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4 Behold, * I build a houae to the name of the Loa» my God^ to dedicate it to him, and ' to bom before him ' aweet inoeme, and for ^ the oontinnal show-bread, and for * the tHirnt-offerings nMHiiing and evening, on the sabbaths, and on Che new moons, and on the aolema ftasts of the Loan our Qoo. This t* on onUnanee for ever to IiraeL
5 And the house which I build i* great; for ^ great it our Qod above all eods.
A > But -who ■ is able to build him a house seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannoi. centmnhimfwho omlthen, that Z should boikl him a houae, save only to bum aacrifiee before him?
7 Send me now therefore a man canning to work in gold, and ia silver, and in brass, ana in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill " to ^^ve with the cunning men that are with me m Judah and in Jerusalem, • wbom Davkl mr father did provide.
8 p Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and ' algnm trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants sJuUl be with thy servants,
9 fiven to prepare me tunber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be 'wonderful oreat.
10 t And, oehoLd, I will give to thy servants, the hewera that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand
temples for hii own. Now the orifgul of all this muchief WM the forbidden traffic with XSSTpt fl» hone*; for thither wen the agenta of Solomon aeot to mount hia cavaliT. Nay, ifaia ^reat king even turned factor for dte neigiibouring monarchy ver. 17) aod thia opprobrioua commerce was kept up by hia aucoeaMfa, ana attended with the aame penuoioua oonaequencea. Igaiafa denouncea the m'lachiefii of thta traffic; and foretella that one of the good efl^ of leaviw it would be (he finaakiiig of their idolatriea, Ihl xxxl 1, 4, 8, 7." See /NvtM Legation, vtff. Hi. p. 289. and Dr. Dod^t notec.
NOTES ON CHAPTER U. Vete 1. A hmutfor du name qf Aa IiOSb] A Mnple for the wonhip of Jehovah.
verae 3. Solomon unt to Btsrmi Hia man'k mme is written trrn CUrom, in Ein^; ud in Chnmicdea vm CAuram ■■ there is properly no difrereoee, otAj a ^ yoA, and a 1 van, interchanged.
Am ihoM didtl doai vWi David] See On I Klion V, S. Terse 6. Seeing tka Keavm. and luaDen ^ oeownfj " For the lower heavens, the middle heaTena, and the upper heaverii^ caimot omUain htin, seeing be t*^!"* all thinn by the arm of hb power. Heaven is die dirone of his flory, the earth hia fooMool; the deep, and the whole worH are sustained bydMsi^ritoriiisvtirdifingra nro beruadt meimritA. Who am I thsDi that I riunld build lain a house'}" Targwn.
Sane only to bum oaerUkei It is not under the hope ' that the house diall be able to contain him, but merely for the porpoaa of burning incense to Ua, and t^bring him Ncrfficei Ital I b«TO orootgd it of wine^and twenty thousand baths of oiL, 11 ^ Then Huram the kinff of Tyre answered m writing, which he sent to Solomon, ^Becauae the Loan hath loved hia people, he nath made thee king over them.
IS Huram said moreover, * Blessed be the Loan God of Israel, " that made heaven aiid earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, ■ endued with prudence and understanding, tiiat might build a house for the Loan, and a bouse for hie kingdom.
13 And now I nave sent a etmning man, eadued widi understanding, of Huram my father's:
14 ' The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father wae a man of Tyre, skilTul to work in gold, and in ailver, in braaa. in jroik in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fins linen, and in crimson: Etlso to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunningmen, and with the cunning men of my lord I)avid thy lather.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which 'my lord hath spoken of, let him eend unto his servants:
16 * And we wQl cut wood ont of Lebanon, |> as mudi as then shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to ' Joppa; and thou shalt carrv it up to Jerusalem.
17 ir <' And Solomon numbered all ■ the strangers that leere in the knd of Israel, after the numbering wherwith ' David his &ther hadnumbered them; and th^ were found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand and six
18 And he set f threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the motmtain, and three thousand and six hundred ovOTseers to aet the people a-work.
N ^ Solomon began to btiild V'aiS' X the house of the Loan at ' Jem- *»■ Snd. i^. salem in mount Moriah, * where the aJTmi* LORD appeared unto David his
la-i Aikii YMia-
Terse 7. Send me — a man canning to leant] A person of ^al innnuitjr, who is capable of planning and direct-; and who may be over the other artists, ^erae II. AnarBered in leritin^] 'Riou^h correspondence among persons of distinction was, m these early times, carried on by confidential messengers: yet we find. that epistolary correspoitdence did exist i and that kings could write vod read in what were called, by the proud and insolent Oreeke and Itomana, barbarous nations. Nearly faw Ihoueand yean after this we find a king on ibe nn'iML throne who could not sign his own name. About the year of out Lord 7(Kl, Tnthred, kiog of ITent, (hue CQIh dudes a charter to secure tha liberties of tJi^ rhiirrh:— i'ffo IVitftrvlut rtr f'.jijfitc n;.: di-^jfata^ propriS manu ^i^aunt siiiirt.r crcffis pi— i.- UfiriinttXy lUrrarum, exprtsai i " AJI the atiavv, ilictatciJ by rnyset^' I liSLii ronflnoed: and beenite 1 cmmot nr'te, 1 have wicli. mv own hand expreUBd ihfa by putting the of thf hdv crdBH -h."
piia.rs III tmri^ //iram, or Hiram Ahi; tve thci Tiiilfel or I KiiiiCH vil. 1:1, 1-1.
NOTES ON CHAITFJl
the Tnr^iin— "SoiomoO bagaaUt buiU tlia Iwine tf dU saiiruiary of ilii^ I.r>rd u JenHabm, jn tSis filam wlim Abr^iam h^d pnycl atid wi>n*ta|ed tn the natw af i" Lord.,?Tlibuathe rilanof thn eanb vherCaUaeiwratJV.
the thrMhiiif -noor of ' Ornan ■ ihe Jd}unte. ' 8 And he began to build in the second dai/ of tfaeMeond month, in the fourth year ofhia reigpi. Ajyil" 3 IT Now these are the thingt B. c im ■ loherein Solomon was * instructed i^^nU for the building of the bouse of Groil. in-wMm. Xhe length by cubiu afler the first maasure itat thre^core cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
4 And the ' porch that viaa in the front of the hoiue, the length <^ it was according to the breadtb of the house, twenty cubita, and the height wa$ a hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
6 And 4 the greater house he ceiled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
6 And be ' garnished the boose with precious ■tones for heaaty; and the gold wcu gold of Farraim.
7 He Overlaid also the houae, the beuns, the poets, and the walla thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.
8 V And he made the moat holy house, the length whereof wa» according to the breadth of tiiehouae, twenty cobits, and the breadUi thereof twenty cubite: and he overlaid it with fine g«ld, amounting to six hundred talents.
9 And the weight of the nails -was fifty shekels of gold. And ha overlaid the uppper chambers with eold.
10 ■ Ana in the moat holy honse he made two chernbim > of Inuge work, and overlaid them with gold.
U A od the wings of the cherubim were twenty etlbits long: one wiaff qf the one chertibtDox&ve cubits, reaphing to the wall of the house: and the other wing v>aa likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
12 And on« wiag of the other cherub voafivf cubits, reaching to the wall of the hopse: and the other wing ira« five cubits oJmo joinii^ to the wine of the other cherub.
13 The wi^r* of theae ohen^fan qireaa tbeaiH selves fbrtb twenty eulrite: and they stood on their feet. and their faces wer« 'inward.
14 1[ And he made the * veil of blue, and parpie, and crimson, and fine lineiii aiul * wrooght eheriibim thereon.
15 V Also he made before the taonoe *t«v l^ars of thirty and five cubita > high, and the chapiter that wot on the top of each of them ■wot five cubits.
Id And he made chains, a* in the orade^ and pot them on the heads of the pillars; and made ' a. hundred pomegranates, and put iKtm. on the cbdtins*
17 And he ' reared up Qie pillars before th« temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left 1 and called the name <^ that on the ricfat hand ■'Jaehin, and the name that on the left ■Boas.
MOREOVER, he made *• an altar — of brass, twenty cubils the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. S II * Also he made a molten sea of ten cunti from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
3 ' And under it vsaa the similitude of oxo, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen toere cast, when it was cast.
4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looldng toward the north, and three looking toward the oKrhiaK>nlH&efor&bumt-offering: but he wu matched Bwav by the Word of the Lord, and a ram placed in hii ■tead. Here Jacob prayod, when be fled froni the face of Ehui hia brother: and here ihe angel of the Lord appeared to David; at which time David wilt ao alur unto the Lord, in the thrashiog-floor which he bought from Anuinah the JdMiite."
