--- title: "1 Kings 6 - Study King James Bible with pooles english annotations on the holy bible" description: "Read 1 Kings 6 with pooles english annotations on the holy bible commentary. 1 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 Solomo" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/pooles-english-annotations-on-the-holy-bible/1-kings/6" --- [ Read](/kjv/1-kings/6)[ Commentary](/study/1-kings/6)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/1-kings/6) Audio 1 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.* 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe *nor* any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 8 The door for the middle chamber *was* in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle *chamber*, and out of the middle into the third.* 9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.* 10 And *then* he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house *with* timber of cedar. 11 ¶ And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 12 *Concerning* this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: *and* he covered *them* on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.* 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built *them* for it within, *even* for the oracle, *even* for the most holy *place*. 17 And the house, that *is*, the temple before it, was forty cubits *long*. 18 And the cedar of the house within *was* carved with knops and open flowers: all *was* cedar; there was no stone seen.** 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 20 And the oracle in the forepart *was* twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and *so* covered the altar *which was of* cedar.* 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that *was* by the oracle he overlaid with gold. 23 ¶ And within the oracle he made two cherubims *of* olive tree, *each* ten cubits high.* 24 And five cubits *was* the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other *were* ten cubits. 25 And the other cherub *was* ten cubits: both the cherubims *were* of one measure and one size. 26 The height of the one cherub *was* ten cubits, and so *was it* of the other cherub. 27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the *one* wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.* 28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.* 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. 31 ¶ And for the entering of the oracle he made doors *of* olive tree: the lintel *and* side posts *were* a fifth part *of the wall*.* 32 The two doors also *were of* olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid *them* with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.** 33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts *of* olive tree, a fourth part *of the wall*.* 34 And the two doors *were of* fir tree: the two leaves of the one door *were* folding, and the two leaves of the other door *were* folding. 35 And he carved *thereon* cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered *them* with gold fitted upon the carved work. 36 ¶ And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. 37 ¶ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which *is* the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.* [1 Kings 5](/study/1-kings/5) [1 Kings 7](/study/1-kings/7) ## Commentary To verse 1 This chronological difficulty is too vast and comprehensive to be fully discussed here, or to be determined by unlearned readers; and for the learned, I refer them to what is largely digested in my Latin Synopsis upon this place. It may suffice at present to suggest these particulars: 1. That *Israel’s coming out of Egypt* is variously understood in Scripture, and with some latitude, so as not only to note the time when first they came out of Egypt, but the time of their being in or coming out of the wilderness; as is manifest from [Deuteronomy 4:45](/kjv/deuteronomy/4/45), where the words in the Hebrew are not *after*, &c., as we translate it, but *in their coming forth out of Egypt*; and [Psalms 94:1-3](/kjv/psalms/94/1-3), *When Israel came forth* &c., Heb. *their coming forth* &c. And it is not impossible it may be so understood here, *after they were come out*&c., to wit, completely, i.e. towards the end of their expedition out of Egypt into Canaan. Nor doth the difference between the Hebrew prepositions *lamed* and *beth*, which a learned man objects, hinder this sense; for as *beth* signifies (as he saith) *after*, so also doth lamed, [Genesis 7:4](/kjv/genesis/7/4),[Genesis 7:10](/kjv/genesis/7/10); [Numbers 33:38](/kjv/numbers/33/38). 2. That whereas the times of the judges do chiefly cause this difficulty, there are many things which will relieve us therein; as, 1. That divers of the years there mentioned belong to one and the same time, as is evident from Jair’s twenty-two years, within which fell out, as divers learned chronologers agree, the eighteen years of the oppression of the Ammonites, and several years of the Philistine tyranny, who oppressed Israel in the west, whilst the Ammonites vexed them in the east; and the like might be observed in other cases. 2. That the years of rest are not necessarily to be understood of so many distinct years, besides those of war and servitude; and those words which are generally rendered *the land had rest forty or eighty years*, or the like, may be thus rendered, and that very agreeable to the Hebrew, *The land had rest*, or *began to rest*, or recovered its rest, *in the fortieth or in the eightieth* (the cardinal numbers being frequently put for the ordinal, especially where the number exceeds ten) *year*, to be computed from some remarkable time; and so that phrase doth not note how long time, or till what time, the rest continued, but at what time it began. As for instance, in [Judges 3:11](/kjv/judges/3/11), *the land had rest*, not *forty years*, as it is in our translation, but *in the fortieth year*, to wit, from and after their first rest in, or quiet possession of, the land of Canaan, which Joshua gave them; which time may very probably be made up of the days of Joshua, after he had settled them in a state of rest; and of the elders that outlived him, [Judges 2:7](/kjv/judges/2/7), and the time of their corruption after the death of those elders; and the eight years of servitude under the king of Mesopotamia. So [Judges 3:30](/kjv/judges/3/30), *The land had rest in the eightieth year*, to wit, from and after that rest which Othniel obtained for them, [Judges 3:11](/kjv/judges/3/11). And [Judges 5:31](/kjv/judges/5/31), *It rested in the fortieth year*, to wit, after that rest got by Ehud, [Judges 3:30](/kjv/judges/3/30). And [Judges 8:28](/kjv/judges/8/28), *It rested in the fortieth year*, to wit, from the last rest got by Deborah. And thus the computation of years is more plain and certain, being thus made from rest to rest, than theirs that proceed the other way. And this is the more considerable, because it was the opinion of that fatuously learned and pious bishop of Armagh. All which considered, it will be very easy to contain all the parts and passages of sacred story, from the coming out of Egypt to this time, within the compass of four hundred and eighty years; of the several parcels whereof, see my Latin Synopsis. And as for other scriptures, which some conceit to be contradictory to this, I shall by God’s help vindicate them in their several places. **In the fourth year of Solomon’s reign;**his three first years being spent partly in settling the affairs of his kingdom, without which neither civil nor ecclesiastical concerns could have any consistency; and partly in making necessary preparations for the work. **He began to build;**for so it is expressed [2 Chronicles 3:1](/kjv/2-chronicles/3/1); and so it is explained here below, [1 Kings 6:37](/kjv/1-kings/6/37), *The foundation of the house was laid*; though in the Hebrew it be only *be built*. 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