1 Kings 6

1 Kings, chapter 6 1 Kings 6 1 Kings 5 chapter 5 1 Kings 7 chapter 7 First book of Kings Old Testament 11 Nevi'im 4 Former Prophets Leningrad-codex-09-kings.pdf 250px The pages containing the Books of Kings (1 & 2 Kings) Leningrad Codex (1008 CE). 1 Kings 6 is the sixth chapter of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.Halley 1965 191Collins 2014 288 The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE.McKane 1993 324 This chapter belongs to the section focusing on the reign of Solomon over the unified kingdom of Judah and Israel (1 Kings 1 to 11).Dietrich 2007 234 The focus of this chapter is the reign of Solomon, the king of Israel.Dietrich 2007 236 Text This chapter was originally written in the Hebrew language and since the 16th century is divided into 38 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008).Würthwein 1995 35–37 There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century) and Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century).Würthwein 1995 73–74The whole book of 1 Kings is missing from the extant Codex Sinaiticus.Codex Sinaiticus Old Testament references 1 Kings 6:1–4 9: 2 Chronicles 3:1–2 91 Kings 6, Berean Study Bible 1 Kings 6:14–22 9: 2 Chronicles 3:5–9 9 1 Kings 6:23–29 9: 2 Chronicles 3:10–13 9 Analysis 1 Kings 6 to 7 cover the building of the temple, with insertions of information about Solomon's palace, the "house of the forest of Lebanon", the hall of the throne, the hall of judgment, and a house for Pharaoh's daughter (1 Kings 7:1–12).Leithart 2006 55 Construction of the Temple walls (6:1–10) Solomon's Temple The ground-plan of the temple indicates a long and narrow building which was not particularly large (about 30x10x15 meters), a form that was commonly found in the region of Israel.Dietrich 2007 237–238 Verse 1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and 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 of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.1 Kings 6:1 NKJV NKJV Cross reference: 1 Kings 6:37 "The 4th year of Solomon's reign" based on Thiele-McFall calculation, this period ran from September 968 to September 967 BCE, which points to the Exodus in April 1446 BCE, according to this verse.McFall 1991 no. 1 "The month of Ziv": or Iyar/Ayyar, which is April or May in Gregorian calendar.Note [b] on 1 Kings 6:1 in NKJV A word from God to Solomon (6:11–13) In this section it is emphasized that God was not bound to the confines of the temple building, but the temple symbolizes God' permanent presence and thus, 'eternal security', contingent upon the obedience of the people to God's commandments (cf. Psalm 46 and 2 Kings 19:32–34), a message repeated multiple times by the prophets (such as in Jeremiah 7; 26:1–6; Micah 3:9–12; Mark 11:15–19; 13:1–2).Dietrich 2007 238 Therefore, the existence of the temple does not change the 'essential terms' of the divine-human relationship.Coogan 2007 500 Hebrew Bible The interior decoration of the Temple (6:14–38) thumb|right|200px|Solomon's Temple design with measurements All the walls of the holy site were clad with made of costly materials. The ornamentation in wooden panels and carvings s emphatically non-figural (no human or divine figures), but limited to plants and animals, an aniconic characteristic of the YHWH-religion.Dietrich 2007 238 In comparison to the 'curtain walls and dust floor' of the tabernacle, much of the interior and floor of the temple was covered in gold (1 Kings 6:20–22; 28, 30, 32).Leithart 2006 55 Verse 37 In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.1 Kings 6:37 NKJV NKJV Cross reference: 1 Kings 6:1 "The month of Ziv": or Iyar/Ayyar, which is April or May in Gregorian calendar.Note on 1 Kings 6:37 in NKJV Verse 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.1 Kings 6:38 NKJV NKJV "The month of Bul": or Cheshvan/Heshvan, which is October or November in Gregorian calendar.Note on 1 Kings 6:38 in NKJV A reference to the month of "Bul" is found in the inscription on the sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, a Phoenician king of Sidon (reigned c. 539–525 BCE).Salisbury Edward Elbridge Edward E. Salisbury 1855 Phœnician Inscription of Sidon https://www.jstor.org/stable/592226 Journal of the American Oriental Society 5 227–243 10.2307/592226 592226 0003-0279 subscription "Seven years": Ziv is the second month (April-May) and Bul is the eighth month (October-November), so it took more precisely "seven years and six months" to complete the temple.Coogan 2007 500–501 Hebrew Bible See also 22em Cherub David Israel Jerusalem Hebrew calendar Solomon's Temple Related Bible parts: 2 Samuel 7, 1 Kings 5, 2 Chronicles 3 Notes References Sources Collins John J. Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures Chapter 14: 1 Kings 12 – 2 Kings 25 277–296 Fortress Press 2014 https://books.google.com/books?id=fbsoBAAAQBAJ 978-1451469233 Coogan Michael David Michael D. Coogan The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version, Issue 48 Coogan Michael David Marc Zvi Brettler Carol Ann Newsom Pheme Perkins Augmented 3rd Oxford University Press 2007 978-0195288810 https://books.google.com/books?id=HmpMPgAACAAJ Dietrich Walter 13. 1 and 2 Kings The Oxford Bible Commentary John Barton John Barton (theologian) John Muddiman John Muddiman Oxford University Press first (paperback) 2007 232–266 978-0199277186 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ February 6, 2019 Halley Henry H. Henry Hampton Halley Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary 24th (revised) Zondervan Publishing House 1965 https://archive.org/details/halleysbiblehand00henr registration 0-310-25720-4 Hayes Christine Introduction to the Bible Yale University Press 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=SKbkXYHxvlAC 978-0300188271 Leithart Peter J. 1 & 2 Kings Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible Brazos Press 2006 https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_gvin9G7LgC 978-1587431258 http://www.btinternet.com/~lmf12/TransGuide.pdf Leslie McFall Translation Guide to the Chronological Data in Kings and Chronicles Bibliotheca Sacra 148 1991 3–45 https://web.archive.org/web/20100827065339/http://www.btinternet.com/%7Elmf12/TransGuide.pdf dead 2010-08-27 McKane William Kings, Book of Metzger Bruce M Bruce M. Metzger Coogan Michael D The Oxford Companion to the Bible https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780195046458 registration Oxford University Press 1993 409–413 978-0195046458 Metzger Bruce M Bruce M. Metzger Coogan Michael D The Oxford Companion to the Bible Oxford University Press 1993 978-0195046458 Thiele, Edwin R., The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2nd ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). 9780825438257 Würthwein Ernst Ernst Würthwein The Text of the Old Testament Wm. B. Eerdmans Grand Rapids, MI 1995 Erroll F. Rhodes 0-8028-0788-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=FSNKSBObCYwC January 26, 2019 External links Jewish translations: Melachim I – I Kings – Chapter 6 (Judaica Press). Hebrew text and English translation [with Rashi's commentary] at Chabad.org Christian translations: Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English) 1 Kings chapter 6. 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