The Meaning of 1 Kings 6:1 Explained

1 Kings 6:1

KJV: And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

YLT: And it cometh to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year -- in the month of Zif, it is the second month -- of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he buildeth the house for Jehovah.

Darby: And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.

ASV: And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.

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What is the context of 1 Kings 6:1?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

What does 1 Kings 6:1 Mean?

Study Notes

Zif
Second month, i.e. May.

the house of the Lord
The typology of the temple, if indeed it has any typical significance, is most obscure and difficult. The N.T. invariably expounds the typology of the tabernacle, not of the temple. The symbolism of the latter may be revealed in the kingdom-age See Scofield " Zechariah 12:8 " N.T.,; Luke 1:32 ; 1 Corinthians 15:28 . In the N.T. the usual Gk. word for sanctuary (naos) is used

(1) of the temple in Jerusalem Matthew 23:16 .

(2) of the believer's body 1 Corinthians 3:16 ; 1 Corinthians 3:17 ; 1 Corinthians 6:19

(3) of the local church 2 Corinthians 6:16 and

(4) of the true church Ephesians 2:21 But in all these instances the thought is simply of a habitation of God. No reference to the structure of the temple, as in the case of the tabernacle Hebrews 9:1 to Hebrews 10:39 .

Zif

Second month, i.e. May.

make man in our image

Man. Genesis 1:26 ; Genesis 1:27 gives the general, Genesis 2:7 ; Genesis 2:21-23 the particular account of the creation of man. The revealed facts are:

(1) Man was created not evolved. This is

(a) expressly declared, and the declaration is confirmed by Christ Matthew 19:14 ; Mark 10:6 ,

(b) "an enormous gulf, a divergence practically infinite" (Huxley) between the lowest man and the highest beast, confirms it;

(d) science and discovery have done nothing to bridge that "gulf."

(2) That man was made in the "image and likeness" of God. This image is found chiefly in man's tri-unity, and in his moral nature. Man is "spirit and soul and body" 1 Thessalonians 5:23 .

"Spirit" is that part of man which "knows" 1 Corinthians 2:11 and which allies him to the spiritual creation and gives him God-consciousness. "Soul" in itself implies self-consciousness life, as distinguished from plants, which have unconscious life. In that sense animals also have "soul" Genesis 1:24 . But the "soul" of man has a vaster content than "soul" as applied to beast life. It is the seat of emotions, desires, affections Psalms 42:1-6 . The "heart" is, in Scripture usage, nearly synonymous with "soul." Because the natural man is, characteristically, the soulual or physical man, "soul" is often used as synonymous with the individual, e.g. Genesis 12:5 . The body, separable from spirit and soul, and susceptible to death, is nevertheless an integral part of man, as the resurrection shows; John 5:28 ; John 5:29 ; 1 Corinthians 15:47-50 ; Revelation 20:11-13 . It is the seat of the senses (the means by which the spirit and soul have world-consciousness) and of the fallen Adamic nature. Romans 7:23 ; Romans 7:24 .

us , Genesis 11:7

Context Summary

1 Kings 6:1-13 - The Plan Of The Lord's House

The Temple was twice the size of the Tabernacle-ninety feet long by thirty feet broad, and forty-five feet high. The plan had been given to David by revelation, 1 Chronicles 28:11-12. Seven years and a half were consumed in its erection. It was completed in sacred silence, 1 Kings 6:7. The awful sanctity of the shrine would have been violated if its construction had been marred by the harsh and violent sounds that generally accompany the mason's toil. "Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprang." In nature, God works so silently that we do not realize His activities.

The central motive was to provide a place worthy to be called the house of God. Israel was now ruled by a king, but he was viewed as the organ and instrument of Jehovah. It was fitting, therefore, that the King of kings should have a dwelling-place among the people of Israel. The tabernacle of God was with men. He dwelled with them on the earth. The Temple was, moreover, the type, first of the body of Jesus, John 2:21; then of each believer, 1 Corinthians 3:16; and lastly of the whole Church, Ephesians 2:21-22. Each of these is the dwelling-place of God, and the innermost chamber-the Holy of Holies-is meant to be the throne-room of the Shekinah of His presence, Leviticus 16:2.

1 Kings 6:1-38 - Breaking Three Commandments

From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.

Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 6

¹ The building of Solomon's temple
⁵ The chambers thereof
¹¹ God's promise unto it
¹⁵ The ceiling and adorning of it
²³ The cherubim
³¹ The doors
³⁶ The court
³⁷ The time of building it

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 6:1 mean?

And it came to pass in the eighty year and four hundred after had come the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt in the year fourth in the month of Ziv it [is] the month second of reign of Solomon over Israel that he began to build the house of Yahweh

וַיְהִ֣י בִשְׁמוֹנִ֣ים שָׁנָ֣ה וְאַרְבַּ֣ע מֵא֣וֹת לְצֵ֣את בְּנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל מֵאֶֽרֶץ־ מִצְרַיִם֩ בַּשָּׁנָ֨ה הָרְבִיעִ֜ית בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ זִ֗ו ה֚וּא הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י לִמְלֹ֥ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּ֥בֶן הַבַּ֖יִת לַיהוָֽה

וַיְהִ֣י	And it came to pass
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בִשְׁמוֹנִ֣ים	in the eighty
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, common plural Root: שְׁמֹנִים Sense: eighty, fourscore.
שָׁנָ֣ה	year
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
וְאַרְבַּ֣ע	and four
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular Root: אַרְבַּע Sense: four.
מֵא֣וֹת	hundred
Parse: Number, feminine plural Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
לְצֵ֣את	after had come
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: יׄוצֵאת Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
בְּנֵֽי־	the sons
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל	of Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
מֵאֶֽרֶץ־	out of the land
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
מִצְרַיִם֩	of Egypt
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מִצְרַיִם Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
בַּשָּׁנָ֨ה	in the year
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
הָרְבִיעִ֜ית	fourth
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal feminine singular Root: רְבִיעִי Sense: fourth.
בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ	in the month
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: חֹדֶשׁ Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
זִ֗ו	of Ziv
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: זִו Sense: name of the 2nd month of the year, corresponding to Apr–May.
ה֚וּא	it [is]
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ	the month
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: חֹדֶשׁ Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַשֵּׁנִ֔י	second
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular Root: שֵׁנִי Sense: second.
לִמְלֹ֥ךְ	of reign
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: מָלַךְ Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה	of Solomon
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שְׁלֹמֹה Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs.
עַל־	over
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
וַיִּ֥בֶן	that he began to build
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: בָּנָה Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
הַבַּ֖יִת	the house
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
לַיהוָֽה	of Yahweh
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.

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