1 Kings 6:22

And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The lavish use of the precious metals in ornamentation was a special feature if early Oriental architecture. Recent researches have given reason to...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the (l) whole altar that [was] by the oracle he overlaid with go...
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

whole house. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Whole). App-6. Put for every part of it.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold....
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

By the oracle ] The altar was not actually within the oracle but near it.
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

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Oracle in the Midst 1 Kings 6:14-28 In the Temple the general design of the Tabernacle was perpetuated by the division between the Holy Pla...
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

(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 th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the whole house he overlaid with gold ,.... Both the holy place, and the most holy place: until he had finished all the house ; in this splend...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that [was] by the oracle he overlaid with gold....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the whole house he overlaid with gold Not only the oracle, but all the holy place; and, as some think, even the chambers belonging to it. Also...
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

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 cover...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The whole house ; not only the oracle, but all the holy place; and, as some add, even the chambers belonging to it. The whole altar that was by 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 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 Ornamentation of the Temple
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the whole house, both rooms of the Sanctuary, he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house; also the whole altar that was by the o...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:20 ; 2 Chronicles 3:7-14 ; Exodus 30:1 ; Exodus 30:3 ; Exodus 30:5 ; Exodus 30:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whole house — Not only the oracle, but all the holy place. The altar — the altar of incense, which was set in the holy place close by the doors of...

²² And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 6:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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 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

1 Kings 6:22