1 Kings 6:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: ”

1 Kings 6:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Description of Solomon's Temple. The Temple area is on the eastern hill of Jerusalem, which overlooks the valley of the Kidron, with the Mount of Olives on the opposite side. It was probably not th...
1 Kings 6:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zif. The second month.
1 Kings 6:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
1 Kings 6:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: In the fourth year was the foundation ... laid. Josephus says ('Antiquities,' b. 8:, ch. 4:, sec. 9) tha...
1 Kings 6:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Construction of the Temple In shape the Temple was a rectangular hall 60 x 20 x 30 cubits (a cubit being about 18 inches). On its E. face it had a porch (forming an entrance) which extended ac...
1 Kings 6:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zif (the “brightness of flowers”) corresponds to about May;
1 Kings 6:37 - 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 6:37 - 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 6:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter is full of interest, as it gives a somewhat detailed description of the structure of the Temple. In all essentials its actual central building was on the pattern of the Tabernacle. It wa...
1 Kings 6:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(37) In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: (38) And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished througho...
1 Kings 6:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid ,.... The fourth year of Solomon's reign: in the month Zif ; 1 Kings 6:1 .
1 Kings 6:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: Ver. 37. In the fourth year, ] sc., Of Solomon's reign. See 1 Kings 6:1 .
1 Kings 6:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the fourth year , &c. This was mentioned 1 Kings 6:1 , and is here repeated to subjoin, in the next words, how long the house was in building. In the eleventh year, in the month Bul As the...
1 Kings 6:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (vs.1-38) The date of the beginning of the temple is given specifically in verse 1 as the 480th year after Israel had left Egypt, which was the 4th year of Solomon's r...
1 Kings 6:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the...
1 Kings 6:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Kings 6:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 6:1 . Began to build the house of the Lord —The chronological year is carefully noted, and no criticism supplies reason...
1 Kings 6:37 - Scofield Reference Notes

Zif Second month, that is, May.
1 Kings 6:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:1 . In the four hundred and eightieth year. The Hebrew, the Chaldaic, and most of the Greek versions read as the English; yet some difficulties occur. Vide Poli in locum. The following...
1 Kings 6:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S TEMPLE .—The preparations for the building of the Temple having been related in the preceding chapter, the historian now proceeds to describe the edifice. He begins his n...
1 Kings 6:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ornamentation of the Temple
1 Kings 6:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:1 ; 2 Chronicles 3:2

1 Kings 6:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 6:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 6:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 6:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 6:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 6:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 6:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 6:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 6:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 6:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 6:37 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Kings 6:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 6:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 6:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge