1 Reyes 6:7

7 La casa, mientras se edificaba, se construía de piedras preparadas en la cantera; y no se oyó ni martillo ni hacha ni ningún instrumento de hierro en la casa mientras la construían.

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 Junto a la pared de la casa edificó pisos alrededor de las paredes de la casa, tanto de la nave como del santuario interior, e hizo cámaras laterales en derredor.

6 El piso inferior tenía cinco codos de ancho, y el del medio tenía seis codos de ancho, y el tercero tenía siete codos de ancho; porque por fuera hizo rebajos en la pared de la casa por todo alrededor para no empotrar las vigas en las paredes de la casa.

7 La casa, mientras se edificaba, se construía de piedras preparadas en la cantera; y no se oyó ni martillo ni hacha ni ningún instrumento de hierro en la casa mientras la construían.

8 La entrada a la cámara lateral inferior estaba al lado derecho de la casa; y se subía por una escalera de caracol al piso del medio, y del medio al tercero.

9 Edificó, pues, la casa y la terminó; y cubrió la casa con vigas y tablas de cedro.