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 <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1">Solomon Builds the Temple</div><div class="p"> 1 # 
 2 Chr. 3:1, 2 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon&#8217;s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, #Acts 7:47he began to build the house of the Lord. 2#2 Chr. 3:3, 4; See Ezek. 40&#8211;42The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits#6:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. 3The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house. 4And #Ezek. 40:16; 41:16, 26he made for the house windows with recessed frames.#6:4 Or blocked lattice windows 5#Ezek. 41:6 He also built a structure#6:5 Or platform; also verse 10 against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and #ver. 16, 19, 20, 23, 31; ch. 7:49; 8:6, 8; 2 Chr. 4:20; 5:7, 9; Ps. 28:2 the inner sanctuary. And he made #Ezek. 41:5, 6side chambers all around. 6The lowest story#6:6 Septuagint; Hebrew structure, or platform was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.</div><div class="p"> 7When the house was built, #ch. 5:18; Deut. 27:5, 6it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.</div><div class="p"> 8The entrance for the lowest#6:8 Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew middle story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third. 9#ver. 14, 38So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar. 10He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.</div><div class="p"> 11Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon, 12&#8220;Concerning this house that you are building, #ch. 9:4; [ch. 2:4] if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, #2 Sam. 7:13; 1 Chr. 22:10which I spoke to David your father. 13And #Ex. 25:8 I will dwell among the children of Israel #Deut. 31:6, 8; Josh. 1:5and will not forsake my people Israel.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 14 # ver. 9, 38 So Solomon built the house and finished it. 15He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, #[ch. 7:7]and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress. 16#2 Chr. 3:8 He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as #ch. 7:50; 8:6; Ex. 26:33, 34; 2 Chr. 3:8; Ezek. 45:3; Heb. 9:3the Most Holy Place. 17The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. 18The cedar within the house was carved in the form of #ch. 7:24gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen. 19The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 20The inner sanctuary#6:20 Vulgate; Hebrew And before the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid#6:20 Septuagint made an altar of cedar. 21And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold. 22And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. #Ex. 30:1, 3, 6Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.</div><div class="p"> 23 # For ver. 23-27, see 2 Chr. 3:10-12 In the inner sanctuary #Ex. 37:7-9he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high. 24Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. 25The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form. 26The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub. 27He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house. #ch. 8:7; Ex. 25:20; 37:9; 2 Chr. 5:8And the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one touched the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; their other wings touched each other in the middle of the house. 28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.</div><div class="p"> 29Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms. 30The floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer rooms.</div><div class="p"> 31For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided.#6:31 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain 32He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.</div><div class="p"> 33So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square, 34and two doors of cypress wood. #[Ezek. 41:24]The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work. 36#ch. 7:12He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.</div><div class="p"> 37 # ver. 1 In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv. 38And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.</div>
