The
Book of first kings
Chapter 7
[1] But Solomon was building his own house thirteen
years, and he finished all his house.
1)
Foremost
Priority
Many
believe this chapter is needlessly written and it is useless now
God gave the pattern for the House of God to David and
God allowed David gave it to Solomon
The House of God was built in 7 yrs and 6 months
2)
Solomon built his own personal house is
The building was completed in 13 years
It probably was a royal residence and also had a throne
room
Vs 7- Solomon built a porch of judgment on this house
[2] He built also the house of the
[3] And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that
lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
[4] And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three
ranks.
[5] And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was
against light in three ranks.
[6] And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and
the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other
pillars and the thick beam were before them.
3)
Solomon built a house in the
A great vacation type home OR a government
Framed of cedars for the Pillars, with cedar beams and
roof
3 rows of windows
A porch area like a piazza or terrace
[7] Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of
judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the
other.
[8] And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was
of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he
had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
4)
Fashion/Family (Vs 8)
Solomon built a house for Pharaoh’s daughter
Solomon married this woman and built her a beautiful home
* He did not build each of his 1000 wives a home
[9] All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones,
sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping,
and so on the outside toward the great court.
[10] And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten
cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
[11] And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and
cedars.
[12] And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a
row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for
the porch of the house.
5)
Foundations (Vs 9-12)
Each of these homes were glorious and magnificent
They all were built upon great hewed stones (12 X 15)
[13] And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of
[14] He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali,
and his father was a man of
6)
Fine Craftsman (Vs 13,14)
Hiram is the finest of all craftsmen
and he is of the tribe of Napthali and also of
[15] For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen
cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them
about.
[16] And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to
set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter
was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter
was five cubits:
[17] And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for
the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
[18] 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 other chapiter.
[19] And the chapiters that were upon the top of the
pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
[20] And the chapiters upon the two pillars had
pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and
the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
[21] And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the
right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and
he set up the left pillar, and he called the name thereof Boaz.
[22] And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the
pillars finished.
7)
Furnishings for God’s House (Vs 15-51)
A.
Brazen Pillars (15-22) Our Culture’s Priorities are Shopping Malls,
Banks not God’s House
Hiram makes 2 pillars of brass (27 X 18)
& erects them between the temple & court of priests
The
right pillar is called Jachin- The Lord will
establish (2 Chr
3:17)
The
left pillar is called Boaz- In Him is strength
(2 Chr 3:17)
1. The pillars remind
2. The
3. At the House of God we are established in
relationship with God and we receive strength
[23] And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it
was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty
cubits did compass it round about.
[24] And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten
in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows,
when it was cast.
[25] 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.
[26] And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim
thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it
contained two thousand baths.
B. Brazen Sea
(23-26)
About 45 ft in diameter and 7 1/2 ft tall (Pi
& r2 X h/ 231)=11600gal 2000 baths = 11,600gal
11,600 gal This sat upon 12 oxen made of brass
facing 3 in each of 4 directions
This was placed in the court of the temple
for the priests to wash
Water Symbolic of the
Word of God.....Zech 13:1, Jn 15:3, Eph 5:26
[27] 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.
[28] And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the
borders were between the ledges:
[29] And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and
beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
[30] And every base had four brasen wheels, and
plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters:
under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side
of every addition.
[31] 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.
[32] And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels
were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half a
cubit.
[33] And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their
axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all
molten.
[34] And there were four undersetters to the four
corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the
very base itself.
[35] And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high:
and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of
the same.
[36] For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he
graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to
the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
[37] After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one
measure, and one size.
[38] Then 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 laver.
[39] And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left
side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward
over against the south.
[40] And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons.
So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the
house of the LORD:
[41] The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters
that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two
bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the
pillars;
[42] And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of
pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters
that were upon the pillars;
[43] And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
[44] And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
C. Brazen Lavers (27-44)
Hiram built 10 bases with wheels and on each
a laver to wash in ( 5 on the rt
& 5 on the lft)
Each laver held about 230 gallons (1 bath
=5.8gal)
Stand on it and wash in
it, Jesus stood on cross and we must wash often in Jesus blood
[45] And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons:
and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the
LORD, were of bright brass.
[46] In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between
Succoth and Zarthan.
[47] And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed,
because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found
out.
D.
Brass Work (45-47)
Vs 45- vessels made of bright brass
Vs 46- Brass cast in the plain of Jordan (clayey &
stiff) and so as to not allow dirty smoke in
Vs 47-So Much brass it was unweighed
[48] And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the
LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
E. Table of Shewbread made of Gold (Vs 48)
Jesus is the Bread of Life
[49] And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the
left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of
gold,
F. 10 Candlesticks of Gold (Vs 49)
Jesus is the Water of Life
[50] And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons,
and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for
the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the
house, to wit, of the temple.
G. Articles & Vessels of Gold (Vs 50)
Even the door hinges were of gold
[51] So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD.
And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even
the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of
the house of the LORD.
H. All things David
had prepared, (Vs 51)
These were collected and
dedicated are brought in