1 Kings 6:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers,f within and without. ”

1 Kings 6:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Palms, cherubs, and flowers - the main decorations of Solomon’s temple - bear considerable resemblance to the ornamentation of the Assyrians, a circumstance which can scarcely be accidental. Wit...
1 Kings 6:29 - 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 6:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
1 Kings 6:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. No...
1 Kings 6:29 - 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 6:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he carved. — If we take this literally, we must suppose that this carving of the cherubim and the palm-trees, in addition to the general decoration of the “gourds and open flowers,” was spread...
1 Kings 6:29 - 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 6:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
1 Kings 6:29 - 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 6:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(15) В¶ And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor...
1 Kings 6:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he carved all the walls of the house about with carved figures of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers ,.... That is, of palm trees, those in full blow: if the cherubim are an emblem of an...
1 Kings 6:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. Ver. 29. And he carved all the walls. ] See on 1 Kings 6...
1 Kings 6:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He overlaid the cherubims with gold It must be observed, there were four cherubim in the most holy place of Solomon's temple; two lesser made by Moses of massy gold, and two larger made by Solomon,...
1 Kings 6:29 - 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 6:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the...
1 Kings 6:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Carved figures of cherubims, as signs of the presence and protection of the angels vouchsafed by God to that place. Palm trees; emblems of that peace and victory over their enemies which the Isra...
1 Kings 6:29 - 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 6:29 - 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 6:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Carved figures of cherubim and palm trees, and open flowers. Cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers The question cannot but occur, Why this peculiar carving exclusively? Everywhere they looked...
1 Kings 6:29 - 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 6:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ornamentation of the Temple
1 Kings 6:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:18 ; 1 Kings 6:32 ; 2 Chronicles 3:14 ; 2 Chronicles 4:2-5 ; Ephesians 3:10 ; Exodus 36:8 ; Luke 2:13 ; Luke 2:14 ; Psalms 103:20 ; Psalms 148:2 ; Psalms 92:12-15 ; Revelation 5...
1 Kings 6:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cherubim — As signs of the presence and protection of the angels vouch — safed by God to that place. Palm — trees — Emblems of that peace and victory over their enemies, which the Israelites duly s...

1 Kings 6:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 6:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 6:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 6:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 6:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 6:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 6:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 6:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 6:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 6:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 6:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 6:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 6:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 6:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes