* A.M. 2993-3000. B.C. 1011-1004. Solomon.
1Ch 28:11-19
* instructed. Heb. founded. The length.
1Ki 6:2,3
* the first measure.
It is supposed, with much probability, that the first measure
means the cubit used in the time of Moses, contradistinguished
from that used in Babylon, and which the Israelites used after
their return from captivity: and, as these Books were written
after the captivity, it was necessary for the writer to make
this remark, lest it should be thought that the measurement
was by the Babylonish cubit, which was a palm or one-sixth
shorter than the cubit of Moses; which may serve to reconcile
some variations in the historical books, with respect to
numbers when applied to measures.
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