Poole's Outline of 1 Kings 7: Solomon's House and Brass Works

Dr. Dilday
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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.

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Dr. Dilday

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Matthew Henry: 'As, in the story of David, one chapter of wars and victories follows another, so, in the story of Solomon, one chapter concerning his buildings follows another. In this chapter we have, I. His fitting up several buildings for himself and his own use, ver. 1-12. II. His furnishing the temple which he had built for God, 1. With two pillars, ver. 13-22. 2. With a molten sea, ver. 23-26. 3. With ten basins of brass (ver. 27-37), and ten layers upon them, ver. 38-39. 4. With all the other utensils of the temple, ver. 40-50. 5. With the things that his father had dedicated, ver. 51. The particular description of these things was not needless when i…