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

Bible Comments

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 church above and below, the way to heaven and eternal life, the true olive tree:

the lintel [and] side posts [were] a fifth part [of the wall]; four cubits, twenty cubits being the breadth of the oracle; or the lintel was four cubits, twenty being the height of it also, 1 Kings 6:20.

1 Kings 6:31

31 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.