aeore cuint»'\ It ia mppoaed that the jtr«f meature me&oa the cubit uaed in the time of Mmcm; coDtradiUinguiahed from that uaed in Babylon, and which the laraelilei uaed after their return from captivity; and as the Books of Chronicle* were written after the captivi^, it wai necea- •ary fbr the writer to make thii remark, lest it should be tfiought that the meaaurement w&a by the ^byloniah cubit, which waa a palm, or <nu-nx&i shorter than the cubit of Moses. See ih? aomc diBiincticnk observed by Ei^kiei, chap- il— 13, thtfik tltia ihouM be tirtnhj only: but It lite sami: btiilrliiig is spoken of »» ip 1 Kiiigs vl. 3' the heighL wa» only sMrty mbU*' Tifienty ia. the raadini; of (lie /Syriac, [ha Am- ^ uul th* Septuagint tp ths Codcw Alaaadruau. Tty JiSS. give lu no help. Tim*!» Jirofaablf a miiteke wW*^! fro-m ilie Biuiilariiy oT the ticrfl, raig^Tn eiibiy ~ -e worda, aa lhi;y now ainnJ in rlif Hi'iLir-f \v- text, rwa TFicu^i Tc-inrim, ''On-e luuidreiJ uikii tweiiftrcilifvMy lii'- l-ir^-fH iii wMfl, nuz "n liLiniiretl," ttVmpQBf.i ior rinrj.'r, "a ekilbii:" if, [J-icrcfuiY, lite MolqA be plruwd ujler the □ vunn^ Ihen the word wi|] he no iMdA, "ma hutidmli if be/ore it, the word will be mw «Ai4A, "acubh;" ihijrefo« vnvj tidk atnaA IcH^ ■will iirtrtty cubiit; arnl tlim the Sffriac, Arabk, and 0lfihlQgint,Wew to Imvc treaJ. Tins wiJI briri? ii with- *- prOfAOiMi tif the olher menmiresj hut a."hnnitrtd tSMQs (00 fpreivc a height. ___tfttd^Parvaiir.'i We know no L what this ITLIOnfe think it ia thewtme na Sepkareaim, a.
coast of Parvan." The rabbins say that it was gold of a bVud-red colour, and had its name from w "heifers," being like to fruZIoenlr's biaod.
The Vuigati transUtes the pumf^ thus: Stmit fwftu pavimenium Umjdi prtiimnatimo marmort, 4iem* mullo I porro aunim erat probatianmum — "Aod he ■MKle the pavement of the laiiqile of die most pncim msrUe; and moreoverlhegoldwasoflbe beat raiaJiiy.'K
Verse 9. The 'wa/fht 5" Ike naiU was Jlfly-ikMt} Bottt must be here mtended, as it would be preposMnni to suppose natb of nearly tieo poundt weight.
Terse 17. Bbrm-eduptluj^rt] " The name of thai on the right hand waa.AcU% because the kingdom of ih« house of David was esfaUuAed J aod the name of the u was Boax, from the name of Boaz the patriarch of tW family of Judah, from whom all the kings of dte house of Judah have descended." Targum. See on 1 Kings vii. 21; and see the parallel places for other nudteis co&taiasd in this chapter..
VersD 3. Vhder itvaM Am nwtiUtiuU if oxsm] U 1 Kings, vii. 24. instead of otsa bakariwi, w« hats tnup$ a^ypa ptkAim { uxl Ibia last is supposed bv stab criucs to be the reading which ought to be reenved has. What we call Amips may signify grapes, wusAtmsu^ a>- pUt\ or some such ornaments plaMd round aboot nndcr as tunved-over Hp or brim of this caldrtm. Ii is poamble that D^ipa bakarim, oxen, may be a corruption of tr^pa f**- iUUm, jrrope^ as the pj><, might be aistakso far a a km, to which, in ancient ICSS. it has often ajpnt icasK* blanee, the dot under Ihe top being often Cunt sad i tinctj and the n ofn, on the same 8cc<wot,nu^t ben ken for a *t re*A. Tiius grope* mightbe tuntedimioi Houbigant contends that the words in both plseM si* right] Ixit that ipafroiar, does not signify ovM^bst a Isffge kind of grape, acctuding to its menisg is Ante: and thus bodi plaoea will wrse. But I doastfinddial hakar, or ^ifii Itakar^ has any-sucb Mwrniiig ia AiaUo. He was probaUy misled by the Wlswiifc ia ft* AiaUsIiMtioao, Csaui^ iaswtMl oodsr j4> laian^ IsM vbkh ii interpreted, Oenui km nlgrtB, ac pregrattdU, {nertdiintU dutctdinU. In Palatini autem pro prunU abtoluA UMirpatur — "A >p«ciei of black ^pCi very large, iuk) of iocredible sweetneai. It n tued in PaUstme fi>r prune, or plum." Whdtisc&IIedthe Damaactnejtlum im aoubtl«M meant: but entpa bakarim, m the text, oan oever hav« thia nuaaing, uikleM indeed we found it kmoeiftWd with yf din, "emt"'tuid then vmja trr^ ajptim fraJtarfm mii^t, aeeoroiDg to the Arabic, be inuMltted flu.m*, ATAM*, tlou, or nuh like > eipeeially thoM of the Mrgeat Kioa, which in aixt reeemble the eve ox. Buttheerltieisinof thiirreUnunniuitaolia. TbelikeliMt ntediDd of reeoaeiliog the two pluM ie wppoeins a dMDgo IB the letter% w specified above. The reader will kt ooee lee that what are called die ox«n, ver. 3. Mud to be round about the brim, are widely different from thow tct. 4. hr which ifaia molten eea waa mpported.
