1 Kings 6:33
in 1 Kings 6In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part of the wall;
KJV
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
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This verse in 1 Kings 6
Commentary
7 notes on this verseSo also made he for the door of the temple,.... The holy place: posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall; which was five cubits, its breadth being twenty, 1Ki 6:20; this door was a cubit wider than that into the most holy place, 1Ki 6:31, more entering into the one than into the other; as more go into the church on earth than into the heavenly glory.
This site's exposition
doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts
on 1 Kings 6:31-35
The doors into the inner sanctuary are olive wood, carved with “cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers” and overlaid with gold. The outer doors into the temple are cypress, carved the same way. Every threshold repeats the same three carved figures, so a worshipper passing inward meets the same pattern.
This site's exposition
four-sided doorposts of olive wood
The Hebrew here can be read as four-sided doorposts or as posts that took a quarter of the wall. Albert Barnes takes it as a doorway five cubits high. John Gill reads the outer door as a cubit wider than the inner one.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Just as the entrance to the inner sanctuary by which one reached the ark of the Lord and the cherubim signifies the entrance to the kingdom of heaven whereby we hope and desire to be introduced to the vision of our Creator and the heavenly …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The inner court, in which the brazen altar was at which the priests ministered. This was separated from the court where the people were by a low wall, three rows of hewn stone tipped with a cornice of cedar (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The door of the temple - The door, that is, which led from the porch into the great chamber of the temple. Its posts were “a fourth part of the wall,” or, “five cubits high,” which was, therefore, the height of the doorway.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
for the entering of the oracle--The door of the most holy place was made of solid olive tree and adorned with figures. The door of the holy place was made of cypress wood, the sides being of olive wood.
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The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכֵ֥ן | vekhen | and thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| עָשָׂ֛ה | ʾasah | he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְפֶ֥תַח | lefetach | for [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| הַֽהֵיכָ֖ל | haheikhal | the temple | H1964 → | 80 times |
| מְזוּז֣וֹת | mezuzot | doorposts of | H4201 → | 19 times |
| עֲצֵי־ | ʾatzei- | wood<s> of | H6086 → | 328 times |
| שָׁ֑מֶן | shamen | olive | H8081 → | 193 times |
| מֵאֵ֖ת | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| רְבִעִֽית׃ | reviit | a fourth | H7243 → | 56 times |
וְכֵ֥ןand thus
vekhenH3651 →771 times
עָשָׂ֛הhe made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
לְפֶ֥תַחfor [the] entrance of
lefetachH6607 →164 times
הַֽהֵיכָ֖לthe temple
haheikhalH1964 →80 times
מְזוּז֣וֹתdoorposts of
mezuzotH4201 →19 times
עֲצֵי־wood<s> of
ʾatzei-H6086 →328 times
שָׁ֑מֶןolive
shamenH8081 →193 times
מֵאֵ֖תfrom with
meetH854 →929 times
רְבִעִֽית׃a fourth
reviitH7243 →56 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 1.16.4; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.