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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:15

And he built [ i.e; constructed, covered ] the walls of the house within [but not without also, as Stanley affirms, "Its massive stonewalls were entirely cased in cedar, so as to give it the appearance of a rough log house"] with boards [or beams ( צְלָעוֹת ): same word as in 1 Kings 6:5-8 ] of cedar [Heb. cedars. The practice of covering stone walls with a lining of wood, which in turn was ornamented with gold or colour ( Jeremiah 22:14 ), seems to have had its origin in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:16

And he built twenty cubits on [Heb. from ] the sides of the house both the floor and the walls [Heb. as in verse 15, "from the floor to the walls" (or beams). If קִירוֹת is a copyist's error, it is repeated here] with boards of cedar [He is now speaking of the wooden partition which separated the oracle from the temple of the house. At a distance of 20 cubits, measured along the sides from the west end of the house, he erected a cedar wall which reached from the floor to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:17

And the house, that is, the temple before it [or, the anterior temple. The portion of the structure before the oracle is sometimes called, as here, "the house;" sometimes (as in ver, 5) "the temple; sometimes (as in 1 Kings 6:4 ) "the temple of the house;" or, as here again, "the front temple," לִפְנַי is supposed to be an adjective formed from לִפְנֵי . Thenius, however, supposes that דְּבִיר ( oracle ) has fallen out of the text. Our author now describes the division of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:18

And the cedar of the house within [lit . cedar (wood) was placed against the house inside ] was carved with knops [Heb. sculpture of gourds. The sculpture is in apposition to cedar. The authorities are divided as to the kind of sculpture intended. Keil thinks they were bassi relievi; Bähr contends that, like those of the Egyptian monuments, they were sunken, פְּקָעִים is generally assumed to be synonymous with פְּקֻעֹת "squirting cucumbers" ( 2 Kings 4:39 , note). Bähr,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 6:15

The description of this verse applies to the main chamber of the temple, the holy place, only. The writer in 1 Kings 6:16 describes the holy of holies.The marginal rendering of this verse is right, and not the rendering in the text.Fir - Rather, “juniper.” See 1 Kings 5:6 note. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 6:16

The meaning is, that at the distance of 20 cubits, measured along the side walls of the house from the end wall, Solomon constructed a partition, which reached from the floor to the ceiling and had a doorway in it. He thus made within the house, a sanctuary for a holy of holies. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 6:18

Knops and open flowers - Rather, “gourds and opening flower-buds.” Imitations of the vegetable world are among the earliest of architectural ornaments. They abound in the architecture of Egypt and Persia. In that of Assyria they occur more sparingly. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 6:15

1 Kings 6:15. He built the walls within with boards of cedar He wainscoted the house, as we now speak, with cedar. Both the floor of the house and the walls of the ceiling Or, from the floor unto the ceiling; that is, from the bottom to the top. And he covered the floor with planks of fir Or, with another sort of cedar, which was a great deal firmer and more lasting than fir. See 1 Kings 5:8. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 6:16

1 Kings 6:16. He built twenty cubits on the sides of the house He speaks here of the most holy place, which contained in length twenty cubits, and might be said to be on the sides of the house, because it took off twenty cubits in length from each side of the house, and was also twenty cubits from side to side, so it was twenty cubits every way. He built them for it within, even for the oracle, the most holy place The last words are added to explain what he means by the word ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 6:17-18

1 Kings 6:17-18. The temple before it The part of the house which was before the most holy place. In the Hebrew the words are, before my face, that is, before the place where the divine glory appeared. Was forty cubits long Twice as long as the most holy place. The cedar of the house was carved Cedar is here named, not to exclude all other wood, but stone only, as the following words show. Carved with knops Or gourds, as it is 2 Kings 4:39, where the like word is translated ... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:15

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:17

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 6:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 6:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 6:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 6:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 6:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 6:17-18

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