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A Glimpse of the Global Church
Commentators see the collaboration between Solomon's builders and Gentile craftsmen (Hiram's builders and the Gebalites) as a powerful foreshadowing. This international effort to build the physical temple typified the future reality of the Church, God's spiritual house, which would be built by both Jews and Gentiles together.
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1 Kings
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 5:18
18th Century
Theologian
The stone-squarers - The Gebalites, the inhabitants of Gebal, a Phoenician city between Beirut and Tripolis, which the Greeks called Byblus,…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 5:18
19th Century
Bishop
The stone-squarers.—This rendering is a curious gloss on the proper name, “Giblites” (see margin). The Giblites were the …
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Kings 5:18
19th Century
Preacher
So they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
Nothing is too good or too costly to be given to God, and let us consider no …
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John Gill
On 1 Kings 5:18
17th Century
Pastor
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew [them] ,
&c.] The stones; for it seems Solomon has not only hewe…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 5:10–18
17th Century
Minister
The temple was chiefly built by the riches and labor of Gentiles, which typified their calling into the church. Solomon commanded, and they brought…