1 Kings 6:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. ”

1 Kings 6:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A fifth part - Better than the margin. The meaning seems to be that the lintel was one-fifth of the width of the wall, and each door-post one-fifth of its height. Thus the opening was a square of...
1 Kings 6:31 - 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 6:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall .
1 Kings 6:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The lintel, &c.— The post which was the door cheeks, was at the fifth cubit. Lightf. vol. i. 1084.
1 Kings 6:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. For the entering of the oracle. The door of the most holy place was ma...
1 Kings 6:31 - 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 6:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Doors. — The two doors of olive wood, from the Holy place into the Oracle, which as a rule stood open, showing the veil and the golden chains, were of moderate size. If our version (as is probable)...
1 Kings 6:31 - 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 6:31 - 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 6:31 - 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 6:31 - 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 6:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And for the entering of the oracle he made doors [of] olive tree ,.... The door of the holy of holies was a two leaved or folding door, made of olive wood; typical of Christ, the door into the churc...
1 Kings 6:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And for the entering of the oracle he made doors [of] olive tree: the lintel [and] side posts [were] a fifth part [of the wall]. Ver. 31. Doors of olive tree. ] Which kind of wood is hard, firm, a...
1 Kings 6:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The lintel and side-posts were a fifth part of the wall The original text here is very obscure, there being nothing in it for the words, of the wall; but only, The lintel and side-posts were a f...
1 Kings 6:31 - 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 6:31 - 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 6:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Four cubits in height or breadth, whereas the wall was twenty cubits. Or, a fifth part of the door now mentioned. Or rather, five-square , having five sides and five angles, which is not inco...
1 Kings 6:31 - 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 6:31 - 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 6:31 - 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 6:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ornamentation of the Temple
1 Kings 6:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 3:18 ; Hebrews 10:19 ; Hebrews 10:20 ; John 10:9 ; John 14:6
1 Kings 6:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fifth part — That is, four cubits in height or breadth, whereas the wall was twenty cubits.

1 Kings 6:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 6:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 6:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 6:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 6:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 6:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 6:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 6:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 6:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 6:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 6:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 6:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 6:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 6:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes