1 Kings 6:35
in 1 Kings 6He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
KJV
And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
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This verse in 1 Kings 6
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd he carved thereon cherubims, and palm trees, and open flowers,.... As upon the doors of the most holy place, 1Ki 6:32; see Eze 41:25; and covered them with gold, fitted upon the carved work; plates of gold were fitted, as to the dimensions of them, to the cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
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
hammered evenly over the carvings
The gold plates were cut to fit each carved figure. The cherubim, palm trees and open flowers kept their shape under the gold, as John Gill describes. Ezekiel's temple repeats these carved doors at Ezekiel 41:25.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
[These symbols] have already been expounded above, because the same representations or carvings were wrought on the walls of the house and on the inner doors, and the meaning of the figures is obviously that the first door of the temple actually received the same …
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 Century1 voice
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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְקָלַ֤ע | vekala' | and he carved | H7049 → | 7 times |
| כְּרוּבִים֙ | keruvim | cherubim | H3742 → | 91 times |
| וְתִ֣מֹר֔וֹת | vetimorot | and palm trees | H8561 → | 19 times |
| וּפְטֻרֵ֖י | ufeturei | and spread out [things] of | H6362 → | 9 times |
| צִצִּ֑ים | tzitzim | flowers | H6731 → | 15 times |
| וְצִפָּ֣ה | vetzipah | and he overlaid | H6823 → | 47 times |
| זָהָ֔ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| מְיֻשָּׁ֖ר | meyushar | made smooth | H3474 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמְּחֻקֶּֽה׃ | hamechukeh | the carved [work] | H2707 → |
וְקָלַ֤עand he carved
vekala'H7049 →7 times
כְּרוּבִים֙cherubim
keruvimH3742 →91 times
וְתִ֣מֹר֔וֹתand palm trees
vetimorotH8561 →19 times
וּפְטֻרֵ֖יand spread out [things] of
ufetureiH6362 →9 times
צִצִּ֑יםflowers
tzitzimH6731 →15 times
וְצִפָּ֣הand he overlaid
vetzipahH6823 →47 times
זָהָ֔בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
מְיֻשָּׁ֖רmade smooth
meyusharH3474 →
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמְּחֻקֶּֽה׃the carved [work]
hamechukehH2707 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 1.16.8; 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.