a Either 1. the Form which was appointed for them by God, who ſignified ir to David, Orrather 2 the old Form which God preſcri- bed to Moſes, Exod: 25: 31, &c. for ſo theſe were made, And this Clauſe ſeems to be added here,becauſe in many things there was a great variation from the od Form, asin the poſture of the Cherubims, the height of the Altar, and divers other thing.
* Rings 8 * He made alſo ten tables e, and placed them in :4: the temple, five on the right ſide and five on the left, 10:23, 32d he made an hundred || baſons of gold. '-* e Of which ſee 1 Kings 7: 48.
* [Kings $9 Furthermore, * he made the court of the prieſts, 635 andthe great court, and doors for the court, and over- Hs laid the doors of them with braſs.
—_ Io And * he ſet che ſea on the tight fide of the eaſt-
end, over againſt the ſouth. ir And Huram made the pots, and the ſhovels f, and
[Or, ozts, the [|baſons ; and Huram + tiniſhed the work thathe was
to make for king Solomon for the Houſe of God :
f o theſe and the following Verſes ſee the Notes on 1 Kings 7: 409, XC.
s 12 Towit, the twopillarsand *the pommels, an1 the Chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, anc
the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapi-
ters, which were on the top of the pillars :
,, 23 And four hundred pomegranates on the twc wreathes ; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover rhe two pommels of the Chapiters, which wer: 7 upon the pillars,
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Chap. V. 14 He made alſo baſes; and || lavers madehe upon the baſes : I5 One fea, and twelve oxen under it. EE 16 The pots alſo, and the ſhovels, and the fleſh-hooks, | and all their inſtruments did Huram his father g make, _ s _— Solomon for the houſe of the LORD, of 7 bright Heb made || rails. prig738, OT 1;
$i. e. Solomons Father ; the Relative being put before the Ante- 49 a cedent, which isnot unuſual in the Hebrew Tongue. And heis ſo
Called here, becauſe Solomon uſually called him by that name our of
that great reſpe& which he bare to him for his excellent Art and
Service which he did for him : it being uſiial to call great Artiſts
and Inventers of things by this Name ; of which ſee Gen: 4: 20, 2.
Or, Huram Abiu or Abif, a Man ſo called, or Huram Abi, as ch: 2: 13.
17 Inthe plain efJordan did the king caſt them,in the
1 clay ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah. + Heb: 18 Thus Solomon made all theſe veſſels in great :hickneſs:. abundance ; for the weight of the braſs could not be *4c found our. ground, 19 And Solomon made all the veſſels that were for
the Houſe of God, the golden altar alſo, and the cables
whereon the + ſhew-bread wes ſet h. t Heb. h Which were of Gold; and ſo are diſtinguiſhed from thoſe ten by:ad of Tables mentioned v. 8. which ſcem to have been made of Silver. faces, Compare « Chron. 28. 16.
20 Moreover the candleſticks with their lamps, tha
they ſhould burn after the manner 3 before the oraclet
of pure gold ; |
i According to the preſcription of God to and by Meſes. _
21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs
made he of gold, and that + perfect gold. t Heb.
22 And the ſnuffers, and the [|baſons, and the ſpoons, ger fall | of gold:
the inner doors thereof for the moſt holy place, and che
doors of the Houſe of the temple, vere of gold &. k To wit. in part; they were made of Wood, 1 Kings 6. 39- 2 Kings 18. 16. but covered with Golden Pjates.
_ a A Þ. V.
The dedicated Treaſures ; 1. The ſolemn Indu##ion of the Ark into the Oracle 2 to. Glory and Praiſe u ſung to God who appeareth in a Cloud which filed the Houſe, 11 14. HR,
Hus all the wotk that Solomon made for the. Houſe
of the LORD was finiſhed: * And Solomon brought
in all the things that David his father had dedicated ;
and the filver, and the gold s, and all the inſtruments, put he among the treaſures of the houſe of God.
a Or, even (as that Particle is oft underſtood) the Silver, andthe Gold, the Remainder of thoſe vaſt Sums mentioned i Chron. 22. 14.
2 * Then Solomon afſembled the elders of Itrael Þ, and all the heads of che tribes, the |} chief of the fathers , of the childrenof Iſrael unto Jeruſalem, to bring up the , ark of the covenant of the LORD, out of the city of | David, which 7s Zion,
b Of this and the following I
2 Cc, . 3 Wherefore all the men of Ifrael aſſembled them- ſelves unto the king in the feaſt, which was ia the fe- venth month. BEES
4 And all the elders of Iſrael catne, and the Levites took up the ark.
5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle. of the congregation, and all the Holy veſlels that were in the tabernacle, theſe did the Priclts azd the Levites bring up.
5 Alſo king Solomon and all the congregation of Iſrael that were aſſembled unto him before the ark, ſacrificed ſheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbred for multitude. | |
7 And the prieſts brought in the ark of the covenane of the LORD, unto his place, to the oracle ofche houſe + into the Holy p!/ace, ever under the wings ofthe cheru- bims. |
$ For the cherubims ſpread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the ſtaves thereof above. -
9 And they drew out the. ſtaves of the ark, that the ends of the ſtaves were ſeen from the ark before rhe oracle, but they were not ſeen without. And |} there 10 it is unto this day c. chey af
c When this Hiſtory was firſt writzen; not when it was reviewed ;j,,, as by Ezra, who made ſome Additions to it : For after the Return from , Kings Babylon, neither Staves nor Ark were any more ſeen or heard of $g g
10 There was nothing in the ask fave the cwo tables which Moſes * pur therein at Horeb, || when che LORD » p.,, made 4 covenanz with the children of {ſrae], when they ro. 2, 5. came out of Egypt. : | | .._ W
11 Andit came to paſs when the prieſts were come Ig ' out of the holy place : for all the prieſts har were
Ty Kings 7. $hs
2, &C. Or,
Verſes ſee the Notes on 1 Kings 8. Rs So
as
p preſent were ſandtified, and did not #hem wait by + Heb.
courſe 4d, ' -Jen-d,
iT35 4 Acccrding
and the cenſers, of pure gold :and the entry ofthe houſe, #5; ol, ] |
1 Kings
rul-rs of the
hap. VI. _
| ; via ointment, 1 Chron. 24. 25, WRIC
__— pan nay "4 pox but in bobiinery Solemnat1es
ſuch as this eminently was, they all came together.
12 * And alſo the Levites which were the ſingers ; all