Terae 6. M—tuld thrae tkoMond mM*] In I Kini^ vii. 38. it ia uid to hold only tw eimuand hatkt. Km thia baok wM written qfler the Babyloniah ceptivftr, it ii very poanble that refcreoee ie here iMde to die MbTloaWi wbicb n%fat have been Un dian the JewiA. We have atraady seeo Aat the euhU of Hoaee, or of the aDcient Bebrewa waa longer than the Babyloniah by one palm, t mee on wap. iiL ver. 3. It might be the Mine with the meaeuraa ef capacity t ao that two thoiumd of the onefenl Jawudi hatha might have been equal to ttrce tAou»emd of llMMa nwd ttfUr A* captttilif. The TVfftm eiua die taottay layiDr, "It reoeivMl Strm »atumd balha of dry ftMMin% wmI natd (im tkmuand U liquid meaeuie."
Verae 6. A nwda aba Un Unert] 'Hw lavera aerved te wash the different parte of the victimi in; and the mol- MBnamafortheuaeof thepriealn. In dna tfan badted, «r dmr water from it for their petamal mrifieatwn.
Witt and tiiree looUnf toward the «ni&, awl thrMleokinc toward the east: and the aea «a9 •ee above upon tbein> and all their hinder parte loere inwurd.
A And the thioknese of it vhm a hand-breadth, and 4he brim of it Uke the work of the brim of a eap. ^ with flowers of If lieB; and it received and held < three thotuand bathe.
6 \ He made also ^ ten lavers, and put fire on the rifht hand, and five on the tefV, to wash in titem: iB\icfa thing* as they offered for the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the eea «a* for the prieata to wash in.
7 'And he made ten candlettfcka of gold "according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left
8 " He made also ten tables, and placed then in the tem^e, five on the right side, and five on the left. And be made a hundred rbasfau of tfold.
0 IT Furthermore, « he made the eonrt of the priesu, and the great court, and doors fof the eeurt, and orerlaid the doors of them with brass.
10 And ' he set the sea on the right side of the Mat end, over against the south.
11 IT And ■ Hnram made the pots, and the duveis, and the * basins. And Hunun * fini^ed the Work that he was to make for King Solomon for the house of Qod;
12 To wit, the two pillars, and * the pommels, and the chapiters wAkA were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters whidi vere oq the top of the pillars:
13 And * four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomepanates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were " upon the iMflara.
14 He made also r bases, and ■ lavers made he upon the bases:
16 The pots also, and the riiovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all their instroments, did
18 ■ Thus Solomon made all these vessels fci great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be foimd out.
19 If And f Solomon made all the vessds that ■were for the bouse of God, the golden ahar also, and the taUes whereon c the sbow-bread woe tttj
20 Moreover, the eandlestieks widi their lamps, that thev idiould bum ^ after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold.
31 And 1 the flowers, and the lamps, and the tnMB, mode Ae o/gold, and that * peiiect geM";
22 And the sniifiers, and the ' basins, aao the spowis, and the censers, of pare gold: and the entry of Ae house, the inner doors thereof iat the most holy pJoce, and tin doors of the hoosk of the temtto, were gold.
THUS ■•aU the work that Solomon made for the house of the Loan was finished: and Solomon bnraght in jSdSEtaa aa the things that David his &tber '^-^^ had dedicated; and sUvw, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasorek of the house of God.
2 IT ■> Then Sotomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the Others of the children oflsraet, unto Jem^ salem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of tha Loan " out of^the city of David, which ts Zio«.
3 ' Wherefore aU on men oflsraet asaeabtetf themsehreB unto the kiiw * in the feast which was in the seventh month.
4 And all the elders of Israel came } and the IjevHes tocdc up the ark.
And the gnat eawt} Thia waa the outer coorl, as pkss for the aaaemfaling of the people.
