Psalmet 78:69

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Ndërtoi shenjtëroren e tij, ashtu si vëndet shumë të larta, ashtu si tokat që ka krijuar përjetë.

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And he: 1 Kings 6:2, 1 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 3:4

high: 1 Chronicles 29:1, 1 Chronicles 29:19, 2 Chronicles 2:9

earth: Psalms 102:25, Psalms 104:5, Psalms 119:90, Psalms 119:91, 1 Samuel 2:8, Job 26:7, Isaiah 48:13, Isaiah 51:6, Colossians 1:16, Colossians 1:17, Revelation 20:11

established: Heb. founded

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:17 - mountain Leviticus 26:11 - I will 1 Kings 8:13 - a settled 1 Kings 14:21 - the city 2 Kings 21:4 - In Jerusalem 2 Kings 21:7 - In this house 2 Chronicles 7:12 - have chosen 2 Chronicles 12:13 - the city Psalms 24:3 - the hill Psalms 65:1 - in Sion Psalms 68:15 - of God Psalms 74:2 - this mount Psalms 132:13 - the Lord Isaiah 33:20 - the city Jeremiah 10:12 - established Jeremiah 30:18 - the palace Ezekiel 36:2 - even Mark 12:1 - and set

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he built his sanctuary like high palaces,.... The temple at Jerusalem, called a sanctuary, or holy place, because separated and dedicated to holy use and service; where the holy God had his residence, and was worshipped, and was a figure of the holy place not made with hands: this is said to be built by the Lord, because the materials provided for it, and which David and his people so willingly offered, were his own; "of his own" they gave him; as well as the pattern after which it was made was had from the Spirit of God; and it was the Lord that put it into the heart of David to set such a work afoot, and encouraged Solomon to begin and finish it, and gave wisdom, health, and strength, to the workmen to accomplish it; and in reference to this are the words in Psalms 127:1, "except the Lord build the house", c. and this he built not like the "high places", where idolatry was committed the temple was not built in imitation of them; but like what high and eminent men, like such buildings as: they erect; like stately palaces, so Aben Ezra and Kimchi, built for kings and great personages; and such a building was the temple, the most magnificent in all the world, as built by Solomon, and even as rebuilt by Zerubbabel, and repaired by Herod; see Mark 13:1 or it was built "on high", as the Syriac version, on a high hill, Mount Moriah: the Targum is,

"as the horn of the unicorn;''

and so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions. Jarchi interprets it as the high heavens, of which it was a figure; it was like them for magnificence and glory, and like the earth for stability, as follows:

like the earth, which he hath established for ever; as to the substance of it; though as to the qualities of it, it will be done away, and a new one arise; otherwise it will abide for ever, Ecclesiastes 1:4, this respects the continuance of the temple during the Jewish dispensation, when the Gospel temple, or Gospel church, should take place, which will continue to the end of the world: this is opposed to the frequent moves of the tabernacle and ark before the temple was built, when there was no abiding habitation provided for it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he built his sanctuary - His holy place; that is, his tabernacle. The temple was not then built; and, when reared, it was not on Mount Zion, but on Mount Moriah. The name Zion, however, was often given to the whole city.

Like high palaces - The word palaces is not in the original. The Hebrew means simply high places, like hills or mountains. The meaning is, that his sanctuary was exalted, as if it were placed on a high hill. It was a conspicuous object; it could be seen from afar; it was the most prominent thing in the land. See the notes at Isaiah 2:2.

Like the earth - Permanent and established.

Which he hath established for ever - Margin, as in Hebrew, founded. The earth is often represented as founded or established on a solid basis, and thus becomes an emblem of stability and perpetuity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 78:69. He built his sanctuary like high palaces — כמו רמים kemo ramim, which several of the Versions understand of the monoceros or rhinoceros. The temple of God at Jerusalem was the only one in the land, and stood as prominent on Mount Zion as the horn of the unicorn or rhinoceros does upon his snout. And there he established his ark, to go no more out as long as the temple should last. Before this time it was frequently in a migratory state, not only in the wilderness, but afterwards in the promised land. Psalms 78:60.