A dictionary of the . branch of the work. 1Chr. 22 ; 29 : 4, 7. He also furnishedthe design, plan, and location of thebuilding; in all which he was divinelyinstructed. 1 Chr. 21; 22; 28 was not permitted, however, to see asingle step taken in its erection. 1 : 3. The superintendence of the build-ing was committed to Solomon, the son TEM TEM and successor of David, who commencedthe work in the fourth year of his were 183,600 Jews and strangersemployed on it—of Jews 30,000, by ro-tation 10,000 a month ; of Canaanites,153,600, ol whom 70,000 were bearers ofburde
A dictionary of the . branch of the work. 1Chr. 22 ; 29 : 4, 7. He also furnishedthe design, plan, and location of thebuilding; in all which he was divinelyinstructed. 1 Chr. 21; 22; 28 was not permitted, however, to see asingle step taken in its erection. 1 : 3. The superintendence of the build-ing was committed to Solomon, the son TEM TEM and successor of David, who commencedthe work in the fourth year of his were 183,600 Jews and strangersemployed on it—of Jews 30,000, by ro-tation 10,000 a month ; of Canaanites,153,600, ol whom 70,000 were bearers ofburdens, 80,000 hewers of wood andstone, and 3600 overseers. The partswere all prepared at a distance from the site of the building, and when they werebrought together the whole immensestructure was erected without the soundof hammer, axe, or any tool of iron, 1Kgs. 6 : 7, and at the end of seven anda half years it stood complete in all itssplendor, the glory of Jerusalem, andthe most magnificent edifice in theworld, b. c. Level of the Temple-Platform. (After Beswick, 1875.) Like the tabernacle, it had its fronttoward the east. All the arrangementsof the temple were identical with thoseof the tabernacle, and the dimensionsof every part exactly double those of theprevious structure. We shall give an idea of the templeof Solomon by condensing the accountin Stanleys History of the Jewish Church,Lecture 27. On the eastern side was acloister or colonnade. The later kings,however, continued it all around. Thisportico opened on a large quadrangle,surrounded by a wall, partly of stone,partly of cedar, and planted with this quadrangle was a smallercourt, on the highest ridge of the hill,which enclosed the place of Davids sac-rifice—the rocky threshing-floor of Arau-nah the Jebusite. This rock was levelledand filled up, so as to make a platformfor the altar, which was a square chestof wood, plated outside with brass, fill-ed inside with stones and earth, with thefire o
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