hewed ſtones, and a row of cedar-beams,
hb, both for the inner court of the kouſe of the LORD
z, and for the porch of the houſe k.
g To wit, of S#lomon's Dwelling-Houſe, mentioned wey. 8. h Of which ſee the Norte on 1 Kings6. 36. i Or, as ( Heb, and, which is oft uſed in that Senſe for a Particle of compariſon or ſimilitude, as Prov. 11. 25. and 1y. 3. and 25. 23. ) for the inner conrt, GC. 1. e. as it wasin that inner Court, of which the very ſame thing is ſaid,
' x Kings 6: 36. Otherwiſe it might ſeem very improper and
impertinent to ſpeak ofthe Court of the Lord's Houſe here, where hes treating only of Solomon's Houſe. k Or, of this Houſe, to wat, of which I am here ſpeaking ;-+7z. e. Of the King's Houſe, the Porch whereof had pillars, werſe 6. and theſe both of Stone and Cedar, asmay ſeem moſt probable, becauſe the other pillars were ſuch. And whereas the Number and Quality of the pillars of the Porch was omitted, verſe 6. that defe&is here ſupplied, and we are implicitly acquainted with both of them! Butthis I ſpeak with Tubmiſſion. T: : E 13 4 And king Solomon ſent and fet Hiram out of YTrE. . - : 14 He 2a } a widows ſon of the tribe of Naphttali I, and his father was a man of Tyre m, a worker in braſs: and he was filled with wiſdom and underſtand- ing, and cuning to work all works in braſs » : and he
cameto king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
I Obj. She was one of the daughters of Dan, 2 Chron: 2: 14. Al. So indeed Hiram King of Tyre there affirms ; but he might cafily miſtake or be miſinformed, eſpecially being no 1ſraelite, nor a Care- Ful Obſerver ofthe diſtin&ion of Tribes. Or, ſhe might be of Dar
| by her Father, and of Naphthali by her Mother, or by her Huſ-
band who was of that Tribe, and therefore ſhe was truly « widew of Naphthali, m Either by his deſcent, being a Tyrian by Birth : or, by Education and Habitartion, he or his Father being given to the Nudy of theſe Arts, and having planted themſelves at Tyre for their improvement therein. However that was, it was a ſingular Provi- dence of God that there was at that time ſo excellent a Work-man fit for ſo great and glorious Works. » And of gold, and ſtone, and purple, and blue, &c. asis affirmed 2 Chron: 2: 14. But only his skill in braſs is here mentioned, becauſe he ſpeaks only of the Braſen things which he made;
15 For he Þ+ caft * two pillars of braſs o, of eighteen
compals either of them about 9. _ o Of which ſee 2 Kings 258 16, 17; Jer! 52: 21. p Obj. They are ſaid to be 35 Cubits high, 2Ehron: 3- 15. Avſ. Thar place mani- feſtly ſpeaks of both the pillars ; and this of each, or one pillar, as It is in the Hebrew. Obj. But then it ſhould have been 36 Cubirs- Anſ.” Either the odd half Cubir is ſwallowed up either in the top of the Chapiter, or in the bottom of the Baſis of each pillar ; or, it is negleQed in the Account, as commonly ſmall Meaſures or Numbers are. 9 So the Diameter was four Cubirs, which, conſidering the cha- * piter oof five cubits added to the height of each pillar, 2 Chron. 3; 14. was,not unproportionable to the height.
16 And he made two chapiters of molten brafs, to ſet upon the tops of the pillars : the height of the one chapiter as five cubits /, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits.
of 0bj. Ir is but three Cubits in 2 Kings. 25. 179. An. The word chapiter is taken diverſly, as hundreds of other words are, either more largely for the whole, ſoit is 5 Cubits; or, (more ſtrifly, ei- ther for the pommels, as they are called, 2 Chron; gt 12; or for the Cornice or Crown, andſo it was but three Cubits, to which the Pomegranates being added make it four cubits, as it is below, wer. 19. and the other work upon it took up one Cubirt more, which in all made five Cubitse
17 And nets of checker-work, and wreathes of chain- work, for the Chapiters * which were upon the top of the pillars : ſeven for the one chapiter, and ſeven for the other chapiter.
_ + Which thoſe Nets and Wreathes did encampaſs, either cover- ing, and as it were receiving and holding the Pomegranates,or being puxed with them.
18-And he made « the pillars, and two rows x round about upon the net-work, to cover the chapiters that ere upon the top, with pomegranates ; and ſo did he for the other chapiter.
« Or, ſe he maze, or framed, or perfeffed. = Either of Pome-
N G 8S.
ſo by comparing this with wer. 20: or of ſome other curious OTK. ;
Ig And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars, were of lily-work y in the porch »,four cubits .
y Made like the Leaves of Lilies, orſuch Flowers. & Or, as the porch, i. e. fuch Work as there wasin the Porch ofthe Temple, in which theſe Pillars were ſer, wer. 21, that ſo the work of the rops of theſe Pillars might agree with thar in the top of the Porch. So there is only an Ellipſis or defe& of the Particle as,which is frequent, as Gen. 49.9. Dent. 33: 22y Pal. 11: 1: Ja. 21; 8, a Of which ſee on ver. 16.
20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars, had porre- granates alſo above, over againſt the belly 5, which a: by the net-work : and the pomegranates ere two hun-
dred c, in rews round about upon the other chapiter.
b So he calls the middle part of the Chapiter, and that which jetted furtheſt out. c Theſe Pomegranates are varioully accounted 1n Scriptures. They are ſaid to be ninety and ſix on a ſide of # pillar ; z, & 1nN one Row, and in all an hwnared, Jer: 52: 23.. four great Pomegranates between the ſeveral Checker-works being added -to the firſt 96. Andit muſt needs be granted, that there were as many on the other ſide of the Pillar, or in the other Row, which makes them 200 upon a Pillar, as is here ſaid, and 400 upon both Pillars, as they are numbred, 2 Chron. 4. 13.
21 * And he ſet up the pillars in the porch of the temple 4: and he ſet up the right pillar, and called the name thereof || Jachin e : and he ſet up the lefe pillar,
and called the name thereof || Boaz.