1 Kings 6:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The door for the middle chamber was in the right sideb of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. ”

1 Kings 6:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The door for the middle chamber - i. e., the door which gave access to the mid-most “set of chambers.” The chambers on the ground-floor were possibly reached each by their own door in the outer w...
1 Kings 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber , and out of the middle into the third.
1 Kings 6:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. No JFB commentary on th...
1 Kings 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(5-10) The general meaning of these verses is clear, though some of the words are doubtful. Round three sides of the Temple was built a kind of aisle, opening, however, outwards and not into the Temp...
1 Kings 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. (4) And for the...
1 Kings 6:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The door of the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house ,.... The south side of it: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber] ; which were outside the chambers, an...
1 Kings 6:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The door for the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber], and out of the middle into the third. Ver. 8. And they went up...
1 Kings 6:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The door for the middle chamber That is, by which they entered to go up into the middle row of chambers; was in the right side That is, in the south side, called the right side , because, when a...
1 Kings 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The door for the middle chamber, i.e. by which they entered to go up to the middle chamber or chambers, to wit, such as were in the middle story. In the right side, i.e. in the south side, called...
1 Kings 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - 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 6:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Building Itself
1 Kings 6:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 41:6 ; Ezekiel 41:7
1 Kings 6:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The door — That is, by which they entered to go up to the middle chamber or chambers; such as were in the middle story. Right side — That is, in the south — side, called the right side; because whe...

1 Kings 6:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 6:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 6:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 6:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 6:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 6:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 6:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 6:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 6:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 6:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 6:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 6:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 6:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 6:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 6:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 6:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes