1 Kings 5:17

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

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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 southwes...
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...
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 ;...
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 o...
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 sto...
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...
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 foun...
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 fam...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Preparations for the Great Task 1 Kings 5:7-18 It was good for Hiram and his Tyrians to be associated with the servants of Solomon. Together th...
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 t...
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 b...
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...
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 stone...
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...
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 prep...
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 whe...
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 b...
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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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 tri...
The Biblical Illustrator

The foundation of the house. Foundation work “The king commanded”: that is the beginning of all Holy zeal waits for the king’s orders. But as s...
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 wisd...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, immense, splendid stones, without a single flaw, to lay th...
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 there...

¹⁷ And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 5:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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