See the note on 1 Kings 6:2. In Jewish eyes, at the time the temple was built, it may have been "great"; that is to say, it may have ex…

And the house which I build is great. — 1 Chronicles 29:1.

Great is our God above all gods…

And the house which I build is great
Not so very large, though that, with all apartments and courts belonging to it,…

Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile sup…