The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:3
And the porch [ אוּלָם , forepart, projection ( Vorhalle, Gesenius). The porch was not a colonnade—that is called a "porch of pillars " ( 1 Kings 7:6 ), but was formed By simply prolonging the side walls, and possibly the roof (see below). Bähr holds that it had only side walls and cieling (sic), and was entirely open in front; and the fact that no mention is made of any door or opening, though the doors of the other parts of the edifies are all referred to ( 1 Kings 6:8 , 1... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:2-20
Christianity built on the Foundations of Judaism. The Jewish temple in its resemblance to the Gothic church is a not inapt illustration of the relations of Christianity to Judaism. The temple of Solomon was not only architecturally the exact reproduction on a larger scale, and in a more permanent form, of the tabernacle of witness, it was also the model and archetype of the sacred buildings of the Christian faith. In appearance, no doubt, it was somewhat different—the purposes for which... read more