1 Kings 6:32
in 1 Kings 6The 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So he made two doors of olive-wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.
KJV
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
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This verse in 1 Kings 6
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The two doors - i. e., two leaves which met in the middle, as in the Assyrian gate-ways generally. Spread gold - The doors were not simply sheeted with gold, like the floors 1Ki 6:30, but had the gold hammered to fit the forms of the palms, cherubs, and flowers carved upon them. 1Ki 6:35. Such hammered metal-work, generally in bronze, has been found in tolerable abundance among the Assyrian remains.
This site's exposition
a fifth part of the wall
on 1 Kings 6:31-35
The doors into the oracle are olive tree, a fifth of the wall's width, carved with the same cherubims, palm trees and open flowers as the walls and then gilded; the outer doors into the temple proper are fir, a fourth of the wall's width, carved the same way. Every threshold in the house repeats the same three carved figures, so a worshipper passing from the temple into the oracle meets no change of vocabulary, only a change of degree. The measurements differ enough to mark two separate doors and nothing more.
This site's exposition
The double doors were made of olive wood
The double doors were two leaves that met in the middle, like the gateways of Assyria. Albert Barnes explains that the gold was hammered to fit the carved cherubim and palm trees, where the floor had plain sheets. Assyrian remains show such hammered work, mostly in bronze.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Now all these items, that is, cherubim and palm trees and carvings in the adornment of the temple walls, have been set forth and explained above according to our ability. There is no need to go to the trouble of adding anything further. For the …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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 two doors also were of olive tree,.... The two leaves of the door, as before observed, repeated for the sake of the ornament of them, as follows: and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims, and palm trees, and open flowers; as upon the walls, 1Ki 6:29; and overlaid them with gold; the two doors: and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees; thin plates of gold.
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
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁתֵּי֮ | ushetei | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| דַּלְת֣וֹת | daltot | doors of | H1817 → | 88 times |
| עֲצֵי־ | ʾatzei- | wood<s> of | H6086 → | 328 times |
| שֶׁמֶן֒ | shemen | olive | H8081 → | 193 times |
| וְקָלַ֣ע | vekala' | and he carved | H7049 → | 7 times |
| עֲ֠לֵיהֶם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִקְלְע֨וֹת | mikleot | carvings of | H4734 → | 4 times |
| כְּרוּבִ֧ים | keruvim | cherubim | H3742 → | 91 times |
| וְתִמֹר֛וֹת | vetimorot | and palm trees | H8561 → | 19 times |
| וּפְטוּרֵ֥י | ufeturei | and spread out [things] of | H6362 → | 9 times |
| צִצִּ֖ים | tzitzim | flowers | H6731 → | 15 times |
| וְצִפָּ֣ה | vetzipah | and he overlaid [them] | H6823 → | 47 times |
| זָהָ֑ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וַיָּ֛רֶד | vaiyared | and he hammered out | H7286 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַכְּרוּבִ֥ים | hakeruvim | the cherubim | H3742 → | 91 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַתִּֽמֹר֖וֹת | hatimorot | the palm trees | H8561 → | 19 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַזָּהָֽב׃ | hazahav | the gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
וּשְׁתֵּי֮and two
usheteiH8147 →768 times
דַּלְת֣וֹתdoors of
daltotH1817 →88 times
עֲצֵי־wood<s> of
ʾatzei-H6086 →328 times
שֶׁמֶן֒olive
shemenH8081 →193 times
וְקָלַ֣עand he carved
vekala'H7049 →7 times
עֲ֠לֵיהֶםon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
מִקְלְע֨וֹתcarvings of
mikleotH4734 →4 times
כְּרוּבִ֧יםcherubim
keruvimH3742 →91 times
וְתִמֹר֛וֹתand palm trees
vetimorotH8561 →19 times
וּפְטוּרֵ֥יand spread out [things] of
ufetureiH6362 →9 times
צִצִּ֖יםflowers
tzitzimH6731 →15 times
וְצִפָּ֣הand he overlaid [them]
vetzipahH6823 →47 times
זָהָ֑בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
וַיָּ֛רֶדand he hammered out
vaiyaredH7286 →
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַכְּרוּבִ֥יםthe cherubim
hakeruvimH3742 →91 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
הַתִּֽמֹר֖וֹתthe palm trees
hatimorotH8561 →19 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַזָּהָֽב׃the gold
hazahavH2091 →389 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 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
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 6:29Then 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.
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.
- Psalms 92:12–15
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Revelation 5:11–14
Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Revelation 7:9
After 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…
- Ephesians 3:10
His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
- 1 Kings 6:18
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 1.16.1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.