From Reformation to Reformation

Verse 31:[1] If any man trespass against his neighbour, and (Ex. 22:11) an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear (Heb. and he require an oath of him;[2] Lev. 5:1), and the oath come before thine altar in this house… [If a man sin against his neighbor (similarly Pagnine, Tigurinus, Montanus, Munster, Junius and Tremellius), ‎אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֙ר יֶחֱטָ֥א אִישׁ֙ לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ] When a man will have sinned, etc. (Pagnine, Montanus, Junius and Tremellius, Tigurinus). If a man sin (M

Verse 22:[1] And Solomon stood before (2 Chron. 6:12, etc.) the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and (Ex. 9:33; Ezra 9:5; Isa. 1:15) spread forth his hands toward heaven… [He stood before the altar] Of burnt-offerings (Lapide, Piscator), which was in the courtyard. See 2 Chronicles 6:12, 13 (Piscator, thus Vatablus), having his face toward the Altar and Sanctuary (in which quarter were also the Priests and Levites); but the people were t

[A fundraising break-through: We have surged to about 40% of our goal! Thanks be to the Most High God! We still have some ground to cover. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] Verse 12:[1] (2 Chron. 6:1, etc.) Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell (Lev. 16:2; Ps. 18:11; 97:2) in the thick darkness. [Then says Solomon, etc.] When he

Verse 9:[1] (Ex. 25:21; Deut. 10:2) There was nothing in the ark (Deut. 10:5; Heb. 9:4) save the two tables of stone, which Moses (Ex. 40:20) put there at Horeb, (Ex. 34:27, 28; Deut. 4:13; 1 Kings 8:21) when (or, where[2]) the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. [In the ark there was nothing except the two tables] Objection: In Hebrews 9:4, καὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν, etc., ἐν ᾗ στάμνος, etc., and the ark…wherein was the pot…and

Verse 7:[1] For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. [Cherubim] Four Cherubim were near the ark; two Mosaic, fixed to the ark, from which they were not able to be separated, which were turned toward the North and South (and were facing one another [Martyr]); and two Solomonic, which were looking to the East, and were overshadowing the Ark with their wings, just as much as the Mo

Verse 1:[1] Then (2 Chron. 5:2, etc.) Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief (Heb. princes[2]) of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, (2 Sam. 6:17) that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD (2 Sam. 5:7, 9; 6:12, 16) out of the city of David, which is Zion. [They were assembled] Hebrew: he assembled,[3] that is, by commandment (Piscator). [Those greater in age, ‎זִקְנֵי] The E

The feast of the dedication of the temple; the ark of the covenant with the holy instruments are brought into it; the Lord giveth a token of his presence, 1-11. Solomon’s blessing and thanksgiving, 12-21. His prayer, 22-61. His sacrifice of peace-offerings, 62-66.

Verse 48:[1] And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: (Ex. 37:25, etc.) the altar of gold, and (Ex. 37:10, etc.) the table of gold, whereupon (Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5-8) the shewbread was… [He made…the vessels in the house of the Lord, ‎אֲשֶׁ֖ר בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה] Which were for the house (or, which were pertaining to the house [Vatablus]) of Jehovah (Vatablus). All the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord; such as God by the mouth

[A fundraising break-through: We have surged to about 40% of our goal! Thanks be to the Most High God! We still have some ground to cover. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] Verse 38:[1] Then (2 Chron. 4:6) made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one lav

[A fundraising break-through: We have surged to about 40% of our goal! Thanks be to the Most High God! We still have some ground to cover. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] Verse 32:[1] And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base (Heb. in the base[2]): and the height of a wheel was a cubit and

Verse 31:[1] And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. Cart from Cyrus (10th century BC) [The mouth of the laver also, ‎וּפִיהוּ] And the mouth, or opening, of it (Montanus, Pagnine), understanding, either, of the foursquare base (Vatablus) (but the of it is masculine,[2] while base is

Verse 27:[1] And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. [Ten bases (thus Jonathan, Munster, Pagnine, Vatablus, Junius and Tremellius, Piscator, Malvenda), ‎הַמְּכֹנוֹת [2]] Machines (Tigurinus), basins (Syriac, Arabic). Bases, that is, which are to be placed under the fonts, or lavers (Vatablus, Munster, similarly all interpreters). It is evident from 1 Kings 7:38; 2 Chron

Verse 23:[1] And he made (2 Kings 25:13; 2 Chron. 4:2; Jer. 52:17) a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other (Heb. from his brim to his brim[2]): it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. [A sea molten[3] (thus Jonathan, Munster)] Or cast (Syriac, Pagnine, Tigurinus, Montanus); a lake/basin cast (Junius and Tremellius, Castalio). Sea is everywhere used in the place of lake/basin in the Go

[A fundraising break-through: We have surged to about 40% of our goal! Thanks be to the Most High God! We still have some ground to cover. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] Verse 18:[1] And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the

Verse 13:[1] And king Solomon sent and fetched (2 Chron. 4:11, Huram;[2] see verse 40[3]) Hiram out of Tyre. Verse 14:[4] (2 Chron. 2:14) He was a widow’s son (Heb. the son of a widow woman[5]) of the tribe of Naphtali, and (2 Chron. 4:16) his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and (Ex. 31:3; 36:1) he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. [Of a widow of the trib

[A fundraising update: While we give thanks to God for the progress and provision made, we have stalled out at about 30% of the way to our fundraising goal. We could use your help. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] Verse 9:[1] All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even fr

[A fundraising update: While we give thanks to God for the progress and provision made, we have stalled out at about 30% of the way to our fundraising goal. We could use your help. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] Verse 6:[1] And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the por

[A fundraising update: While we give thanks to God for the progress and provision made, we have stalled out at about 30% of the way to our fundraising goal. We could use your help. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] [1005 till 992 BC] Verse 1:[1] But Solomon was building his own house (1 Kings 9:10; 2 Chron. 8:1) thirteen years, and he finished

The building of Solomon’s house: the house of Lebanon, 1-5. The porch of pillars, and of judgment: the house of Pharaoh’s daughter, 6-12. Hiram’s work of the two pillars of brass, 13-22. Of the molten, sea, 23-26. Of the ten bases of brass, 27-37. The ten brasen lavers: all the vessels of brass and gold, 38-50. The dedicated things are brought into the temple, 51.

[A fundraising update: While we give thanks to God for the progress and provision made, we have stalled out at about 30% of the way to our fundraising goal. We could use your help. If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way. Click here to watch a brief video on the project.] Verse 31:[1] And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wal