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 <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1">Solomon Builds the Temple</div><div class="p"> 1 # For ver. 1, 2, see 1 Kgs. 6:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem #Gen. 22:2, 14 on Mount Moriah, where the Lord#3:1 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, #[1 Chr. 21:15, 18, 28]on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. 3These are Solomon&#8217;s #[Ezra 3:11] measurements#3:3 Syriac; Hebrew foundations for building the house of God: #For ver. 3, 4, see 1 Kgs. 6:2, 3the length, in cubits#3:3 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house,#3:4 Compare 1 Kings 6:3; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold. 5#1 Kgs. 6:17 The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold #1 Kgs. 6:29, 32and made palms and chains on it. 6He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. 7So he lined the house with gold&#8212;its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors&#8212;#[See ver. 5 above]and he carved cherubim on the walls.</div><div class="p"> 8 # [1 Kgs. 6:16] And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents#3:8 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms of fine gold. 9The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels.#3:9 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams And he overlaid #1 Chr. 28:11the upper chambers with gold.</div><div class="p"> 10 # For ver. 10-13, see 1 Kgs. 6:23-28 In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood#3:10 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain and overlaid#3:10 Hebrew they overlaid them with gold. 11The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub; 12and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub. 13The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim#3:13 Hebrew they stood on their feet, #[Ezek. 40:9]facing the nave. 14#See Ex. 26:31And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.</div><div class="p"> 15 # For ver. 15, 16, see 1 Kgs. 7:15-20; [1 Kgs. 7:15; 2 Kgs. 25:17; Jer. 52:21] In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each. 16He made chains like a necklace#3:16 Hebrew chains in the inner sanctuary and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. 17#1 Kgs. 7:21He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.</div>
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 <div class="label">97</div><div class="s1">The Lord Reigns</div><div class="q1"> 1 # See Ps. 93:1 The Lord reigns, #Ps. 96:11 let the earth rejoice;</div><div class="q2">let the many #See Ps. 72:10coastlands be glad!</div><div class="q1"> 2 # 
 Ex. 19:9; Deut. 4:11; 5:22; 1 Kgs. 8:12; See Ps. 18:11 Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;</div><div class="q2"> # 
 Ps. 89:14
 righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.</div><div class="q1"> 3 # See Ps. 21:9; 50:3 Fire goes before him</div><div class="q2">and burns up his adversaries all around.</div><div class="q1"> 4His #Ps. 77:18 lightnings light up the world;</div><div class="q2">the earth sees and #[Ps. 96:9]trembles.</div><div class="q1"> 5The mountains #Nah. 1:5; [Judg. 5:5] melt like #See Ps. 68:2 wax before the Lord,</div><div class="q2">before #Josh. 3:11the Lord of all the earth.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 6 # See Ps. 50:6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,</div><div class="q2">and all #Isa. 40:5; 66:18; [Ps. 96:3]the peoples see his glory.</div><div class="q1"> 7All worshipers of images are #Isa. 42:17; 44:9 put to shame,</div><div class="q2">who make their boast in #Ps. 96:5 worthless idols;</div><div class="q2"> # 
 Heb. 1:6
 worship him, all you gods!</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 8Zion hears and #Ps. 48:11is glad,</div><div class="q2">and the daughters of Judah rejoice,</div><div class="q2">because of your judgments, O Lord.</div><div class="q1"> 9For you, O Lord, are #See Ps. 83:18 most high over all the earth;</div><div class="q2">you are exalted far above #See Ps. 95:3all gods.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10O you who love the Lord, #Prov. 8:13; Amos 5:15; Rom. 12:9; See Ps. 34:14 hate evil!</div><div class="q2">He #Ps. 31:23; 37:28; 121:4; 145:20; Prov. 2:8 preserves the lives of his #See Ps. 30:4 saints;</div><div class="q2">he #Dan. 3:28; 6:27; Acts 12:11delivers them from the hand of the wicked.</div><div class="q1"> 11 # 
 Ps. 112:4; 118:27; Prov. 4:18 Light #[Prov. 11:18; Hos. 10:12; James 3:18]is sown#97:11 Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome Light dawns for the righteous,</div><div class="q2">and joy for the upright in heart.</div><div class="q1"> 12 # See Ps. 32:11 Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,</div><div class="q2">and #See Ps. 30:4give thanks to his holy name!</div>
