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God Uses Diverse Skills
Solomon openly admitted that his people lacked the specific skill to hew timber, a craft the Sidonians had mastered. Commentators like Spurgeon see this as a model for the church: no one person or group has every gift. God orchestrates His work by bringing together people with different, specialized talents, reminding us to value and seek out the unique abilities of others to accomplish His purposes.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 5:6
18th Century
Theologian
Solomon’s message to Hiram and Hiram’s answer (1 Kings 5:8–9) are given much more fully in 2 Chronicles 2:3–16.
C…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 5:6
19th Century
Bishop
Cedar trees out of Lebanon. The central range of Lebanon is bare; but in the lower ranges there is still—probably in ancient times…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Kings 5:6
19th Century
Preacher
It is not every man who has every gift. Hiram and his Sidonians could hew timber more skillfully than Solomon and his Israelites.
God can alw…
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John Gill
On 1 Kings 5:6
17th Century
Pastor
Now therefore command you that they hew me cedars out of
Lebanon
That is, order his s…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 5:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Here is Solomon's design to build a temple. There is no adversary, meaning no Satan (as the word "adversary" itself implies); nor is there any inst…