John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 5. Moreover, the brasen altar that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made , etc.] According to the pattern given by Moses, at the direction of God, ( Exodus 38:1), he put before the tabernacle of the congregation ; either David, or rather Solomon; though it seems best to read the words as in the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, “and there it was before the tabernacle”; for it was always there: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it ; to sacrifice unto it; or rather sought “unto him”, the Lord, before whose tabernacle the altar was, so Gussetins f1 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
- Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to embrace every opportunity to spea of God, and to impress others with a deep sense of the importance of his favour and service. Now that the people of Israel kept close to the law and worship of God, the neighbouring nations were willing to be taught by them in the true religion, as the Israelites had been willin in the days of their apostacy, to be infected with the idolatries an superstitions of their neighbours. A wise and pious king is an evidenc of the Lord's special love for his people. How great then was God' love to his believing people, in giving his only-begotten Son to be their Prince and their Saviour _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew ומזבח4196 הנחשׁת5178 אשׁר834 עשׂה6213 בצלאל1212 בן1121 אורי221 בן1121 חור2354 שׂם7760 לפני6440 משׁכן4908 יהוה3068 וידרשׁהו1875 שׁלמה8010 והקהל׃6951
