1 Reyes 6:7

7 En la construcción del templo solo se emplearon piedras de cantera ya labradas, así que durante las obras no se oyó el ruido de martillos ni de piquetas, ni de ninguna otra herramienta.

1 Reyes 6:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:7

And the house, when it was in building
And all the while it was building:

was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither;
being hewn or squared by the builders and stonesquarers of Solomon and Hiram, ( 1 Kings 5:18 ) ; wherefore the builders had nothing more to do than to lay them in their proper places in the building; it was built with these stones quite up to the ceiling, as Josephus says ^F20; and these so admirably polished, and so artificially joined together, that not the least sign of an axe, or of any working tool, could be discerned in them:

so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, [nor] any tool of iron,
heard in the house while it was in building;
the first of these observations shows, that none are to be laid in the spiritual building of the church, but such as are first hewed and squared by the Spirit, grace, and word of God: or who have an experience of the grace of God, are sound in the faith, and of becoming lives and good conduct; and the other denotes, that such as are therein, whether ministers or members, should do all they do for the edification of the church in a quiet and peaceable manner, without clamour, contention, fights, and tumults.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Antiqu. l. 8. c. 3. sect. 2.

1 Reyes 6:7 In-Context

5 Alrededor del edificio, y contra las paredes de la nave central y del santuario interior, construyó un anexo con celdas laterales.

6 El piso inferior del anexo medía dos metros con veinticinco centímetros de ancho; el piso intermedio, dos metros con setenta centímetros, y el piso más alto, tres metros con quince centímetros. Salomón había mandado hacer salientes en el exterior del templo para que las vigas no se empotraran en la pared misma.

7 En la construcción del templo solo se emplearon piedras de cantera ya labradas, así que durante las obras no se oyó el ruido de martillos ni de piquetas, ni de ninguna otra herramienta.

8 La entrada al piso inferior se hallaba en el lado sur del templo; una escalera de caracol conducía al nivel intermedio y a la planta alta.

9 Salomón terminó de construir el templo techándolo con vigas y tablones de cedro.