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 <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1">Greeting</div><div class="p"> 1Paul, #[Gal. 1:10] a servant#1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface of Christ Jesus, #1 Cor. 1:1; [1 Cor. 9:1; Heb. 5:4]; See 2 Cor. 1:1 called to be an apostle, #See Acts 13:2set apart for the gospel of God, 2which #Titus 1:2 he promised beforehand #ch. 3:21; 16:26; Luke 1:70through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3concerning his Son, #See Matt. 1:1 who was descended from David#1:3 Or who came from the offspring of David #Gal. 4:4according to the flesh 4and #[Acts 13:33] was declared to be the Son of God #2 Cor. 13:4; Eph. 1:19, 20; Phil. 3:10; [Acts 10:38; 26:23]in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5through whom #ch. 12:3; 15:15 we have received grace and #See Acts 1:25 apostleship #ch. 6:16; 16:26; 1 Pet. 1:2; [ch. 15:18; Acts 6:7] to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name #See Acts 9:15among all the nations, 6including you who are #Rev. 17:14; [ch. 8:28, 30]called to belong to Jesus Christ,</div><div class="p"> 7To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:</div><div class="p"> # 
 1 Cor. 1:3
 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</div><div class="s1">Longing to Go to Rome</div><div class="p"> 8First, #1 Cor. 1:4; Eph. 1:15, 16; Phil. 1:3; Col. 1:3, 4; [ch. 6:17; Phil. 4:6; 2 Tim. 1:3] I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, #ch. 16:19; [1 Thess. 1:8]because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. 9#Phil. 1:8; 1 Thess. 2:5, 10; [ch. 9:1; 2 Cor. 1:23; 11:10, 31] For God is my witness, #See Acts 24:14 whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, #2 Tim. 1:3that without ceasing I mention you 10always in my prayers, asking that somehow #ch. 15:32; [1 Thess. 3:10]by God&#8217;s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. 11For #ch. 15:22, 23; [Acts 19:21]I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you&#8212; 12that is, that we may be mutually encouraged #See 2 Pet. 1:1by each other&#8217;s faith, both yours and mine. 13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,#1:13 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated &#8220;brothers&#8221;) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters that #ch. 15:22, 23; [Acts 19:21] I have often intended to come to you (but #ch. 15:22; [1 Thess. 2:18] thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some #Phil. 4:17; [John 4:36]harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14#1 Cor. 9:16 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to #See Acts 28:2barbarians,#1:14 That is, non-Greeks both to the wise and to the foolish. 15So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.</div><div class="s1">The Righteous Shall Live by Faith</div><div class="p"> 16For #[Ps. 40:9, 10]; See Mark 8:38 I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is #1 Cor. 1:18, 24 the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew #ch. 2:9; See Acts 3:26 first and also to #[Mark 7:26]; See John 7:35the Greek. 17For in it #ch. 3:21; [2 Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:9] the righteousness of God is revealed #See ch. 9:30 from faith for faith,#1:17 Or beginning and ending in faith #Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38; Cited from Hab. 2:4as it is written, &#8220;The righteous shall live by faith.&#8221;#1:17 Or The one who by faith is righteous shall live</div><div class="s1">God&#8217;s Wrath on Unrighteousness</div><div class="p"> 18For #Eph. 5:6; Col. 3:6; [ch. 5:9] the wrath of God #[ch. 2:5]is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19For what can be #ch. 2:14, 15; Acts 14:17; 17:24-27known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, #[Ps. 19:1-6; Jer. 5:21, 22]have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,#1:20 Or clearly perceived from the creation of the world in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they #2 Kgs. 17:15; Jer. 2:5; Eph. 4:17, 18became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22#Jer. 10:14; 1 Cor. 1:20Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23and #Ps. 106:20; Jer. 2:11; [Deut. 4:16-18; Acts 17:29] exchanged the glory of #1 Tim. 1:17the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.</div><div class="p"> 24Therefore #ver. 26, 28; [Eph. 4:19] God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to #[1 Thess. 4:4]the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25because they exchanged the truth about God for #Isa. 28:15; 44:19, 20; Jer. 10:14; Amos 2:4; [2 Thess. 2:11] a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, #ch. 9:5who is blessed forever! Amen.</div><div class="p"> 26For this reason #ver. 24, 28 God gave them up to #[Col. 3:5; 1 Thess. 4:5]dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, #Lev. 18:22; 20:13men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.</div><div class="p"> 28And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, #ver. 24, 26 God gave them up to #[Jer. 6:30] a debased mind to do #[Eph. 5:4]what ought not to be done. 29They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Though they know #ch. 2:26; 8:4 God&#8217;s righteous decree that those who practice such things #ch. 6:21 deserve to die, they not only do them but #Luke 11:48; Acts 8:1; 22:20; [1 Cor. 13:6; 2 Thess. 2:12]give approval to those who practice them.</div>
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