Verae 16. Aram KU /otfUr] 3M ab, &tber, ia often uaed in Hebrew to aigni^ a ma«ter, inventor, eh^f operator s and iavery properly uaed hen in thefotioier aenae by the Chaldee— d/t Mea« Chiram hi» inoato- Mode King Solomon t or Chiram Abt made for die king.
Verae 17. Jn the day ground] See on 1 Einga viL 4S. Some auppoae that be did not actually caat tboae inatmmenu at tboae placea, but that he brought the etay froia that 4|iuuler, aa being the moat proper for making moulds toeaatin.
Verae 31. A»d lk» Jtewtra, and Ou iostoa] Pis. bohly eaeh branch of the diandelier waa made lite a plsal in jUuera; and the opening of the flvwer waa either ^ ia>m>, or aerred to aui^rt it.
Verae 22. 7^ doera— were of gefcfl <. a. Were ores* laid with golden pbOai^ the thiekMesn which we do net knew.
That every thing in the tabemaele and tempk wae tj/a^ eat or r4pr«>«nla/tM of aome exeelleooe the Cknpel aiepenaation may be readily credited, without going oHs all the detail proauced by the Faoue aathor of fiatomoa'a tow^ pU apirUuaUxtd. We oaa see the general refcrence and the prinoiplba of the ^reat deaign, tboogh we may net be i^le to make a particular applicatioa of the Anapa^ the jUwm, Iks pssiagrawalta, the ton^a^ snd d>e nu^Hu^ to some Goepel doctrinea, auch aptntualisiog is in SMsl eaaea week, silly, r^igioua trifling t being ill cakohtsd to produce reapcet for divine revelation.
nJOTKS ON CHAPTER V.
* S And tbeybrouf^ht up the erk and die tabernacle of the con^egatioa, and all the holr vei- ■eli that wer« in the uUteriucle, these did the priestB and the Levites brine up. -
0 AIbo King Solomon, and all the cooirrwa tion of Israel that were aaaembled antohimDelore the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxea^ which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place,
8 For the cherubun spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the chembim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the en^ of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle: bnt thejr were not seen without. And ' there it is unto this day.
10 There toas nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses 'put therein, at Horeb,
* when the Lobd made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. - 1 1 T And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the noly place: (for all the priests that were " present were sanctified, and aid not then wait by course:
12 * Also the Levites vhich vere the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduuiun, with their eons and their brethren, Aetn^ arrayed in white Udni, having eyndwls, taid psalteries, and harps, stood at the east end of the alta^,
13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers vere as one, to make one sound to be heard in naishig and uianking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trnmjiets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised the Loan, saving, ' For A< is good; (fft his mercv endurOh nrever: that then the house was fiUed with a cloud, ewn the house of the I<obd:
14 So that the priests Could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; f for the glory « the I<ORD had filled the hoose of Ood.
L(SS£!m. THEN • said Solomon, The Lord AMintjM X hath said that he would dwell in the " thick darkness.
2 Bnt I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a pla^e for thy dwelling for ever.
3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
4 And he said, Sessed be the Loao God of
Verse 10. liters was nolhitur in Uu ark aow] "nte ChaUee paraphnae* ihiu; " Iitere was nothing pot in (be ark but the two tablea vhicb Hosea plSMd (here aAer the fint bad beea broken, on aceouDt of the calf wiiteh ih^ made in Hordt) and the two other tablea had been «Dnfiimed wfaieh vera wrineo with the writings ffiqpresMd in the Tm wcwDS."
Verae II. Wkm the prUtt* wre eowu oitll After havioff carried the axk into the holy of holism before the sacred MTV ice bad ooninenoed.
Terw 12. A hundrtd and twmiy jirieatt} Cymbals, psalteries, and harps of aoy kind, in union with a auttdrm *nd twmtj/ inmpeUf or norn^ could not produco much Aonmi^; aa to nwlsoy, that nniai ban been ionposaiUt^ as the Roifs was too ^reat
Terse 13. he is good] This was either the whole of the song or the burdm of each verse. The Hdtrev is veiy short —.
Israel, who bath wkfa Ui teada fiittOed IM which he spake with his mouth to my ftthnr David, saying,
5 Since the day that I brought fordi my paople out of the land of Egvpt, I cnose do city amng all the trStes of Israu to build a house in, that ray name might be there; neither oboae I any man to be a rider over my people Israd:
6 "But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and 'have cfaaMBDani to be over my people Israel. -
7 Now 'itwasintheheartofDaTidmyftiWr to build a house for the name of tha Lod God
8 But the Lord said to David my father. Ferasmuch as it was in thine heart to build a hsasa for my name, thou didst well that it was m tine heart:
9 Notwitlwtandiag, tboa ahalt not hoM the house: but thy son, which shaU come forth oat of thy loins, he shall build the house for my oane.
