1 Kings 5:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. ”

1 Kings 5:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The stone-squarers - The Gebalites (see the margin), the inhabitants of Gebal, a Phoenician city between Beyrout and Tripolis, which the Greeks called Byblus, and which is now known as Jebeil.
1 Kings 5:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's (f) builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. (f) The Hebrew word is Giblim, which some say were excel...
1 Kings 5:18 - 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 5:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

stonesquarers . men of Gebal, or Giblites, as Ezekiel 27:9 , now Jubeil, forty miles north of Sidon. Compare Psalms 83:7 . Phoenician masons' marks still visible on them. so . and.
1 Kings 5:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them , and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. And the stone-squarers - Instead of stone-squarers the margin...
1 Kings 5:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the stone-squarers— Calmet and Houbigant, after the Vulgate, understand the Hebrew here as a proper name, הגבלים haggibliim, the Giblites: so it is rendered in the Margin of our Bibles. The p...
1 Kings 5:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. And the stone-squarers. The margin, which renders it 't...
1 Kings 5:18 - 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 5:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The stone-squarers. — This rendering is a curious gloss on the proper name, “ Giblites” (see margin) — the inhabitants of Gebal (mentioned in Ezekiel 27:9 in connection with Tyre, and probably i...
1 Kings 5:18 - 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 5:18 - 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 5:18 - 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 5:18 - 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 5:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew [them] ,.... The stones; for it seems Solomon had not only hewers of wood, but of stone, from Hiram: and the stonesquarers ; or rather the Gibli...
1 Kings 5:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. Ver. 18. And Hiram's builders did hew them.] In Lebanon was...
1 Kings 5:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Solomon's builders and Hiram's did hew them It seemed Solomon's servants learned of Hiram's, or, at least, were directed by them to assist in the work. And the stone-squarers Hebrew, the Giblite...
1 Kings 5:18 - 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 5:18 - 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 5:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The stone-squarers, Heb. the Gibites ; the inhabitants of Gebel, a place near Zidon, named Psalms 83:7 Ezekiel 27:9 , famous for artificers and architects, Joshua 13:5 . These are here men...
1 Kings 5:18 - 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 5:18 - 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 5:18 - 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 5:18 - 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 5:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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1 Kings 5:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 27:9 ; Joshua 13:5 ; Psalms 83:7
1 Kings 5:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Stone — squarers — Heb. the Giblites, the inhabitants of Gebel, a place near Zidon, famous for artificers and architects, Joshua 13:5 . These are here mentioned apart, distinct from the rest of Hi...

1 Kings 5:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 5:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 5:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 5:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 5:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 5:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 5:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 5:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 5:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 5:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 5:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 5:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 5:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 5:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 5:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes