Then David gave to Solomon his son the plans for the porch of the temple, for its houses, for its treasuries, for its upper rooms, for its inner rooms, for the place of the mercy seat;
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 11. Description, impressed by God on David’s imagination; (Cajet.) or rather planned out by the hand of God, (verse 19. Salien) as the law was written. Bible.—The Jews pretend that this plan was delivered to Moses, and handed down by Josue, and so forth to David. E.—But why might not David receive it immediately from heaven? Calmet.—Treasures. Lit. “cellars.” Bible.—The original term, Ganzac, is not Hebrew We find Ganas (Esther 3:9) to signify a treasure, being derived from the Persian, Gaza. David gave, therefore, a description of the rooms to keep the treasures of the temple, or of the cellars for wine and oil. Calmet.—Septuagint “a pattern of the temple and of the houses thereof, and of the Zakcho, and of the upper rooms, and of the inner storehouses,” and so forth Bible.—Inner, or most retired closets, (3 Kennicott. 20:30. Calmet.) where the Levites slept. Menochius.—Seat, where the ark was kept, and God was rendered propitious. Bible.