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1 Kings 6:1-6
DIR By: clark thompson
Date: November 19, 2015, 6:46 am
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1 Kings 6:1-6 King James Version (KJV)
6 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year
after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,
in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month
Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house
of the LORD.
2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the
length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof
twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits
was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house;
and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round
about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the
temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle
was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for
without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round
about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the
house.
1 Kings 6:1-6 New Life Version (NLV)
Solomon Builds the House of God
6 In the 480th year after the people of Israel came out of the
land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s rule over Israel,
in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the
house of the Lord. 2 The house which King Solomon built for the
Lord was as long as thirty long steps, as wide as ten long
steps, and eight times taller than a man.3 All along the front
of the House of God was a porch ten long steps long and five
long steps wide. It was as long as the house was wide. 4 He made
windows for the house with beautiful cross-pieces. 5 He made a
building of rooms against the outer walls of three sides of the
house. These rooms were three floors high. 6 The bottom floor
was as wide as three steps. The second floor was as wide as
three long steps. And the third floor was as wide as four steps.
For around the outside of the house he made places for the large
wood cross-pieces to rest on. That way they would not need to be
put into holes in the walls of the house.
New Life Version (NLV) Copyright © 1969 by Christian Literature
International
These are my thoughts, please share yours.
1 It was a very important project that they started it does not
give as much detail about any other building built in all of
scripture because this was the house of the Lord. Sometimes
starting is the hardest but it takes that to finish.
2 This was a massive building it was put on the temple mount and
could be seen thru out the city once it was finished.
3 This porch would be where many people would meet the priests
at, the Levities were the only ones allowed in the temple.
4 The windows gave a light to such a large building.
5 The building was bigger then the normal house more then double
the size that is because God deserves more then we have to give
Him.
6 This building was designed to be God’s house so Solomon made
the best building he ever built. God is not housed in a building
though this was just the place God would be served thru
sacrifice but worship was not limited to the temple and today
just as worship is not limited to the temple it is not limited
to church but worshiping the Lord should be a part of our ever
day life.
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Re: 1 Kings 6:1-6
DIR By: Kerry
Date: November 19, 2015, 6:57 am
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The first verse is interesting since it gives 480 as the number
of years from leaving Egypt to Solomon's beginning to build the
Temple. I find this interesting since the book of Acts says
judges ruled over Israel for about 450 years.
Can both be true? If the 480 is right, we can deduct 40 years
for the time when Moses was leading Israel, and another 40 for
when Saul was king and another 40 for when David was, and
finally 4 more for the first four years of Solomon's reign.
That gives us 124 years to be deducted; and 480 minus 124 would
leave 356 years for the era of the judges.
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