The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Chronicles — Section 414

to urge so strennously on Solomon tho thereof; i.e. not of the p<irch, bnt of the enterprise of building the temple o.nd of whole building; 1•1;1~; Septuagint, Tow ofo,,., carrying it to completion, With abundance llln-oii. The word " houses" in this place of means e.nd prepare.tions so le.rge e.lree.dy designntes the" greater house," or" temple," made, one might he.ve supposed e. young or holy place of 2 Chron, iii. 5: I Kings vi. king e.nd e. young me.n would he.ve needed 5, 17; and the "inner honse," or " oracle," little pressure e.nd little exhorte.tioo. Never- or "most holy house," or "holy of holies," theless, in the me.nifest presence of David's of 2 Chron. iii. 8; I Kings vi. 19-27 words, it is very far from impossible to 3. The tree.euries thereof; 1•:i1JJ, o. worcl suppose the de.ngers e.od tempte.tions of found only here in this form, with-~ Chaldee Solomon's position e.s constituting e. serious termination in r ; Septuagint, 'TOIV '""X""" risk, Vere. 11-19.-These hints respecting the aLToii. The trecuuriea were chambers for po.rte of the building the.t we.s to be, e.nd receiving gifts, o.nd storing the treMnres new respecting the furnitW"e of it, will come in or old of the temple. Which of the rooms for fuller consideration in the fuller treat- that were built against the sides of the ment of them, found in the ne.rre.tion of the temple were set a.part as these treasure- actual construction of the building in 2 chambers is not known. Perhaps they were Chronicles compared with 2 Kings vi., etc. the three-storied win~s of the temple ( l It is evident the.t De.vid desired to me.ke e. Kings vi. 5). 4. The npper chambers tiOlemn o.nd set business of handing over thereof; 1•~•~)1, ; Septuo.gin I, 'T~v ~,repr,wv even the patterns and plans. Nor is this (for fuller treatment of these, see 2 Chron. under any circumstances wonderful, but iii. 9). We may only with confidence say least of all considering their Di vine origin. of these chambers that they were upper The Divine original of the tabernacle e.nd chambers, but whether over tbe "oracle" all its belongings (Exod, xxv.-xxx.; Heb. as Keil and Bertheau think, or over the viii. 5) was not to be e. neglected precedent "porch," or the higher of tho,ti, tbo.t leaned as regaras the greater temple. It is said a.go.inst the sides of the main building, it is that '' David gave" these "patterns to impossible to determine from such dote. as Solomon his son " ( ver. 11 ), and the form in we e.t present he.ve. 5. 'l'he inner parlonrs which lie g,i.ve them is explained in ver. 19. thereof j C'i;l'_l!p;'} 1':1?!) ; Septuagint, To,v c'nro- There we read, " The whole in writing 6711<wv 'T,;;., fr.,Tlpwv. There can be little from the hand of Jehove.h upon me, he doubt tbe.t these designate the lower rooms made me to underste.od-all the works of of the side buildings of the holy place, and this pe.ttern." Whatever we generally e.ccept perhaps e.leo of the poroh. 6. The ple.oe of respecting the writing of tLe tables of the the meroy-eee.t; n:;ib~[I n•~; Septuagint, Tou Le.w by the finger of Goel (l!:xod. xxiv. 12 ; o!Kou 'TOV l!1.ll.ll11µ.ov. xxxi. 18; xxxii. 15, 16; Dent. iv. 13; v. 5, Ver. 12.-Berthee.u, Keil, ond some others 22; ix.10), is ot all events open for accept- regard the spirit here spokon of e.s referring ance here. At the snme time, the phraseo- to the spirit o.nd mind of David, nud logy of our nineteenth verso is certoinly not Bertheau goed so far as to translate, or parn- so uncompromising as that of the references phrase, "the pattern of all thut flouted just instanced from the Books of Exodus before his mind." Such manifest strl'ss h11s .. nd Deuteronomy. The words of ver. 19 been loid upon the two fucts--thl\t th<> me.y be satisfied by the meaning that David patterns wero of God's giving, nucl that was in such manner o.nd degree " in the they were now in such form that they Spirit" (Rev. i. 10), that in the writing and could be given over into the hands of the drawing of patterns his hand was Solomon-that such an interpretation seems entirely under the guidance of that Spirit. inadmissible. Rather translate, And the In either altr:rnative, to hand over such pe.ttern of e.11 whioh was by the spirit with documents and such "patterns" must have him. For the oourts of the hoWle of the bcon felt by David ond all present an act of Lord, see l Kings vi. 36; 2 Chron. iv. U. which muoh should be me.de. The oho.mbers roll.Ild a.boot ; ::i•::io n\:i;;L,,, Ver. 11.-The patterns of six ports of the future building a.re here delivered over to (eh. xxiii. 28). Thero seems no n·;cessity t~ suppose that these chambers were separuto Solomon. 1. The porch j 0~111;:i (1 Kings vi. from the building. For the treasuries, the 3; vii. 6; Ezek. xl. 7: viii. 16: Joel ii. 17: correct translation is the treasures (cli. xxvi. 2 Chron. iii. 4, where we read the.t . the 20). length was twenty cubits, _e.nd t_l~~ height Ver. 13.-This'verse either continues the one hundred and tweuty cubits; Vlll. 12; xv. subject of the giving of the patterns, which 8; xxix. 7, 17); Septue.gint, TD .. i.11.ii.µ. Tou will read rather harshly, O.ij preceding the ""°;; genera.Uy, but in this verse Tou v~oii is oouraes of the priests e.nd ths Levites, and all that appears. This porch we.s built on could only meo.u directions or instructions tile eust of the temple. 2. The ho1118s for their interchange, etc. ; or it muy con- L CJIUOXICLEti, :.l I:, 418 THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. [cu. xxvm. 1-21,