34 And there were four under-ſetters to the four corners of one baſe : and the under-ſetters were of the very baſe itſelf e.
e Not only of the ſame matter, but of the ſame piece, being caſt with it.
25 And inthe top of the baſe 4 there a round compaſs of half a cubit high : and on the top of the baſe, the ledges thereof, and the borders thereof were of the ſame.
36 For on the plates ofthe ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm-
tHeb. trees, according to the | proportion f of every one, whareſs. and additions round abour.
Ff Or, empty place, 1. e. aEcording to the bigneſs of the ſpaces
which were left empty for them, implying that they were {ſmaller than thoſe above-mentioned.
37 After this m«nner he made the ten baſes : all of them had one caſting, one meaſure, and one ſife. 38 © Then made he ten lavers of braſs : one laver contained forty baths g: andevery laver was four cubits : ' andupon every one of the ten baſes, one laver. g Ten Barrels ; of which ſee above on wer. 26. 39 And he put five baſes on. the right Þ ſide þ of f Heb? - the houſe 3, and five on the left fide of the houſe & : fmilir. . and he ſet the ſea on the right ſide of the houſe ecaſt- 'ward, over againft the ſouth 7. þ i. e. In the South-ſide, as is expreſſed in the end of the Verſe. and as the right ſide is uſed above 1 Kings 6: 8: and Pſal: Bg: 12. i Not . within the Houſe bur in the Prieſts Court, where they waſhed either their Hands or Feet, or the parts of the Sacrifices- k 7.e. On the North ſide; for this is here oppoſed to the right or South-fae. 17, e. In the South-Eaſt part, where the Offerings were prepared. 40 CT And Hiram made the lavers, and the ſhovels, and the baſons :. So Hiram made an end of doing al! *the work that he made king Solomon, for the houſe of the LORD. -, 4r The two pillars, and the wo bowls of thechapiters that were On the top of the ewo pillars: and the two net-works to cover the two bowls of the chapiters, - which were on the top of the pillars : . 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two 1et-works, even two rows of pomegranates for one 7, : Net-work, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that t Heb. | were F upon the pillars :
i.
won the ; 43 And the ten baſes, and ten lavers on the baſes : A the 44 And one ſea, and twelve oxen under the ſea :
45 And the pots ww, and the ſhovels, and the baſons : - and all theſe vefiels which Hiram made to king Solomon t Heb, for the houſe of the LORD, were of + bright braſs.
made . m To ſeethe thoſe parts of the. Sacrifices which the Prieſts or, bright : or, Officers were to eat. -To theſe, fleſb-hooks are added, 2 Chron,+ 4. 16.
Ig . In tne plain of Jordan did the king caſt them , the :3;k In the clay ground », between Succoth and Zarthan. eſe Y the Ke, Or, #n thick clay, fat, and tough, and tenacious, and therefore
to be poured;
teſt ro make Moylds ofall forts, into which the melted Brafs was |
NG 8. 47 And Solomon left all the veſſels unWeighed |
weight of the braſs + found our. o Becauſe the weighing of them was very troubleſome, and to no #147. purpoſe : T Heb. 48 And Solomon made all the veſſels that pertained [c97c<. unto the houſe of the LORD p : the altar of gold 4,
and the table of gold, whereupon the * ſhew- bread * Exod: Was Y. Re: p Such as God by the Mouth of Moſes had commanded to be made
for his Houſe and Service, and ſuch as Meſes had made, only theſc
were larger, and richer, and more, according to the difference of
the Temple, and Tabernacle, and Solomer's vaſt riches, and the
poverty of Moſes and the Iſraelites at thar time. q To wit, of Tn-
cenſe, as appears from 1 Chron; 28: 18: where this is mentioned
amongſt the things for which David left Gold, and Solomon is hexe
ſaid ro build it ; and therefore this cannor be that Altar made by
Moſes, Exod: 25: 23, 24: ard 3e: 1, 3: whichalſo was of Shittim-Wood,
whereas this was made of Cedar, and covered with Gold, r K:ngs
6: 20. r Under which, by a Synedoche are comprehended both
all the utenſils belonging to it, and the other ten Tables which he
made together with it, 2 Chron: 4: 7,8.
49 And the candleſticks / of pure gold z, five on
the right /ide, and five on the lefc, before the oracle »,
with che flowers x, and the lamps, and the tongs of
zold.
J Which were ten, according to the number of the Tables,where-
as Moſes made but one: whereby might be ſignified the progreſs of
the Light of Sacred Truth, which was now grown clearer than it
wasS1in Moſes his time, and ſhould ſhine brighter and brighter unril
the perts& day of Goſpel-Light» £ Of maſlic and fine Gold. « In
che Holy place. » Wrought upon the Candleſticks, as it had formerly been. Sce on Exod 25: 31. SD 7
5o And the bowls, and the ſnuſfers, and the baſons,
and the ſpoons, and the F cenfers of pure gold ; and + Heb, the hinges of gold, borh for the doors of the inner houſe, aſhpans. the moſt holy place, end for the doors of the houſe,
to it, of the holy remple.
51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon
made for the houſe of the LORD : and Solomon
brought in the f things * which David his father had + Heb.
the LOR D.
own charge.. Or, Secondly, So much of ir as was left. - x Thoſe which David had dedicated. and with them the Altar of Moſes, and ſome other of the old utenſils which were now laid aſide, far better -
being pur in the room of them.
| CHAP. VIIL The Feaft of the Dedication of the Temple ; The Ark of the Covenant with the Holy Inftruments are brought "into it ; The Lard giveth a token of his preſence, 1, 11+ Solomon's Bleſſmg and Thanksgivmg, 12, = =21. His Prayer, 22, Gi. Hrs Sacrifice of Peace-Offering 62, = 66.
Hen * Solomon affembled the elders of Iſrael s,
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the fathers c of the children of Iſrael, unto king Solo- * Hebi mon 4in Jeruſalem e, that they mighe bring up the ark ,,;,z. f of the covenant of the LORD, out of the city of David g, which is Zion. :