Before we begin today remember that when things hard to be understood come in
our way in studying Scripture let us pray, and wait patiently God's own time
for revealing the meaning. It would not be a revelation if there were not some
things therein which are beyond our comprehension now, and which form tests
of faith whether we will bow our reason before the Word of God, and humbly
confess our ignorance, and adore God's infinite wisdom in the mighty scheme
of redemption. Blessed be His Holy Name, if there be deep waters in which an
elephant may swim, there are the healing waters of salvation in which the
Lamb may wade. Our salvation does not depend on clearing up the abstruse parts
of the Bible: all that is necessary for salvation is so plain that "the
wayfaring men," however simple, ["shall not err therein"] (Isaiah 35:8).
Now today's Lesson.....
1 Kings, Chapter 7:27-51
27 He also made ten carts of bronze; four cubits was the length of each cart,
four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
[He made ten carts] That is, pedestals, for the ten lavers to rest on.
28 And this was the design of the carts: They had panels, and the panels were
between frames;
(No commentary on verses 28 through 37.)
29 on the panels that were between the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim.
And on the frames was a pedestal on top. Below the lions and oxen were wreaths
of plaited work.
30 Every cart had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and its four feet had
supports. Under the laver were supports of cast bronze beside each wreath.
31 Its opening inside the crown at the top was one cubit in diameter; and the
opening was round, shaped like a pedestal, one and a half cubits in outside
diameter; and also on the opening were engravings, but the panels were square,
not round.
32 Under the panels were the four wheels, and the axles of the wheels were
joined to the cart. The height of a wheel was one and a half cubits.
33 The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel;
their axle pins, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all of cast
bronze.
34 And there were four supports at the four corners of each cart; its supports
were part of the cart itself.
35 On the top of the cart, at the height of half a cubit, it was perfectly
round. And on the top of the cart, its flanges and its panels were of the same
casting.
36 On the plates of its flanges and on its panels he engraved cherubim, lions,
and palm trees, wherever there was a clear space on each, with wreaths all
around.
37 Thus he made the ten carts. All of them were of the same mold, one measure,
and one shape.
38 Then he made ten lavers of bronze; each laver contained forty baths, and
each laver was four cubits. On each of the ten carts was a laver.
[Then he made ten lavers] These were set on the ten bases or pedestals, and
were to hold water for the use of the priests in their sacred office,
particularly
to wash the victims that were to be offered as a burnt-offering, as we learn
from 2 Chronicles 4:6; but the brazen sea was for the priests to wash in.
The whole was a building of vast art, labor, and expense.
39 And he put five carts on the right side of the house, and five on the left
side of the house. He set the Sea on the right side of the house, toward
the southeast.
[He set the sea on the right side of the house] - i.e., eastward; in a
southeasterly direction.
Furnishings of the Temple
(2 Chronicles 4:11-18)
40 Huram* made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished
doing all the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of the Lord
:
[So Huram made the lavers] It is truly surprising, that in so short a time one
artist could design and execute works of such magnitude, taste, and variety;
however he may of had many assistants. The mere building of the house was a
matter of little difficulty in comparison of these internal works.
41 the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two
pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were
on top of the pillars;
(No commentary on verses 41 through 44.)
42 four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for
each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of
the pillars);
43 the ten carts, and ten lavers on the carts;
44 one Sea, and twelve oxen under the Sea;
45 the pots, the shovels, and the bowls.
All these articles which Huram* made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord
were of burnished bronze.
46 In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth
and Zaretan.
[Cast them, in the clay ground] In this place he found that particular kind of
clay that was proper for his purpose. Some suppose that the place where
Huram had his foundry was on the other side, some on this side, of Jordan.
Calmet supposes that it was near Beth-shan.
47 And Solomon did not weigh all the articles, because there were so many; the
weight of the bronze was not determined.
48 Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of the Lord : the
altar of gold, and the table of gold on which was the showbread;
[The alter of gold] - i.e., the altar of incense.
49 the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side and five on the left in
front of the inner sanctuary, with the flowers and the lamps and the
wick-trimmers
of gold;
[Lampstands of pure gold]- made, probably, according to the model of that in
the tabernacle, which, along with the other articles of furniture, were
deposited
with due honor, as sacred relics, in the temple. But these seem not to have
been used in the temple service; because Solomon made new lavers, tables, and
candlesticks, ten of each. (See further regarding the dimensions and furniture
of the temple, in 2 Chronicles 3-5.)
50 the basins, the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure
gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner room (the Most
Holy Place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
51 So all the work that King Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was
finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had
dedicated:
the silver and the gold and the furnishings. He put them in the treasuries of
the house of the Lord .
[Solomon brought in the things] It has been a question whether Solomon, in the
structure of the temple, used any of the gold and silver which David had
provided? And here it seems answered in the negative; for after the house was
finished, with all its utensils and ornaments, with its immense amount of
gold, it is here said that Solomon brought in the silver, and the gold, and the
vessels, which David his father had dedicated. It appears therefore that
Solomon had employed four years to make preparation for the work before it was
begun. During the whole time of the building, he was no doubt still
appropriating
a part of the public revenue for this purpose; and the provision made by his
father he placed among the treasures of the house; but the temple was truly
Solomon's, as he had provided all its materials, and borne every expense.
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With that we will conclude Chapter 7, O. Addison. Remember he who kneels to
the Lord, can stand up to anything. Have a great week on God's Green Earth.
Amen.
All My Love & Prayers,
Pastor Allen
O. Addison Gethers
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