1 Chronicles 28:11

“Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, etc.] The breadth, and length, and height of it, which was to be placed at the east end of the temple, and was the entrance into it: and, of the houses thereof; the holy place, and the most holy, which latter is called the greater house, (<140305>2 Chronicles 3:5), and of the treasures; where things belonging to the temple were laid up, the priests’ vestments, and other things: and of the upper chambers; where the priests lay or met for conversation, (<243502>Jeremiah 35:2 <440113>Acts 1:13). and of the inner parlours thereof; where the priests ate of the holy things; all these seem to he buildings against the wall of the temple…”

“Then David gave to Solomon . . . the pattern--He now put into the hands of his son and successor the plan or model of the temple, with the elevations, measurements, apartments, and chief articles of furniture, all of which were designed according to the pattern given him by divine revelation (Ch1 28:19).”

“Compare 1 Chronicles 28:19. As God had revealed to Moses the pattern of the tabernacle Exodus 26:0; Exodus 27:0, so He had made known by revelation to David the pattern of the temple and its furniture. This pattern, which consisted of a set of directions in writing, David now handed over to Solomon. The houses - The “holy place” and the “holy of holies “ - called respectively “the house” and the “inner house” 1 Kings 6:17, 1 Kings 6:27, and 2 Chronicles 3:5, 2 Chronicles 3:8 “the greater house” and “the most holy house.” The upper chambers - Compare 2 Chronicles 3:9 note. The inner parlours - The small rooms of the “lean-to” (1 Kings 6:5 note), entered one from another. return to 'Top of…”

“The porch - Of the temple. The houses - The houses of the temple, namely, the holy place, and the holy of holies. Parlours - Those rooms which were made against the wall of the house round about, Kg1 6:5. The place - In what particular part of the holy of holies it was to be placed. 1 Chronicles 28:12”

“28:11-21 God gave David the actual plans for the Temple through divine inspiration (28:19). On other occasions God also provided plans for the Tabernacle in the wilderness (Exod 25:9) and for the future Temple of Ezekiel (Ezek 40:4).”

“David: He gave him an ichnograph of the building, with elevations, sections and specifications of every part; and all this he himself received by inspiration from God himself ( Ch1 28:12 and Ch1 28:19), just as Moses had received the plan of the tabernacle. the pattern: Ch1 28:19; Exo 25:40, Exo 26:30, Exo 39:42, Exo 39:43; Ch2 3:3; Eze 43:10, Eze 43:11; Heb 8:5 the porch: Kg1 6:3; Ch2 3:4; Eze 40:8, Eze 40:9, Eze 40:15, Eze 40:48, Eze 40:49 the houses: Kg1 6:16-20; Ch2 3:5-10; Eze 41:13-17; Heb 9:2-8 the treasuries: גנזכיו, ganzakkaiv̀. The word גנזך, ganzach, is supposed to be not Hebrew, but Persian; in which language we have gng, ganj, a granary, a hidden treasure, and rwgng, gunjoor,…”

“The sketches and plans of the sacred buildings and vessels. - The enumeration begins in Ch1 28:11 with the temple house, progressing from outside to inside, and in Ch1 28:12 goes on to the courts and the buildings in them, and in Ch1 28:13. to the vessels, etc. תּבנית, model, pattern; cf. Exo 25:9; here the sketches and drawings of the individual things. ואת־בּתּיו is a contraction for בּתּיו ועת־תּבנית, and the suffix refers, as the succeeding words show, not to העוּלם, but to הבּית, which may be easily supplied from the context ( Ch1 28:10). In the porch there were no houses. The בּתּים are the buildings of the temple house, viz., the holy place and the most holy, with the three-storeyed…”