For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
A brasen scaffold - a sort of platform; but the Hebrew term rendered scaffold, being the same as that used to designate the basin, suggests the idea that this throne might bear some resemblance, in form or structure, to those layers in the temple, being a sort of round and elevated pulpit, placed in the middle of the court, and in front of the altar of burnt offering.
Upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees. After ascending the brasen scaffold, he assumed those two attitudes in succession, and with different objects in view. He stood while he addressed and blessed the surrounding multitude (2 Chronicles 6:3-11), afterward he knelt down and stretched out his hands toward heaven, with his face probably turned toward the altar, while he gave utterance to the beautiful and impressive prayer which is recorded in the remainder of this chapter. It is deserving of notice that there was no seat in this pulpit-for the king either stood or knelt all the time he was in it. It is not improbable that it was surmounted by a canopy, or covered by a veil, to screen the royal speaker or the rays of the sun.