1 Kings 6:2 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

1 Kings 6:2

Solomon Builds the Temple

1 And ^ait came to pass in the four hundred and¹ eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of² Ziv, which is the second month, ^bthat he began to build the house of the Lord.

2 Now ^athe house which King Solomon built for the Lord, its length was sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.

3 The vestibule in front of the¹ sanctuary of the house was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of³ the vestibule extended ten cubits from the front of the house.

4 And he made for the house ^awindows with beveled frames.

Book Notes:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

I & II Kings

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septuagint and the Vulgate they are called the Third and Fourth Books of Kings. The authorship of these books is unknown; but the prevailing opinion is that they were compiled by Ezra, or one of the later prophets, from the ancient documents that are so frequently referred to in the course of the history as of public and established authority. Their inspired character was acknowledged by the Jewish Church, which ranked them in the sacred canon; and, besides, it is attested by our Lord, who frequently quotes from them (compare I Kings 17:9; II Kings 5:14 with Luke 4:24-27; I Kings 10:1 with Matthew 12:42).