10 The Lord therefore bath periained hii word that he hath spdien: for I am rieea tq»ii the room of David my father, and am s^ oaths throne of Israel, as the Loaa promised, and have built the bouse fix the name of the Lcaa OodoflaraeL
11 And in it have I put the ark. ' iriwrefn it the covenant of the Ltmn, that be made irith dw children of IsraeL
12 1[ ( And he stood before the altar of the LoRP m the presence of all the coocragatiM of Israd, and spread forth bis bands;
13 For Solomon had made a braxeo seaflitld of five cubits ^ long, and five cubita broad, and three cubits high, and had it set in the nuw of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneded dan upon his knees before all the congregation of I»- raet, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
14 And said, O Lord God of Israel, i there u no God l^e thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and snoweet mercy nolo thy servants, that walk before thee with sU their hearts:
15 ^ Thou which hast kept with thy senant. Efavid my father that which thou hast nromind him: and spakest with thy mouth, and bast filled it with thine hand, aaiitt this day.
16 Now therefore, O Lord God of Israd, ke« with thy servant David my father that which thou haet promised him, saying, ' There 'sbail not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; "yet bo that thy dutdrentake heed to their way to walk in my law, as thoa hast walked before me.
17 Now then, O Loao Ood of Israel, let tbr word be verified;, wbioh tbou luativabannnia thy servant David.
of the being of God, and of the divine prcseBc* I Wbst must those holy men have felt at ibis time 1.
NOTES ON CHAPTER VL Verse 1. Tfts Loan htUh aaid M ht wmAJ dwCQ Solomon seeiiig the cloud descem^ and fill the homth i» mediately took fin- grauled that the Lord bad acusf yd *s {dace, and was now present. What occurred mv wm precisely the same with what took place whea Mmm reared the tabernacle in the wiMemesa: aae Rmd. x). H 3S. The doiid covered Uu M nJ Oit gtmry tf Urn Lord JUUd the labtmade. And Moma was n&t ail* enUr Suo Ou toU— israun liu gimy ui ihe LoriJMWAf tabtmacU.
Tha CAoMm par^ihrases thus— "Then anid Sctemim, It hath pleased Ood to place his inajealy in ihe oaty ef J*> nisalem, in the house oi ihe aaoetuary whidi I have task to the name of ins Woaoi andhehathpbeedadaikUnHl
Verse 10. At nam» o^Ae Lobd] **Fw lbs bmbs of the Word of the Lord Ood of ImeL'' tWwisi Verae 14. TAof mU!*« «iih oil AafrhMTte]
18 BmwiU OodM wr 4e«d dw«ll with men Mtkewrth? 'Behold, heana, MM the heaven of heaveiM,oannot ooatun thee; how muob lees lliie hoMB which I have built 1
19 Have mpeet thereTore to the Pfarer of thy •emnt, and to hie sappticatioii, U Loito my Ood, to hearken unto the err and the prayer which thy servant prayeth bdore thee:
80 That thine erea may be open upon this ikonM day. and ninit, open the jrfaee wherecrf' thon ha«t said that thou wouMest put thy name there; to hearken imto the prayer whlah thy ■ervant prayeth » toward this {dace.
81 Hearken therefwe unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall ' make toward this oJaee: hear thou ftttm thy dwelling-place, eo«n from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
83 If U'a man sin agiODBt his neighbour, ■ and •n oath be laid upon nnn to make him swear, and the oath oome before thine altar in this house:
83 Then hear thon iVom heaven, and do, and jodge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by rearomifieiiaiae his way upon his own head; ana {qriiisuQria^ the righteous, by giving him aooorduur to his righteousness.
B4 T And if thy people Israd • be put to the worse befoTO the enemy, because they have sumed against thee; and shall return and confess tiiy name, and pray, and make supplication before thee " in this house i
85 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thv peoi^e Israel, and bring tbem again unto the land which Uum garest to them and to their fhthers. ' 86 If When the * henven b slmt up, and there la no rain, becanee they have sinned against Uiee; ysfiftheypnw toward thiajdaee, and conreu thy name, and torn from oeir sin, when thon ^st afflict tbem;
27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the itn of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an iDheritanee.
