Study of the Book of Kings – 1Ki 10:14-20 “So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom” – Part 2
1Ki 10:14-20 “So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom” – Part 2
[Study Aired February 24, 2022]
1Ki 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
1Ki 10:15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
1Ki 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
1Ki 10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1Ki 10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
1Ki 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
1Ki 10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
The physical things that we are looking at in the temple of Solomon represent the workmanship of God (Eph 2:8-10) within the body of Christ which is the temple of God (1Co 3:16) where we learn that “by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” (1Co 15:46, 1Co 2:13-14, Eph 2:8-10).
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves [Eph 1:6]: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.Heb 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, [Col 1:27] now to appear in the presence of God for us [making it possible for us to be “better sacrifices than these” now being accepted in the beloved (Eph 1:6)]:Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Eph 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual [using the physical (Rom 1:20)].
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
With these verses in mind, we can now look at the temple and all the interactions that take place around the temple and know for a certainty that God has used all these events for our sakes upon whom the end of the world has come within us (2Co 4:15, 1Co 10:11).
In this section of the book of Kings we will look more at the intricate and very costly workmanship which took place within Solomon’s temple. These riches tell us how valued God’s people are because of the life of Christ within us, the pearl of great price, typified by king Solomon (Mat 13:45-46): “So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.“
Mat 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls [Son 3:1-11]:
Mat 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
God’s elect are likened “unto a merchant man.“
Son 3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not [“seeking goodly pearls” (Joh 6:44)].
Son 3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways [Mat 7:13-14] I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Son 3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Son 3:4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, [Jos 23:7-8, 2Ki 18:5-6] until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me [Gal 4:26, Joh 3:3].
Daughters of Jerusalem represent the elect bride of Christ who has been conceived and born of the will of God (Joh 1:12-13, Rom 8:9):
Son 3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Son 3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Son 3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
Son 3:8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Son 3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
Son 3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem [‘This section is telling us what Christ does for the bride of Christ‘].
Son 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousalsH2861, and in the day of the gladness of his heart [Rev 19:9].
It is not only what is in the temple, per se, but also the demonstrated wisdom of Solomon in how he was given to deal with all those who were drawn to the temple to hear the king, as we saw last week with the queen of Sheba who sought out his wisdom. This wisdom of Solomon is a type and shadow of the manifest knowledge of God that will be made known through the church, through the pearl of great price (Col 1:27). His judgments will be in the earth so humanity can learn of His righteousness that can only abide with purified gold and silver (Eph 3:10, Isa 26:9, Php 3:9).
Eph 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Isa 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night [Son 3:8]; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
God has gone to great lengths to impress upon the elect how blessed we are to have the words of eternal life abiding within our temple (Joh 6:68), and that has always been what all this pomp and pageantry that we are going to look at in regard to Solomon’s temple and all the inner workings of the king’s mind is about (Pro 25:3, Rom 11:33). Solomon’s great riches and wisdom represent the mind of Christ that the body of Christ has been given (1Co 2:16, Pro 8:8-14, Pro 3:13-19).
Joh 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things [2Co 10:5], yet he himself is judged of no man.
1Co 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
The value of the mind of Christ:
Pro 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Pro 8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Pro 8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Pro 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it [Php 3:8].
Pro 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
Pro 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Pro 8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.Pro 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Pro 3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Pro 3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her [Php 3:8].
Pro 3:16 Length of days is in her right hand [Joh 6:68]; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Pro 3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Pro 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her [1Ti 6:12, Joh 6:68]: and happy is every one that retaineth her [Rev 1:3, Joh 8:31-32].
Pro 3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens [Heb 9:23-24].Heb 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself [Col 1:27], now to appear in the presence of God for us: [making it possible for us to be “better sacrifices than these” now being accepted in the beloved (Eph 1:6)]:
1Ki 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
1Ki 10:15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
The weight of the gold “that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold” (666 talents) apart from (“beside”H905) everything else brought to Solomon via “the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
That gold represents God’s word that must be purified within God’s people today if we are going to be among those who are working with the nations outwardly during the thousand-year reign. Those nations, and the various kings and governors that Solomon was dealing with at that time in history, represent “The kingdoms of this world [that] are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ” that we will be dealing with during the thousand year reign (Rev 11:15, Rev 20:6).
Rev 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Notice the context when we read of the mark of the beast 666 in Revelation 13:17-18 where it speaks of merchants who symbolize the beast which interacts with Christ who is typified by Solomon, as stated in this section of scripture: “the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country“. Like the queen of Sheba who brought gifts to king Solomon due to his wisdom (Rev 18:6-15), so, too, do these “merchantmen” who represent the time in our life when we bring many wonderful works before Christ but they are not upon a burnt offering and not acceptable to God unbeknown to us at that time, as demonstrated in the story of Cain and Abel (Gen 4:5-7).
