“Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. where: or, which was seen of David his father”
2 Sam. 24:16 , 21 Which is the mountain where Abraham thought to have sacrificed his son, Gen. 22:2 . Cross references: : 1 Kings 6:1
“Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. instructed: Heb. founded”
According to the whole length of the Temple, comprehending the most holy place with the rest.
“And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.”
From the foundation to the top: for in the book of the kings mention is made from the foundation to the first stage. It contained as much as did the breadth of the Temple, 1 Kings 6:3 .
“And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. garnished: Heb. covered”
Some think it is that place which is called Peru.
“And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. wrought: Heb. caused to ascend”
Which separated the Temple from the most holy place.
“Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. high: Heb. long”
Every one was eighteen cubits long, but the half cubit could not be seen, for it was hid in the roundness of the chapiter, and therefore he giveth to every one but 17 and an half.
“And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.”
For every pillar an hundred, read 1 Kings 7:20 .