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1 Kings 6:34

in 1 Kings 6

The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and two doors of fir-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

KJV

And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

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This verse in 1 Kings 6

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
And the two doors were of fir tree,.... the posts were of olive, but the doors of fir, and they were both folding doors, as appears by what follows: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding; which, taking up less room, made the passage wider, see Eze 41:24.

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.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Of the Temple of Solomon 1.16.4 · Written before 735.

proposed

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

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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

Fir-tree - Rather, juniper (1Ki 5:6 note). Each door was made in two parts, which folded back one on the other like shutters, by means of hinges. The weight of the doors no doubt made it inconvenient to open the whole door on every occasion.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּשְׁתֵּ֥יand two

    usheteiH8147 →768 times

  • דַלְת֖וֹתdoors of

    daltotH1817 →88 times

  • עֲצֵ֣יwood<s> of

    ʾatzeiH6086 →328 times

  • בְרוֹשִׁ֑יםcypresses

    veroshimH1265 →20 times

  • שְׁנֵ֨יtwo

    sheneiH8147 →768 times

  • צְלָעִ֜יםsides

    tzelaimH6763 →40 times

  • הַדֶּ֤לֶתthe door

    hadeletH1817 →88 times

  • הָֽאַחַת֙<the> one

    haachatH259 →971 times

  • גְּלִילִ֔ים[were] revolving

    gelilimH1550 →

  • וּשְׁנֵ֧יand two

    usheneiH8147 →768 times

  • קְלָעִ֛יםcurtains

    kelaimH7050 →

  • הַדֶּ֥לֶתthe door

    hadeletH1817 →88 times

  • הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית<the> second

    hashenitH8145 →156 times

  • גְּלִילִֽים׃[were] revolving

    gelilimH1550 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

3 stops

Each 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 5:8

    Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 3:5

      He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.

    • 2 Samuel 6:5

      David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

    • 1 Kings 6:15

      He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 6 →

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.

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