5 7 (cp. 1Ki 6:15; 1 Kings 6:21; 1 Kings 6:29-30). The Temple

5. the greater house It was fortycubits long (1 Kings 6:17), whereas the shrine was twenty(1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 6:20).

he cieled i.e. linedor boarded. The same Hebrew word is translated overlaidin this same verse.

set thereon R.V. wrought thereon, perhaps in the form of reliefs.

palm trees and chains The "chains" perhaps connected one palm tree with another. In 1 Kings 6:29, "cherubim and palm trees and open flowers."

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