1Ki 7:1 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER VII Solomon builds his own house, and completes it in thirteen years , 1. He builds another called the house of the forest of Lebanon; and a house for Pharaoh's daughter , 2-12. He brings Hiram, a coppersmith, out of Tyre, who makes much curious work for the temple , 13-20. He makes the two pillars Jachin and Boaz , 21, 22. The molten sea, and the twelve oxen that bare it , 23-26. And ten brazen bases, and the ten lavers with pots, shovels, and basons, all of which he cast in the plain of Jordan , 27-46. The quantity of brass too great to be weighed; and the vessels of the temple were all of pure gold , 47-50. Solomon brings into the house the silver and gold which his father had dedicated , 51. NOTES ON CHAP. VII Verse 1. Building his own house ] This house is said to have been situated in Jerusalem, and probably was, what some call it, his winter's residence. It is called the king's house , .

‏ 1 Kings 7:1

CHAPTER VII

Solomon builds his own house, and completes it in thirteen

years, 1.

He builds another called the house of the forest of Lebanon; and a house for Pharaoh's daughter, 2-12.

He brings Hiram, a coppersmith, out of Tyre, who makes much curious work for the temple, 13-20.

He makes the two pillars Jachin and Boaz, 21, 22.

The molten sea, and the twelve oxen that bare it, 23-26.

And ten brazen bases, and the ten lavers with pots, shovels, and basons, all of which he cast in the plain of Jordan, 27-46.

The quantity of brass too great to be weighed; and the vessels of the temple were all of pure gold, 47-50.

Solomon brings into the house the silver and gold which his father had dedicated, 51.

NOTES ON CHAP. VII

Verse 1. Building his own house] This house is said to have been situated in Jerusalem, and probably was, what some call it, his winter's residence. It is called the king's house, 1Ki 9:10.