1 Kings 6:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. ”

1 Kings 6:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The size of Solomon’s temple depends upon the true length of the ancient cubit, which is doubtful. It has been estimated as somewhat less than a foot, and again as between 19 and 20 inches, a diffe...
1 Kings 6:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Description of Solomon's Temple. The Temple area is on the eastern hill of Jerusalem, which overlooks the valley of the Kidron, with the Mount of Olives on the opposite side. It was probably not th...
1 Kings 6:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cubits. See App-51.
1 Kings 6:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits , and the height thereof thirty cubits. The length thereof was...
1 Kings 6:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. The house which kin...
1 Kings 6:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Construction of the Temple In shape the Temple was a rectangular hall 60 x 20 x 30 cubits (a cubit being about 18 inches). On its E. face it had a porch (forming an entrance) which extended ac...
1 Kings 6:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The length. — By comparison with Exodus 26:16-23 , we find that the Temple itself was in all its proportions an exact copy of the Tabernacle, each dimension being doubled, and the whole, therefore...
1 Kings 6:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 "And his next son, for wealth and wisdom famed, The clouded Ark of God, till then in tents Wan...
1 Kings 6:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Plan of the Lord's House 1 Kings 6:1-13 The Temple was twice the size of the Tabernacle-ninety feet long by thirty feet broad, and forty-five feet high. The plan had been given to David by...
1 Kings 6:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter is full of interest, as it gives a somewhat detailed description of the structure of the Temple. In all essentials its actual central building was on the pattern of the Tabernacle. It wa...
1 Kings 6:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. It appears that the pa...
1 Kings 6:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the house which King Solomon built for the Lord ,.... For his worship, honour, and glory: the length thereof [was] threescore cubits ; sixty cubits from east to west, including the holy place...
1 Kings 6:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits. Ver. 2. And the ho...
1 Kings 6:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The house Properly so called, as distinct from all the walls and buildings adjoining to it; namely, the holy and most holy place. Which King Solomon built for the Lord For his worship and service...
1 Kings 6:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (vs.1-38) The date of the beginning of the temple is given specifically in verse 1 as the 480th year after Israel had left Egypt, which was the 4th year of Solomon's r...
1 Kings 6:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Building of the Temple. B. C. 1011. 1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and ei...
1 Kings 6:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The house; properly so called, as distinct from all the walls and buildings which were adjoining to it, to wit, the holy and most holy place. The length thereof; from east and to west. And this a...
1 Kings 6:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 6:1 . Began to build the house of the Lord —The chronological year is carefully noted, and no criticism supplies reason...
1 Kings 6:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:1 . In the four hundred and eightieth year. The Hebrew, the Chaldaic, and most of the Greek versions read as the English; yet some difficulties occur. Vide Poli in locum. The following...
1 Kings 6:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

He began to build the house of the Lord. The temple built Solomon’s temple is the most wonderful and interesting building in the world’s history. It was “the mysterious centre of Israel.” It wa...
1 Kings 6:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S TEMPLE .—The preparations for the building of the Temple having been related in the preceding chapter, the historian now proceeds to describe the edifice. He begins his n...
1 Kings 6:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Building Itself
1 Kings 6:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 41:1-15 ; Ezekiel 41:26 ; Ezra 6:3 ; Ezra 6:4 ; Revelation 21:16 ; Revelation 21:17
1 Kings 6:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The house — Properly so called, as distinct from all the walls and buildings which were adjoining to it; namely, the holy, and most holy place. Length — From east, to west. And this and the other m...

1 Kings 6:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 6:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 6:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 6:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 6:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 6:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 6:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 6:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 6:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 6:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 6:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 6:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 6:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 6:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 6:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes