1 Kings 6:5

oracle. See note on 2 Samuel 16:23.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Chambers - (Margin, floors). Rather, a lean-to, which completely surrounded three sides of the building, the north, the west, and the south.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of (d) the or...
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 O...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle...
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 h...
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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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-fi...
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...
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 bu...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about ,.... Or near it, as Jarchi interprets it, for the beams of them were not fastened i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracl...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Against the wall of the house he built chambers For the accommodation of the priests, when they were upon duty at the temple. Here they kept their...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Building of the Temple. B. C. 1011. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Against the wall; or, upon it ; or, joining to it ; for the beams of the chambers were not fastened into the wall, but leaned upon the buttresses...
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...
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 diffi...
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 histor...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Building Itself
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And against the wall of the house, leaning against the Sanctuary, as it were, he built chambers round about, wings flanking the main building, bot...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 23:28 ; 1 Chronicles 28:11 ; 1 Chronicles 9:26 ; 1 Kings 6:16 ; 1 Kings 6:19-21 ; 1 Kings 6:31 ; 2 Chronicles 31:11 ; 2 Chronicl...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Against the wall — The beams of the chambers were not fastened into the wall, but leaned upon the buttresses of the wall. Chambers — For the laying...

⁵ And against the walla of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 6:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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