1 Kings 6:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. ”

1 Kings 6:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fir-tree - Rather, juniper ( 1 Kings 5:6 note). Each door was made in two parts, which folded back one on the other like shutters, by means of hinges. The weight of the doors no doubt made it in...
1 Kings 6:34 - 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 6:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
1 Kings 6:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Kings 6:34 - 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 6:34 - 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 6:34 - 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 6:34 - 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 6:34 - 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 6:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the two doors [were of] fir tree ,.... the posts were of olive, but the doors of fir, and they were both folding doors, as appears by what follows: the two leaves of the one door [were] foldin...
1 Kings 6:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the two doors [were of] fir tree: the two leaves of the one door [were] folding, and the two leaves of the other door [were] folding. Ver. 34. And the two doors were of fir tree. ] Which were...
1 Kings 6:34 - 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 6:34 - 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 6:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Kings 6:34 - 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 6:34 - 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 6:34 - 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 6:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ornamentation of the Temple
1 Kings 6:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 5:8 ; Ezekiel 41:23-25

1 Kings 6:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 6:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 6:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 6:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 6:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 6:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 6:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 6:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 6:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 6:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 6:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 6:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 6:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge