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1 Kings 6 - Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 6

This chapter gives an account of the building of the temple, for which preparations were before made and begins with the time of its building, 1 Kings 6:1; gives the dimensions of it and the porch before it, 1 Kings 6:2; observes the windows in it and chambers about it, 1 Kings 6:4; and while it was building, Solomon had a word from the Lord relative to it, 1 Kings 6:11; and then the account goes on concerning the walls of the house, and the flooring of it, 1 Kings 6:15; and the oracle in it, and the cherubim in that, 1 Kings 6:19; and the doors into it, and the carved work of them, 1 Kings 6:31; and the chapter is concluded with observing the time when it was begun and finished 1 Kings 6:37.

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See also 1 Kings 6 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _SOLOMON BUILDS THE TEMPLE, SIXTY CUBITS LONG, TWENTY CUBITS BROAD, AND THIRTY HIGH; WHICH HE DIVIDES INTO TWO PARTS; THE EXTERIOR CALLED THE TEMPLE, AND THE INTERIOR CALLED THE ORACLE, IN WHICH THE C...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER SIX OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 1 Kings 7:1-51 In chapter seven the discussion of Solomon's construction works continues. After describing concisely the royal palace complex built by Solomon...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 age; (a-9) Lit. 'days.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    VI. Chapter s 6 and 7 form a section almost technically descriptive of the Temple and other building works of Solomon, (_a_) The general account of the building of the Temple occupies 1 Kings 6; (_b_)...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2992. B.C. 1012._ The time when the temple was built, 1 Kings 6:1. The dimensions of it, 1 Kings 6:2; 1 Kings 6:3. The windows, chambers, materials, doors,...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The building of Solomons Temple. 5 The chambers thereof. 11 Gods promise vnto it. 15 The sieling and adorning of it: 23 The Cherubims. 31 The doores. 36 The court. 37 The time of building it....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * The building of Solomon's temple. (1-10) Promise given concerning the temple. (11-14) Particulars respecting the temple. (15-38)...

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