Eze 41:25 And [there were] made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as [were] made upon the walls; and [there were] thick planks upon the face of the porch without. Ver. 25. Cherubims and palm trees. ] Let ministers resemble angels, and they shall be victorious, and well rewarded. The palm is a symbol of constance, and of a crown. read more
cherubims: Ezekiel 41:16-Proverbs : Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:36 - graved cherubims Ezekiel 40:15 - the face of the gate read more
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.Them — The doors of both temple and oracle.The temple — Including the holy of holies also. read more
23-26. The temple and inner sanctuary had folding doors (1 Kings 6:31) carved with cherubs and palms (see Ezekiel 41:18; Ezekiel 41:20), and “there was a wooden ab (an unknown construction) in front of the porch without, and there were closed windows and palm trees on both side walls of the porch” (Ezekiel 41:25-26, Toy). The closing words of the verse are very obscure. Professor John P. Peters thinks them to be a marginal note indicating the general contents of the passage. read more
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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 41:1-26
Ezekiel 41:1 . He brought me to the temple the tabernacle. See the note on 1 Samuel 3:0. We now enter on the measurements of the temple. The prophet begins at the centre, by describing the Holy of holies. See then, oh my soul, that thou also begin there. Ezekiel 41:3 . The door six cubits high, and its breadth seven cubits, or three cubits and a half for each leaf. Dr. Lightfoot quotes Kimchi as saying that the cubit by which the temple was measured was six hand-breadths. Ezekiel 41:4... read more