1 Kings 6:1; 2 Chronicles 3:2
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 O...
Zif. The second month.
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 of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: In the fourth year was the foundation ... laid. Joseph...
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 h...
Zif (the “brightness of flowers”) corresponds to about May;
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...
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...
Carved; Overlaid; Finished 1 Kings 6:29-38 The meaning of 1 Kings 6:31 is uncertain. We gather that the door of the inner shrine was made of...
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 bu...
(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...
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 .
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....
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 buildin...
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...
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 cover...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
Zif Second month, that is, May.
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 diffi...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S TEMPLE .—The preparations for the building of the Temple having been related in the preceding chapter, the historian now...
The Ornamentation of the Temple
In the fourth year, namely, of Solomon's reign, was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif,
37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: