...taken of the building of Solomon's temple, I. Kings, vi. 7, that there -was neither hammer, nor ax, nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was building, seems to be a mere trivial circumstance, otherwise than as it contains a very instructive moral to...

...true worship. Respecting the building of the temple, we read that " the house when it was building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought...of iron heard in the house while it was building." By this is meant that in the materials to be used by men in building up their minds into dwelling-places...

...was built of stone made ready 2L before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer, not axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building." So it should be with us. We ought to do our hewing and shaping before we come together....

...built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor axc, nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building." (I. Kings, vi. 7.) In like manner, the feet of the Babylonish image, "which consisted...

...was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up...

...of the anointing oil with which he is ' anointed.'* SOLOMON is recorded to have built the temple " of stone, made ready before it was brought " thither:...any tool of iron heard in the house, " while it was in building." Of the preparation of the stones for the temple the rabbies have invented a most absurd...

...had yv i,.; ]•,.':.- • u..nc,.-ff(,},- .r^,f!' .if,':: <.. 'contained k was brought thither; 10 that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building." 1 Kings vi. 7. The reason for this it perhaps best explained by Exod. xx. 95. " And if...

...expiation.3 Before the Babylonish captivity it had contained it was brought thither ; so that there was no hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building. 1 Kings vi. 7. The reason for this is perhaps best explained by Exod. xx. 25. "And if...

...obstructed in their labour : And from sacred history it appears; that there was neither the sound of the hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the house, while it was in building. This famous fabrick was supported byffourteen huiidred and fifty-three columns, and two...

...the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 7 And the house, when it was in building, 30 in building. 8 The door for the middle chamber we» in the right side of the house: and they went up...