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four hundred and eightieth year. Note max the number is Greekinal (not Cardinal) = the 480th year of some longer and larger period, viz. the 490 years from the Exodus to the Dedication of the Temple; the difference of ten years being made up of seven years in building (1Ki_6:38) and three years in furnishing. Dedicated not in seventh year, for Completion took place in the eighth month of one year (1Ki_6:38), and the Dedication in the seventh month of another (1Ki_8:2). The chronological period was 40 years in wilderness + 450 years under judges + 40 years of Saul + 40 years of David + 3 years of Solomon (1Ki_6:1) = 573 (from 1490-917). The mystical period of 480 years is obtained by deducting the period of 93 years, when Israel's national position was in abeyance. Thus: 8 (Jdg_3:8) + 18 (Jdg_3:14) + 20 (Jdg_4:3) + 7 (Jdg_6:1) + 40 (Jdg_13:1) = 93. (N. B. The eighteen years of Jdg_10:7, Jdg_10:9, was local and beyond Jordan. It did not affect the national position). Hence 573-93 = 480 (from 873-93).
children = sons.
the house of the LORD = the Temple. Similar in plan to the Tabernacle, but double the size. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.