1Ki 7:15-22, 2Ki 25:13, 17, 2Ch 4:2-16, Jer 52:17-23 | TSK | STEP | cast. Heb. fashioned. two pillars. eighteen cubits.That is, nearly thirty feet, English measure. But in the parallel place in Chronicles, these pillars are said to thirty-five cubits high. Tremellius reconciles this difference by observing, that the common cubit was but one-half of the cubit of the sanctuary; so that eighteen of the one would make thirty-six of the other; from which, if we deduct one cubit for the base, there will remain thirty-five. Notwithstanding the names of these pillars, they seem to have supported no part of the building, and appear to have been formed for ornament; and were no doubt also emblematical. The right pillar was called {Jachin,} which signifies, "He will establish;" while that on the left was named {Boaz,} "In it is strength." Some think they were intended for memorials of the pillars and cloud of fire, which led Israel through the wilderness; but Henry supposes them designed for memorandums to the priests and others that came to worship at God's door. 1st. To depend upon God only, and not upon any sufficiency of their own, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. 2nd. It was a memorandum to them of the strength and establishment of the temple of God among them. When the temple was destroyed, particular notice is taken of the breaking up and carrying away of these brazen pillars, 2 Ki 25:13, 17, which had been the tokens of its establishment, and would have been still so, if they had not forsaken God.

1 Kings 7:15-22

cast. Heb. fashioned. two pillars.

21; 2Ki 25:16,17; 2Ch 3:15-17; 4:12-22; Jer 52:21-13

eighteen cubits.That is, nearly thirty feet, English measure. But in the parallel place in Chronicles, these pillars are said to thirty-five cubits high. Tremellius reconciles this difference by observing, that the common cubit was but one-half of the cubit of the sanctuary; so that eighteen of the one would make thirty-six of the other; from which, if we deduct one cubit for the base, there will remain thirty-five. Notwithstanding the names of these pillars, they seem to have supported no part of the building, and appear to have been formed for ornament; and were no doubt also emblematical. The right pillar was called {Jachin,} which signifies, "He will establish;" while that on the left was named {Boaz,} "In it is strength." Some think they were intended for memorials of the pillars and cloud of fire, which led Israel through the wilderness; but Henry supposes them designed for memorandums to the priests and others that came to worship at God's door. 1st. To depend upon God only, and not upon any sufficiency of their own, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. 2nd. It was a memorandum to them of the strength and establishment of the temple of God among them. When the temple was destroyed, particular notice is taken of the breaking up and carrying away of these brazen pillars, 2 Ki 25:13, 17, which had been the tokens of its establishment, and would have been still so, if they had not forsaken God.

Ex 36:38; 38:17,19,28; 2Ch 4:12,13

Ex 28:14,22,24,25; 39:15-18; 2Ki 25:17

lily work.

22; 6:18,32-35

and the pomegranates.

2Ki 25:17; 2Ch 3:16; 4:13; Jer 52:22,23

And he set.

2Ch 3:17; Ga 2:9; Re 3:12

the porch.

12; 6:3; Eze 40:48,49

Jachin.

2Sa 7:12; Isa 9:7

Boaz.

Ru 4:21; Isa 45:24; Mt 16:18

2 Kings 25:13

the.

20:17; 2Ch 36:18; Jer 27:19-22; 52:17-20; La 1:10

pillars.

Ex 27:3; 1Ki 7:15,27; 2Ch 4:12,13

bases.

1Ki 7:23-45; 2Ch 4:2-6,14-16

2 Kings 25:17

one pillar.

1Ki 7:15,16; Jer 52:21-23

2 Chronicles 4:2-16

a molten sea.

Ex 30:18-21; 1Ki 7:23; Zec 13:1; Tit 3:5; Re 7:14

brim to brim. Heb. his brim to his brim.

And under.

1Ki 7:24-26; Eze 1:10; 10:14; 1Co 9:9,10; Re 4:7

oxen.In the parallel passage of Kings, instead of {bekarim,} "oxen," we have {pekaïm,} "knops," in the form of colocynths. (See on 1 Ki 6:18, and 2 Ki 4:39;) which last is supposed by able critics to be the reading which ought to received be here; {bekarim,} "oxen," being a mistake for {pekaïm,} "knops." Houbigant, however, contends that the words in both places are right; but that {bakar} does not signify an ox here, but a large kind of grape, according to its meaning in Arabic. But Dr. A. Clarke states that {bakar,} or {bakarat,} has no such meaning in Arabic, though the phrase {aino 'lbikri,} or "ox-eye," signifies a species of black grape, very large, and of incredible sweetness; that consequently the criticism of this great man is not solid; and that the likeliest method of reconciling the two places is to suppose a change in the letters as above.

It stood.

Mt 16:18; Eph 2:20; Re 21:14

three.

Mt 28:19,20; Mr 16:15; Lu 24:46,47; Ac 9:15

with flowers of lilies. or, like a lily flower. threethousand baths. In the parallel passage, it is said to hold only two thousand baths; which some think may be reconciled by supposing that the quantity of water which was commonly in it was 2,000 baths, but that, if filled up to the top, it would hold 3,000. But, as we have already seen that the Babylonish cubit was less than that of the ancient Hebrews, it might be the same with measures of capacity; so that 2,000 of the ancient Jewish baths might have been equal to 3,000 of those used after the captivity. The Targum cuts the knot: "It received 3,000 baths of dry measure, and held 2,000 of liquid measure." See 1 Ki 7:26.

1Ki 7:26

ten lavers.

Ex 30:18-21; 1Ki 7:38,40; Ps 51:2; 1Co 6:11; 1Jo 1:7

such things as they offered for the burnt offering. Heb. thework of burnt offering.

Le 1:9,13; Eze 40:38

but the sea.

2; Ex 29:4; Heb 9:14,23; Re 1:5,6; 7:14

ten candlesticks.

1Ki 7:49; 1Ch 28:15; Zec 4:2,3,11-14; Mt 5:14-16; Joh 8:12

Re 1:20

according to.

Ex 25:31-40; 1Ch 28:12,19; Heb 8:5