1 Kings 6:29
in 1 Kings 6Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, within and without.
KJV
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
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This verse in 1 Kings 6
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Palms, cherubs, and flowers - the main decorations of Solomon’s temple - bear considerable resemblance to the ornamentation of the Assyrians, a circumstance which can scarcely be accidental. Within and without - i. e., both in the inner chamber, or holy of holies, and in the outer one.
This site's exposition
carved figures of cherubims and palm trees
on 1 Kings 6:29-30
Cherubims, palm trees and open flowers are carved into every wall of the house, within and without, and the floor itself is overlaid with gold. Commentators read the combination as a deliberate echo of Eden, the cherubim who guarded the way to the tree of life at Genesis 3:24 now carved into the walls of the place where God again dwells among his people. Garden imagery, not the tabernacle's plainer forms, covers the sanctuary's every visible surface.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Here it is indicated that there were four symbols of cherubim, palm trees, narcissus and lilies, which we said represent the saints praying in the temple and contemplating divine things. And these same saints were foreshadowed with a similar sense by Moses, even though he …
The Medieval Church1 voice
Solomon makes cherubim in the temple walls when the Lord grants to his elect to guide their lives according to the rule of the holy Scriptures, which contain a great store of knowledge. He makes cherubim when he teaches them to imitate in this world, …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he carved all the walls of the house about with carved figures of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers,....
The heathen set up images of their gods and worshipped them; but these were designed to represent the servants and attendants of the God of Israel, the holy angels, not to be themselves worshipped ( see thou do it not ), but to show how great he is whom we are to worship.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵת֩ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| קִיר֨וֹת | kirot | [the] walls of | H7023 → | 75 times |
| הַבַּ֜יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| מֵסַ֣ב׀ | mesav | round about | H4524 → | |
| קָלַ֗ע | kala' | he carved | H7049 → | 7 times |
| פִּתּוּחֵי֙ | pituchei | engravings of | H6603 → | |
| מִקְלְעוֹת֙ | mikleot | carvings of | H4734 → | 4 times |
| כְּרוּבִ֣ים | keruvim | cherubim | H3742 → | 91 times |
| וְתִֽמֹרֹ֔ת | vetimorot | and palm trees | H8561 → | 19 times |
| וּפְטוּרֵ֖י | ufeturei | and spread out [things] of | H6362 → | 9 times |
| צִצִּ֑ים | tzitzim | flowers | H6731 → | 15 times |
| מִלִּפְנִ֖ים | milifnim | from to faces | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃ | velachitzon | and to the outer | H2435 → |
וְאֵת֩and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
קִיר֨וֹת[the] walls of
kirotH7023 →75 times
הַבַּ֜יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
מֵסַ֣ב׀round about
mesavH4524 →
קָלַ֗עhe carved
kala'H7049 →7 times
פִּתּוּחֵי֙engravings of
pitucheiH6603 →
מִקְלְעוֹת֙carvings of
mikleotH4734 →4 times
כְּרוּבִ֣יםcherubim
keruvimH3742 →91 times
וְתִֽמֹרֹ֔תand palm trees
vetimorotH8561 →19 times
וּפְטוּרֵ֖יand spread out [things] of
ufetureiH6362 →9 times
צִצִּ֑יםflowers
tzitzimH6731 →15 times
מִלִּפְנִ֖יםfrom to faces
milifnimH6440 →2123 times
וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃and to the outer
velachitzonH2435 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes…
it leads to
- Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
- John 12:13
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
- Psalms 117:1–2
Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
- Revelation 7:13–15
Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”
- Psalms 2:8
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Revelation 5:9
Through
1 Kings 6:18The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:24
Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
- 1 Kings 7:24
Through
1 Kings 6:32The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 6:18
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
- 1 Kings 6:18
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 1.14.2; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 6:29; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.