The measure, &c. of the temple.

Before CHRIST 1012.

3.

4 And the porch that was in the front

of the house, the length of it was actor

1 Kings 6. ing to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

f 1 Kings 6. 17.

+ Heb. covered.

1 Kings 6. 23, &c.

5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

8¶ And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims || of image work, some think) and overlaid them with gold.

Or, (as

of moveable werk.

11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were

1 Or, toward || inward.

the house.

b Exod. 26.

14¶ And he made the "vail of blue, 31. Matt and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

3

Hebr. 9

↑ Heb. caused to ascendt.

1

15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits i 1 Kings 7. Jer thigh, and the chapiter that was on the

52.21.

+ Heb. long. top of each of them was five cubits. 16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the ki Kings 7 pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

20.

1 1 Kings 7.

21.

¡ That is, kr shall establich • That is, in it is strength.

17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand || Jachin, and the name of that on the left || Boaz. CHAP. IV.

1 The altar of brass. 2 The molten sea upon twelve oren. 6 The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables. 9 The courts, and the instru ments of brass. 19 The instruments of gold.

OREOVER he made an altar of Before M brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth a Exod. 27. thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. ing 2 ¶ Also he made a molten sea of ten 43. 13, 16. b 1 Kings 7. cubits from brim to brim, round in 23. compass, and five cubits the height there- Heb. from of; and a line of thirty cubits did com- his brim. pass it round about.

3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

The ark placed in the oracle.

Before CHRIST

1012.

p1 Kings 7. Heh made

14, 45

bright, or, scoured.

91 Kings7.

46.

+ Heb. thicknesses of the ground.

r1 Kings 7. 47.

9 1 Kings 7. 48, 49, 50.

30.

the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

19 And 'Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the Exod. 25. golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;

20 Moreover the candlesticks with n Exod. 27. their lamps, that they should burn "after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

20, 21.

x Exod. 2531, &c.

+Heb. per

fections of gold.

Or, bowls.

1005a 1 Kings 7.

1001

1, &c.

12.

21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;

22 And the snuffers, and the || basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

CHAP. V.

1 The dedicated treasures. 2 The solemn induction of the ark into the oracle. 11 God being praised giveth a visible sign of his favour.

HUS all the work that Solomon Tusaur the work

was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.

2¶ Then Solomon assembled the elkings &ders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the 2 Sam. 6. LORD "out of the city of David, which is Zion.

4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, 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

A cloud filleth the temple.

Before

the most holy place, even under the wings HOTST of the cherubims:

8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

1004

9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And || there it is Or, they are unto this day.

there, as 1 Kings 8.8.

5 ch. 6, 11.

10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses 'put therein Dest. 10. 2, at Horeb, when the LORD made a co-Or, where. venant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were + Heb sanctified, and did not then wait by course:

found.

25.1.

Chron.

12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and Chron. with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets :)

13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cym

1 Solomon, having blessed the people, blesseth God. 12 Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the temple, upon the brasen scaffold. HEN said Solomon, The LORD hath King& said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

THEN

a

2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place 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, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,

5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

19, &c.

b Lev. 162.

Solomon's prayer at the

CHRIST 1004

consecration of the temple.

and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

e ch. 12. 13.

di Chron. 28.4.

Sam. 7.2.

1. & 28. 2.

f ch. 5. 10.

81 Kings 8.

length thereof, 4c.

8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:

9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

11 And in it have I put the ark, 'wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

12 ¶ And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

13 For Solomon had made a brasen *Heb. the 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,

b Exod. 15. 39. & 7.9.

11. Deut. 4.

11 Chron. 22.9.

14 Ánd said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised ka Sam. 7. him, saying,+There shall not fail thee Kings 24 a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; 1yet so that thy children take Heb. There heed to their way to walk in my law, as be cut, thou hast walked before me.

12, 16.

* 6. 12. ch.

7. 18.

shall not a

17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? "behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry

20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

Before CHRIST 1004.

