1 Kings 6:2

Ezekiel 41:1-15; Ezekiel 41:26; Ezra 6:3; Ezra 6:4; Revelation 21:16; Revelation 21:17

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The size of Solomon’s temple depends upon the true length of the ancient cubit, which is doubtful. It has been estimated as somewhat less than a fo...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cubits. See App-51.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits , and the hei...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the hei...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The house ] The Temple was built on the N. of the hill upon which Zion, 'the city of David,' stood, there being an ascent from the latter to the for...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The length. — By comparison with Exodus 26:16-23 , we find that the Temple itself was in all its proportions an exact copy of the Tabernacle, each...
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 fam...
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

(2) And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the hei...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the house which King Solomon built for the Lord ,.... For his worship, honour, and glory: the length thereof [was] threescore cubits ; sixty c...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the he...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The house Properly so called, as distinct from all the walls and buildings adjoining to it; namely, the holy and most holy place. Which King Solom...
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

The house; properly so called, as distinct from all the walls and buildings which were adjoining to it, to wit, the holy and most holy place. The...
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 the house which King Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof, of the main building, of the Sanctuary proper, was threescore cubits, insi...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The house — Properly so called, as distinct from all the walls and buildings which were adjoining to it; namely, the holy, and most holy place. Len...

² And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 6:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Kings 6:2