1 Kings 5:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. ”

1 Kings 5:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Some of these “great, hewed (no and) stones,” are probably still to be seen in the place where they were set by Solomon’s builders, at the southwestern angle of the wall of the Haram area in the mo...
1 Kings 5:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Alliance with Hiram. Preparation for the Temple. This chapter has a few Deuteronomic additions ( 1 Kings 5:3-5 and 1 Kings 5:12 ). In 1 Kings 5:4 there is a truly Deuteronomic touch:...
1 Kings 5:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

brought . quarried. great stones. These stones illustrate the work of conversion in the sinner. Hewed out of nature's dark quarry ( Isaiah 51:1 ; Isaiah 51:2 ), out and carved for. place in the...
1 Kings 5:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. Great stones - Stones of very large dimensions. Costly stones - Stones t...
1 Kings 5:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. Brought great stones. The stone of Lebanon is 'hard, calcareous, wh...
1 Kings 5:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Preparations for building the Temple 1. Hiram] see 2 Samuel 5 ; 1 Chronicles 14:1 . It has been questioned whether this Hiram, who was living as late as Solomon's twentieth year ( 1 Ki...
1 Kings 5:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Great stones. — The stones, so emphatically described as “great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones,” were necessary, not so much for “the foundation” of the Temple itself, which was small, but...
1 Kings 5:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 "And his next son, for wealth and wisdom famed, The clouded Ark of God, till then in tents Wan...
1 Kings 5:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
1 Kings 5:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Solomon turned his attention to building the Temple immediately after he had set his kingdom in order. The first movement in this direction was the treaty with Hiram, and sending relays of men to the...
1 Kings 5:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(17) And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. (18) And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the...
1 Kings 5:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones ,.... Not in quality, but in quantity, large stones, fit to lay in the foundation; strong, and durable against all the injuries of time, as Jose...
1 Kings 5:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. Ver. 17. Great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, ] i.e., Mar...
1 Kings 5:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Costly stones Marble and porphyry, or other stones of great size and value. To lay the foundation of the house Where they could not afterward be seen; and therefore that this was done, is mention...
1 Kings 5:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE (vs.1-18) God had told David that Solomon would build a house for Him ( 2 Samuel 7:12-13 ), and David therefore prepared many materials for this. We read now of Solom...
1 Kings 5:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measure...
1 Kings 5:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Costly stones; marble and porphyry, or other stones of great size and value. To lay the foundation of the house; where they could not afterward be seen; and therefore that this was done, is menti...
1 Kings 5:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TYRIAN KING CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 5:1 . Hiram, king of Tyre , called Hirom ( 1 Kings 5:7 ; 1 Kings 5:9 ), Huram ( 2 Chronicles 2:3 ), and by Joseph...
1 Kings 5:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 5:1 . Tyre, situate on a strong island, was anciently called Zor or Zur, Thevenot supposes from Syria. The Arabs still call it Sor. 1 Kings 5:15 . Threescore and ten thousand. If we ad...
1 Kings 5:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon . .. to build the house. The co-operation of Hiram According to tradition, Hiram was a tributary or dependent monarch. The embassy which Hir...
1 Kings 5:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLOMON AND HIRAM —The somewhat detailed description which we have had in 1 Kings 4:1-11 . of Solomon's pomp and power and wisdom, is followed in 1 Kings 5:1-11 . sqq. by an ac...
1 Kings 5:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Arrangements Concerning Material
1 Kings 5:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 22:2 ; 1 Corinthians 3:11 ; 1 Corinthians 3:12 ; 1 Kings 6:7 ; 1 Kings 7:9 ; 1 Peter 2:6 ; 1 Peter 2:7 ; Isaiah 28:16 ; Revelation 21:14-21
1 Kings 5:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Great and costly — Marble and porphyry, or other stones of great size and value. The foundation — Where they could not afterward be seen: and therefore that this was done, is mentioned only as a po...

1 Kings 5:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 5:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 5:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 5:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 5:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 5:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 5:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 5:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 5:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 5:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 5:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 5:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 5:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 5:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 5:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 5:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 5:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 5:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 5:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 5:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 5:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes