The Bible In Paintings, #126: SOLOMON CONTINUES BUILDING GOD’S TEMPLE

Bing Images ^ | c. 2200 BC -- c. 95 AD | by the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

[Hebrews 11:6]

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SOLOMON
CONTINUES BUILDING
GOD’S TEMPLE

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1^st. K I N G S . 4 – 8
New International Version, emphases added
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9 6 7 – 9 6 0 . B. C.

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CHAPTER 7

13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.

15 He casttwo bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. 21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz. 22 And so the work on the pillars was completed.

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23 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high.

25 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east.

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27 He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high. 30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side.

38 He then made ten bronze basins, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. 39 He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

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2 Chronicles 4

1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.

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48 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple: the golden altar;

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the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence;

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49 the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary);

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→ a n d…. f i n a l l y ←

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For a marvelously detailed tour of ancient Jerusalem,
CLICK HERE to visit Wikimedia, then
CLICK ON IMAGE and ZOOM IN,
and begin your tour!
“The Ancient City of Jerusalem with Solomon's Temple”

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SNEAK PEEK: Next time,

SOLOMON FINISHES
BUILDING GOD’S TEMPLE

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R E S O U R C E S

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If you'd like to see for yourself the Bing page
which yielded most of the works above, here is the link:

Hiram Of Tyre Sends Solomon Cedar Logs

Image Sources are provided for most individual works.
Where no attribution appears below a work,
the source did not provide the artist's name.
Works are numbered to facilitate your commenting.

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Links to three masters who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:

REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON van RIJN

GUSTAV DORÉ
241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours

JAMES TISSOT
180 watercolors depicting Bible scenes

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Links to two Bibles with comprehensive illustrations:

The Art Bible (1896)

The Maciejowski-Morgan Bible (c.1245)

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This series keeps moving from one Bible passage to another,
so here is a fascinating and enjoyable link to assist in following along:
BIBLE TIMELINE

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Here are links to the
PREVIOUS 125 POSTS IN THIS SERIES
with descriptive titles to assist you in finding those which interest you

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Finally, what God did to initiate The Bible In Paintings:
HOW GOD STARTED THIS SERIES
BY SHOWING ME JUST ONE PICTURE

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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site,
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!

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NOTES ON MY SELECTION CRITERIA

Q u a l i t y The Bible and its Author are my focus, not the art:
this is The Bible in Paintings, not “Great Paintings” nor even “Good Paintings.” So, works need not be masterpieces to qualify for inclusion here—they don’t need to be housed at the Louvre nor auctioned by Sotheby’s. They only need to illustrate successfully some aspect of the Biblical text or, frankly, just tickle my fancy, which I'm asking the Holy Spirit to guide. Often, artists misrepresent the Scripture, but unless the error is material, licentious or heretical I usually include the artwork, trusting that the Spirit is perfectly capable of defending Himself. So, with such forgiving filters, it means that you're seeing practically everything I'm finding.

P a c i n g

The pace may seem appallingly snail-like
to those eager to see their favorite events illustrated. My commission is to search for art on each Bible passage in sequence: if I find enough, then it becomes the next installment, even if undramatic; but where there is little or no art, that Bible passage goes untold here. The Bible is a thick book, as you know; but we'll get there eventually, Lord willing—this is His project, after all. Always remember:
love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control is a fruit of the Spirit!

S e q u e n c i n g The Protestant Canon does not (indeed, cannot)
follow a strictly chronological sequence. There are many examples where, for God's good purposes, stories are told out-of-order. Nevertheless, for the sake of simplicity, clarity, and my sanity, I have chosen to proceed linearly and methodically from Genesis onward, illustrating each Bible passage as we come to it. Where two passages cover the same incident I omit the second telling, excepting the four Gospels which I will treat synoptically. Now, onward!

Art is merely the Toy Department of Bible study,
so I’m just having fun here—I hope you are, too!
Thank you for your understanding.

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[Hebrews 11:6]

At the Holy Spirit's prompting, I am surveying "Bible art" to give God glory, as many of these artists have done, and for my own amusement and learning; and I thought others might enjoy it and be blessed by it, too. My plan is to proceed methodically from left-to-right, Genesis to Revelation, as the Lord wills. Back soon with another.

The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us!

But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is being filmed right now. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year’s viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.

Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: “Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast.” Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access—best 35 bucks I’ve ever spent (I don’t recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 43 years ago).

[Hebrews 11:6]

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F o r . . y o u r

CONSIDERATION

ENJOYMENT

& BLESSING

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That is an amazing quantity of bronze.

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Didn’t even bother weighing it. Metals were beyond-abundant under Solomon, with gold and silver everywhere. Mining techniques must have been rudimentary, which suggests two explanations to me: some easy pickings at first, and vast hordes of forced laborers.

[etabeta]

Stellar presentation. Thank you.

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Bronze and copper were the plastic of the day, durable, recyclable and they made everything out of it!

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Bu the way, I don’t imagine those columns were solid, but rather were hollow cylinders—which still represents, as you put it, “an amazing quantity of bronze.”

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Still must dedicate the Temple, tomorrow.

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A few years ago, we did a study of the Temple on the Jerusalem Thread.

I found lots of cool pictures, but you seem to have found even more.

Excellent Job! :-)

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“Bloodhound Dan”

[Cloverfarm]

Thanks for finding these illustrations. The ladies’ Bible study has been on a long march through the Old Testament and this has helped me visualize the Temple. Good job!

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LOL. Good doggie. :-)

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this has helped me visualize

The very point of doing this--that, and facilitating meditation upon the text, thereby giving the Holy Spirit additional access.

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Where’s my treat?

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a long march through the Old Testament

I can certainly relate to that--not that I'm complaining. Indeed, I don't know yet how the Lord will want me to handle the Gospels once we finally reach them: some scenes have THOUSANDS of great pictures. Already, without even trying at all, I've accumulated dozens and dozens.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much for all the heavy metal, Dan!

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

"God save all here!"

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"Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you."

[left that other site]

Here Ya Go!

You Deserve a Big Bunch of 'Em.

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Woof!

Such a highbrow thread!

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:-)