28 IT If there * be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be Uastiog, or mildew, or locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them ' in the cities or their land: wlmtsoever ■Ore. or whatsover sickness there be:
29 TVien what prayer, or what supplication M»ever shall be made of any num. or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own aore, aad his own grief, and shall sfvead fbrth his hands ' in this b>nse:
30 Then hear thou firom heaven thy dweUingplaee, and forgive, and render unto every man aeeoraing unto all his wars, whose heart thou knovrest: (for thou only ■ knowest the hearts of the children of men;)
31 That they may fear thee, to walk In thv ways, »8o lon^ as they live ^in the land which thou gavest unto our fathere.
Verse la BtUwUt Ood ImvmjdMddwtUwiAmm] " Bat who could hvn iiMgined, mo eouM have iboagfat it oredible, that OtN^ihoula phoe hii majeity among maD dwelling upon earthi Behold tba higbMt beavenB, the middle maTSU, and the lewart baamiM, eaanot bear the t^orr of thy aajaity, (for thou art the Ood who nuiBinaat all tne hmmM, and the tartly and dw desp^ and all Oiat ic in dMsO nor em tfaishaitn floniaia thee tAMi 1 iiava built." TbrgMM.
Verse If a man ttii agaliut kl» nttjMamr] Fttr ibe mmvmm cattM, put here by Solomon iq Ms prsysr, see iIm DOtea on 1 Kiogi vUL 31—46.
VsnaSB. there U w» Stan Otat w'imiifc m(\ See this oun lamhr eooaiderad, note oo 1 Kings viiL m.
Vane 37. If Aey MMnA AMuetoet] " iFdiy fear ihoub) leiura into their heart!." TVyiisi.
82 \ Moreover, conoerning the stranger, < which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from afar country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched-out arm; if they come and pray in this honsa:
Then hear thou from the heavens, ev«n from thy dwelling-place, and do aocordiiK to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all peoj^e of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as dofA thy peoiple Israel, and may know that 'this house, which I have built, is called by tin* name.
34 ]f IT thy people go out to war against their enonies by the way that thou shfdt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their 'cause.
36 IT If they sin against thee, (for thtre it 'no man which sinneth not,) and thou be ang^ with them, and deliver them over before ti^r enemies, and > they carry them away ciqitives unto a land ihr off or near:
37 Tet if they ^bethink themselves in tha land ' whither they are carried captive, and turn and IH^y onto tiiee in the luid of their eaptivi^, sayuig, We have sinned, we have done amisa, and have dealt wldcedly }
33 If they return to thee with all their heart, and with all their eotd, in the land of their captivity, whither thev have carried them captives, and pray toward tneir land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have buiit fvt thy name:
39 Th«k hear thou fhnn the heavens, sifeii fi?om thy dwelling-pl&ice, their prayer and their supplications, aiM maintain their ' cause, and forgive thy people irtiieh liave sinned against
40 If Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thin* eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent ^ onto the prayer toot ia made in diis place.
41 Now > therefore arise, O Loan God, into thy " resting place, thou, and the ark of thv atrengtii: let thy priests, O Lobo God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints 'rejoKe in goodness.
48 O Loan Qod, turn not away the face of thine anointed: "remember the merdes David thy servant.
NOW Pwhen Solomon had made an a— (m* end of praying, the ifirecamedown V«Wh from heaven, and coosumed the burntoffering and the sacriBces; and the glory of the LoRo filled the hoiise.
Tite whole of ihie pra;rer ia amply osnsidertd fn the parallel place, 1 Kiogi viii. where aee the note*.
TerBe41. Let thyninU r^foie* in goodiuu.} "Intha ■buodanoe of the uthea, Bod other gooda which ahall be given (0 the Leritee, aa their reward for keeping the ark, and ainging before it" JarcM.
Veree 4£ Turn not owim Oufaet tf Odn* muMtH *' At least do me good) and if not for my «db^ do it for Ayotm aakt.",hrM.
Tanu two laet venea are not in the mfallel plaoa in I Kings viii. There are oiherdiflerancea batwea the two placee in diii prayer, but they are not of much oonaeaoeitca.' NOTES ON CHAPTER VU.
Verael. TA^jtrecamciiotml'niectoiidbadeoiBadowB befne, now the Jtn eonsunee the eacniioa; ■bowing limt bsihiM Jliwaeaud ibenaifiMswvreaccqMad bytheu
, S *ADd the prieata eonld not eeter into the house of the Lmid, becaaae the gloTj of the L(»d hod filled the Lord's house.
3 And when all the children of larael mw how the fire came down, and the rlory of the Lou> upon the house, they bowed themselves with tneir fkces to the ground upon -the pftrement, and worriupped ana praised the Lord, *9etjfing. For ke tfgood; ■ for bis mercv enduretk for ever.
5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the kiuc s>Dd all -the people dedicated the house of Ctod.
6 * And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the Lord, which David the Ving had made to praise the LoBD, beeauee his mercy enduretk for ever, when David praised ' by their ministry; and 'the nrtestfl sounded tnunpeta before them, and all Israel stood.