Or, in this

place.

21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward + Heb. pray, this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

22¶ If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make ↑ Heb. and him swear, and the oath come before oath of him. thine altar in this house;

23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

26 When the "heaven is shut up, " and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin 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 inheritance.

28 ¶ If there be dearth in the land, och. 20. g. if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them tin the cities of Heb. in the their land; whatsoever sore or whatso- gates. ever sickness there be:

29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands || in this house:

32¶ Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great John 12. name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

20. Acts 8.

27.

+ Heb, thy ed upon this

name is call

house.

33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

34¶ If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt 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 Or, right. maintain their || cause.

Eccles. 7. 20.

1 John 1. 8.

that take

carry them

36¶ If they sin against thee, (for there Prov. 20. 9. is no man which sinneth not,) and thou James 3.2. be angry with them, and deliver them over +Heb. they before their enemies, and + they carry them them captives away captives unto a land far off or near; 57 Yet if they + bethink themselves in Heb. bring the land whither they are carried capback to their tive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly:

away.

heart.

38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain Or, right. their | cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

40 ¶ Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be Heb. to the attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

prayer of this place.

s Ps. 132. 8, 9, 10, 16.

28. 2.

41 Now 'therefore arise, O LORD God, Chron. into thy tresting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let u Neh. 9. 25. thy saints "rejoice in goodness.

42 O LORD God, turn not away the x Ps. 132. 1. face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

Isai. 55-3.

CHAP. VII.

1 God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven, and glory in the

His solemn sacrifice.

Before CHRIST

temple, the people worship him. 4 Solomon's solemn sacrifice. 8 Solomon having kept 1004. the feast of tabernacles, and the feast of the dedication of the altar, dismisseth the people. 12 God appearing to Solomon giveth him promises upon condition.

a

end praying, the fire came down

OW when Solomon had made an 21 Kings 8.

from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

54.

Lev. 6. 24 Judg. 6. 21. 38. 1Chroo

1 Kings 18.

21.26.

c 1 Kings 8.

10, 11, ch.

5. 13, 14.

4.

2d And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory Ezek. 10. 3, of the LORD had filled the LORD's house. dch. 5. 14. 3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; 'for his mercy endureth for ever.

4 ¶ Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

6 h And the priests waited on their of- h1 Chron. fices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

7 Moreover Solomo. hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

mon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this p Deut. 12. place to myself for an house of sacrifice. 15 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

q ch. 6. 26,

28.

↑ Heb. upon whom my

name is called.

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and 7 Jam 4 10. pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; 'then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

sch. 6. 27,

30.

u1 Kings 9. 3. ch. 6. 6.

x 1 Kings 9. 4 &c.

16 For now have "I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, ych. 6. 16+ There shall not fail thee a man to be There shall ruler in Israel. not be cut of

+ Heb.

to thee.

33. Deut. 28. 15, 36, 37

19 But if ye turn away, and forsake Lev. 26.14 my statutes and my commandments, | which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that 24rt. 22 passeth by it; so that he shall say, "Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

Jer.

992.

a 1 Kings g

12, &c.

22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

CHAP. VIII.

1 Solomon's buildings. 7 The Gentiles which were left Solomon made tributaries; but the Israelites rulers. 11 Pharaoh's daughter removeth to her house. 12 Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices. 14 He appointeth the priests and Levites to their places. * 17 The navy fetcheth gold from Ophir.

4 And he built Tadmor in the wil- b Kings 9. derness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Heb all Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and through-deout all the land of his dominion.

the desire of

sired to build.

Kings 9.

7As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and 20, &c. the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,

8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.

9 But of the children of Israel did Šolomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

1 Kings 9.

1. & 7. 8. &

10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred dee and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 23 11 And Solomon brought up the Kings 3 daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of 9.24 David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are + holy, where- +Heb. holiunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

2 That the cities which Huram had

concerning the treasures.

16¶ Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was

9. 17. & 26. + Heb. so was the comof David the man of God.