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that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Large chambers - spacious upper chambers.

It is cieled - Or, roofing it.

Vermilion - The pigment which gives the…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Large chambers. —As before, “upper storeys or chambers.”

Cutteth him out windows. —The verb is the…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Some render the last words, “and painted with red”; but vermilion is a kind of red. They, indeed, mention three kinds of red—deep red, bro…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

That says, I will build me a wide house
Or, "a house of measures", or, "dimensions" F9 ; a very large hou…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here is a sentence of death upon two kings, the wicked sons of a very pious father. Josiah was prevented from seeing the evil to come in this world…

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