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1 Kings 7 — Sermon Preparation
Solomon builds his palace complex over thirteen years, and the craftsman Huram-Abi casts the bronze furnishings and pillars for the temple. Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 51
- verses
- 791 / 219
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
1 Kings 7 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַמָּה | ʼammâh | H520 | 26 | a mother, a cubit |
| עַמּוּד | ʻammûwd | H5982 | 22 | column, standing |
| כֹתֶרֶת | kôthereth | H3805 | 15 | capital of a column |
| מְכוֹנָה | mᵉkôwnâh | H4350 | 15 | pedestal, spot |
| אֶחָד | ʼechâd | H259 | 17 | united, one |
| שְׁנַיִם | shᵉnayim | H8147 | 15 | two, twofold |
| טוּר | ṭûwr | H2905 | 9 | row, wall |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. "Jachin," God will fix this roving mind. It is good that the heart be established with grace. "Boaz," In him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do. Spiritual strength and stability are found at the door of God's temple, where we must wait for the gifts of grace, in use of the means of grace. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 7:13–47 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Tyre— 1 Kgs 7:13
- House of the Forest of Lebanon— 1 Kgs 7:2
- Jordan— 1 Kgs 7:46
- Succoth 1— 1 Kgs 7:46
- Zarethan— 1 Kgs 7:46
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