John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple, of gold." — 1 Kings 7:50 (ASV)
And the bowls
To keep the oil in:
and the snuffers ;
to trim the lamps with; though some interpret the word of musical instruments, as the Targum, of psalteries:
and the basins ;
which were to receive the blood of the sacrifices; and, Ben Gersom thinks, particularly the blood of those that were brought into the sanctuary, see (Hebrews 13:11) , there were an hundred of them, (2 Chronicles 4:8)
and the spoons ;
which held the incense:
and the censers of pure gold ;
with which the coals were carried from one altar to another, on which the incense was burnt; not only those but all the other vessels were of pure gold:
and the hinges of gold, [both] for the doors of the inner house, the
most holy place, and for the doors of the house ,
to wit,
of the temple ;
the holy of holies and the holy place, the hinges of the doors of each, on which they were hung, and turned, were of gold; so grand and magnificent was this edifice, and so liberal Solomon in the building of it.