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a manG444; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Solomon’s works are typical of Christ’s mindset and His body, which is that we of our own selves can do nothing. We can’t build the temple. Christ has to do that (Joh 5:30, Joh 15:5, Psa 127:1). As mentioned many times, there are three sixes in Revelation 13:17-18, showing the process of spiritual completion through judgment [seals, trumpets, vials – 3] that all mankind (represented by the number 6), must go through, each man in his order.
So, just as we are being judged today for any self-righteous part of Babylon that is still in our heavens, this is the torment the harlot systems of the world are going to receive through the body of Christ, also typified by Solomon (Rev 18:6). We experience God’s wrath first if we are being prepared to be kings and priests who will rule under Him, and so we must understand that we must endure God’s wrath or much tribulation described as seals, trumpets and vials in order to be found clothed with His righteousness when He returns: “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame” (1Pe 4:17, Rev 16:1-14, Act 14:22, Rev 16:15, Rev 19:7).
Rev 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Outwardly we know that in time all men will be judged, which is the one event that is common to all men of Ecclesiastes 9:2, and we all in our appointed time are the carnal anthroposG444 man that walks according to the course of this world (Eph 2:2-3) right in lock-step with all “the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country” having the mark or the name of the beast , or the number of his name on us and as such are able to buy and sell (Rev 13:17).
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Dispensationally, 1 Kings 10:14-15 represents a time when the kingdoms of this world will be ruled over by God’s government which will be looking to make its mark (pun intended) upon the church with the interaction they will have with the government of God that will be ruling over those many nations outwardly (Rev 11:15). God uses this occasion of great exchange to fatten up the nations, and as knowledge increases so will the pride of man which always precedes our destruction (Pro 16:18).
God’s elect are learning these things now, in advance of all the world, and our being judged now is the same process of judgment that the rest of the creation will endure. We are being apprehended by Christ today (Php 3:12), which is the same as saying “He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword [2Sa 12:10]. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints” (Rev 13:10) that leads into the subsequent verses about the mark of the beast (Rev 13:17-18). We must be killed with the sword of God’s word today if we are going to administer those judgments to the rest of the world one day, spoken of as “he that killeth with the sword…”. We will lead the world into the captivity of becoming a living sacrifice for God (Rom 12:1) but can’t do that unless we first go into that captivity ourselves today, as we die daily and present ourselves a living sacrifice unto God!
It takes this experience of evil to come to see what we are; mere beasts that must become a new creation through the destruction of the old, and God seeks the occasion against each man in his appointed day of evil (Rev 20:8, Pro 16:4).
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Pro 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
This loosing of Satan at the end of the thousand years is typical of the time when we have thought that we have cleaned up the temple of God so thoroughly and swept it clean [all our exchange of commerce, which is God’s gold and silver in Babylon that we pilfer and wrap around the idols of our own hearts], only to find seven spirits worse come back (Luk 11:25-26). So all of mankind is the same in our corrupt nature, and it’s just the order that is different in which God reveals we are beasts that need to be humbled under His mighty hand through His fiery words of judgment [6.6.6.] (Ecc 3:18, 1Co 15:23-24, Mat 23:12).
It is glorious to contemplate that Solomon truly does represent, in this instance of the book of Kings, those who have been blessed to overcome, typifying outwardly the time when this will happen to God’s elect (Rev 11:15). And this is the inheritance of the saints, already exercised and given to remember these verses which point to the self-righteous flesh of Solomon that naturally resides in our hallowed halls of vanity called flesh, which God can do through Christ (Php 3:9, Mat 6:28-29, Son 2:1-2, Col 1:27, Luk 1:37), God willing.
Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Mat 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Mat 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.Son 2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
Son 2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: [the lily within]
Luk 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
1Ki 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
1Ki 10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Nothing is impossible for God, and these verses demonstrate for us the armor of God which is given to us to defend against the self-righteousness within us that is typified by “the house of the forest of LebanonH3844“ where the king “put them” (the 300 shields), telling us that Christ knows where the battle is, which is in our heavens where we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities that want to enslave us to a self-righteous nature that tries to defend our own existence rather than live by the faith of Christ (Eph 6:12, Eph 2:8).
It must be “beaten gold” meaning it is through much tribulation that we enter into the kingdom of God (Act 14:22, 1Co 9:27), and it is “two hundred targetsH6793” reminding us that it is Christ the true witness [2] who is working this workmanship within us. He is our buckler (Psa 18:2), and of our own selves we can do nothing (Joh 15:5). These “two hundred targets” are the large shields that are needed against the fiery darts of the devil (Eph 6:16) and are forged through the fiery trials of our faith that are precious unto God, seeing they do create this great shield of protection in our heavens that can quench all those darts of the adversary (1Pe 1:7).
target: H6793
tsinnâh
tsin-naw’
Feminine of H6791; a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing): – buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.Total KJV occurrences: 22
Psa 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
1Pe 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
It takes “three hundred shields of beaten gold” which are made up of “three pound of gold went to one shield” demonstrating that God is leading the church into “The Process of Spiritual Completion Through Judgment” as we grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (2Pe 3:18). That process is represented by “three pounds of gold” which went into “one shield“. It is not just one shield, however, that keeps the body of Christ safe from the fiery darts of the enemy but rather this second multiple of three’s “three hundred shields of beaten gold” that includes all of the body of Christ, each joint that operates in the measure of faith that God gives us to His glory (Rom 12:1-3, Eph 4:16).