7 Moreover. "-Solomon hallowed the middle of the cfHirt that vmis before the bouse of the Lord: for there he offered burnt-offerinfrs, and the &t of the peaee-o&riags, because the orazen altar which Solomon had siade was not able to receive the burntH^ninga, and the meat-><^rincs. ud the fat.
■ 8 If "Also at the same time Solomon kept the ftast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very ^eat congregation, from the«ntering in of Hamatb unto tne river of Egvpt.
9 And in the eighth day tn^ made ' a sdemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
10 And ^ on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the coodness that the Lord had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
11 Thus ■ Solomon finished the house of Uie LoBD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomm^B heart to make in the house of the Lord, and io his own heoM, b» pnwperonely efieeted.
,12 IT And the Lord appeared to Solomon by mght, and said onto him, 1 have heard thy prayer, 'and have choeen this place to myself for a hoiue vF sacrifice.
Terse 4. TJu king and ail the people qfered aaeryic^] Ibtj presented the victtme to the prieste; and they oiio the Lnites slew them, snd eprinkled the blood: or, perhin As people dwnieelTea dew them; and, heviag cauffht As bhXH), iwDeetad the fiu, A«. praeented them to the priM^ to be ofiend as the Isv reouireil.
Tene 6. Tumty and two thoiuand oxtn, Ac} The amount of all the victiine tbat hnd been offered dwing the «e0«R days of ibe feast of tabtma^f, and the teem dara of the feast of the dtdiealion.
Terse 10. On As Arte and tutniUtk day} Tba was the ntnA day of the dedication of the temple 1 but in 1 Kinga viii. 66. it ia called the Hghth day. The meaning is thia, mjw JanAi: he gave diem liberty to return on the tigidh 6ay, and many of them did then return; and he di» ■Mil it the remainder on the ninth, vhat ia hen called the AKnly-£Urd reckoning dta.^rtoaidayi for the duration cf the tos^Mite; fatdl, tweniy-ArM.
The TVcwii pafaidinuei thw veree ihns:— " Hw people departed widi a ^lad heart, for all the good which God had dme to David bts lervant, «n whose aeeoimt the doon of the aaoctuary were open i and for 8oh»noa hie eon, saoause God had heanl hia prayer, and the m^es^ of die Lord had reated on the houae of Ibe aanetuaiTi and Ibr laiaal, his people^ becanaa God had fitvoiuably aoeepted ttiair oUstioB^ snd die hsavenly fin had descended, and, bOToiag OD die altar, had davoorad dieir aserificeai'*
Terae 12. TTu Loan app4arad to iSWomon] Thia waa a SMsiul manifeatatioa 1 aee 1 Kinga ix. 2—9. and the notes Uien. Tim Targnmmymt "The Woan of die Lord appMtnd to Masaoa."..
13 *lf I riiQt up buvm that there be wnn, or if 1 command the loctwts to devoiv A« had, or if I send pestilence among mv peofde;
U If my people, ^whichareealledbymynBu shall I humble themselves, and vmy, and se^ myfhce, and turn from their wicked wajrs; ^ttea wnl I hear from heaven, and wiU forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
15 Now 'mine eyes shall be open, and Bma ears attent 'onto -the prayer that u mmdt 'm Uiis place.
16 For now have ■! dioseaand saactjfiad lUs house, that my name may be there fat ever: and mine eyes and mine heart studl be there petpel-
17 • And a« for thee, if thou wilt wa&bflftra me, as.David thy &ther w^ed, and do according to all that I have commanded. thee, uri stuUt observe my statvtae and sty iodKmnts;
18 Then wiU I eataUislk the thraiiB oftM kingdom, according as I have eoovenanted wn David thy father, saying, ■> There ^ shall netlU thee a man to be ruler 10 Israel.
19 'But if ye turn away, and Ibrs^ my statutes, and my commandmenta, which I have set before jrou, and shall go and eerve other ffo^ and worship them:
20 Then will I (duck them np bvthe rooU o«t of my land which I have raven tnem } and ^is house, which I have sanctified for my name, wSl I cast out of my sie^t, and will make ktebe a proverb and a by-word amon^ aU notions.
SI And this house, which is high, shall be «■ astonishment to every one that paaselb by ii; «» that he shallsay, ■ Why hath the Loudaiie uma unto this land, and unto this hoose t
22 And it shall be answered, Beeaose thvr forsook the Lord God of thnr fathers, irineh brought thun forth out of the land of V laid hold on other gods, and worshi( and served them: thereuMre hath he this evfl upon them.