Jdg 7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
[i.e. in reference to “300” being related to the body of Christ; See other examples such as Genesis 6:15 as the length of the ark, Genesis 45:22 as the amount of silver given to Benjamin, Judges 15:4 as the number of foxes Samson caught, and 2 Chronicles 35:8 as the number of oxen given by Josiah’s princes for the passover offering.]
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service [‘becoming a shield of faith along with the rest of the body of Christ‘].
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God [“grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ“].
Rom 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
1Ki 10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
1Ki 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
1Ki 10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
The “great throne of ivory” that has been overlaid “with the best gold” represents where the pure and undefiled mind of God resides in our heavens if Christ is in us (Rom 8:9). None of this imagery is going to have any impact on us personally unless we see its inward application for us today (1Co 3:16). This section of Revelation (Rev 4:4-11) brings to light what is unique to God’s elect who have the kingdom of God within them in earnest while in their flesh (Eph 1:14), which is what this typical statement means in its present use: “there was not the like made in any kingdom” (Luk 17:20-21).
ivoryH8127 From H8150 [A primitive root; to point (transitively or intransitively); intensively to pierce; figuratively to inculcate: – prick sharp (-en) teach diligently whet.]; a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for H8143) ivory; figuratively a cliff: – crag X forefront ivory X sharp tooth.
Rev 4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
Rev 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Rev 4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Rev 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
Rev 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Rev 4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
Rev 4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Rev 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
That kingdom within us is where Christ resides on the throne of our heart. We enter into God’s presence through Christ through whom we are accepted (Eph 1:6). He is the one who has all power over heaven and earth within us (Mat 28:18), and as such it is possible for us to fulfill God’s will in earth as in heaven through Christ (Mat 6:10) as He works in us both to will and to do of God’s good pleasure (Php 2:12-13). The kingdom of God resides within God’s elect today in earnest and is recognized through the eyes that see and ears that hear, which God has given us (Mat 13:16). We are immeasurably blessed to have this relationship with our Father and Christ that is promised to lead to eternal life (Joh 17:3, Php 1:6).
With these verses in mind, the figures and imagery around the throne of Solomon should take on their true meaning in our heavens. Starting with “The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind“. Six steps represent man and how, through Christ in us represented by the witness of a lion on either side of the step, “twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps“, we can transition toward knowing Christ as we grow in the grace and knowledge of Him (2Pe 3:18). Therefore there are twelve lions, one on each side of each step as well as two at the top, one on either side of the throne which represent the finished work of grace and faith that has us abiding beside our Lord.
The “two lions stood beside the staysH3027“: this word translated “stays” is the Hebrew word ‘yawd’, reminding us all along who it is that was giving us increase up those steps to get to this point of a mature relationship, it was all by his power and direction in our lives (1Co 3:6, Rom 8:14-16).
H3027
yâd
yawd
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote: – (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, [broken-] handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand [-staves, -y work], X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, [left-] handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X them-selves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, [way-] side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X your-selves.Total KJV occurrences: 1612
It is God’s hand represented by the staysH3027–yawd that is behind all the judgment that is taking place from “the top of the throne” where it was “roundH5696 behind:H4480 H310“.
The Strong’s number translated “roundH5696” in the verse: “The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was roundH5696 behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays“, is used six times in the old covenant, and in most instances is connected to the molten sea or the elect. I’ve copied and pasted those entries here so we can see the obvious connection to judgment and repentance that God’s elect, represented by the “two lions” at the top of the stairs have experienced, and as such are going to be used of our Father to bring the world to give an accounting of all their actions.
1Ki 7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was roundH5696 all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
1Ki 7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
1Ki 7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was roundH5696 after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
1Ki 7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.1Ki 7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
1Ki 7:35 And in the top of the base was there a roundH5696 compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
1Ki 7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.1Ki 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was roundH5696 behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.H3027–yawd
2Ch 4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round aboutH5696.
H5696
‛âgôl
Total KJV Occurrences: 6round, 6 1Ki_7:23, 1Ki_7:31 (2), 1Ki_7:35, 1Ki_10:19, 2Ch_4:2
Next week, Lord willing, we will look at the last section of this chapter of kings that further brings home the point of why God has given Solomon, who is a type of the elect, such great riches and wisdom which represent the mind of Christ that has been given to His people so we can be sent as Christ was (Joh 20:21) to ultimately bring healing (Psa 107:20) to all the nations without through judgment (1Pe 4:17, Jas 2:13, Oba 1:21, 1Co 6:3, Joh 9:39).
1Pe 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Jas 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Oba 1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.
1Co 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
Joh 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
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