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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 6:15-38

Here, I. We have a particular account of the details of the building. 1. The wainscot of the temple. It was of cedar (1 Kgs. 6:15), which was strong and durable, and of a very sweet smell. The wainscot was curiously carved with knops (like eggs or apples) and flowers, no doubt as the fashion then was, 1 Kgs. 6:18. 2. The gilding. It was not like ours, washed over, but the whole house, all the inside of the temple (1 Kgs. 6:22), even the floor (1 Kgs. 6:30), he overlaid with gold, and the most... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 6:18

And the cedar of the house within ,.... With which the inside of the place was lined: was carved with knops ; of an oval form; so the Targum says, they had the appearance of eggs; and Ben Gersom likewise, that they were in the form of eggs: and open flowers ; not in the figure of buds, but flowers blown, and open, as lilies and others; so the Targum: all was cedar ; the wainscotting of the house, the sides of it at least, if not the floor, and the carved work of it; and this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 6:19

And the oracle he prepared in the house within ,.... In the innermost part of the house he fitted up the oracle, or speaking place, from whence the Lord spake and gave answer, to receive what was to be put into it: particularly to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord ; even the very same that Moses made, Exodus 37:1 , for which David had pitched a tent in Zion, 1 Chronicles 15:1 , and where it now was; for Solomon made no new ark. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 6:20

And the oracle in the forepart ,.... Which stood in the forepart of the temple, before a man's face as he entered into it, and went on; or the forepart of the holy of holies, next to the holy place, was of the dimensions as follows, when the back part of it might be higher at least, and be equal to the holy place, even thirty feet; the forepart being lower, and left open to let in the light of the candlesticks, and the smoke of the incense, out of the holy place: this was twenty cubits... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 6:19

The oracle he prepared - See the description of the temple at the end of this chapter, 1 Kings 6:38 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:19

And the oracle [Heb. an oracle. Heb. דְּבִיר probably from דָּבַר speak. Sc Jerome ,oraculum; and Aquila and Symm. χρηματιστήριον . Gesenius, Bähr, al; however, interpret the word to mean the hinder part, adytum ] he prepared in the house within [lit. in the midst of the house within, i.e; between the Holy Place and the end structure] to set there [the principal purpose which the oracle served. תִתֵּן = תֵּת with repeated syllable. Cf. 1 Kings 17:14 ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:19

The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. This temple of Solomon, so "exceeding magnifical," this "holy and beautiful house," "of fame and glory throughout all lands"—why was it built? what its primary purpose? It was above everything else a home for the ark ( 1 Kings 8:1 , 1 Kings 8:6 ), a place for the Divine Glory which hovered over it. In this temple, unlike the shrines of Paganism, there was no statue, no similitude of God. Here was no "image which fell down from Jupiter," no Baal or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:20

And the oracle in the forepart [or, the interior of the oracle. Keil, after Kimchi, maintains that לִפְנֵי is the construct of the noun לִפְנִים . See 1 Kings 6:29 , where it clearly means interior, as its opposition to "without" shows. The A.V. yields no sense] was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof [that is to say, it was a perfect cube. When we consider that the oracle of the tabernacle was a cube of ten cubits and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 6:15-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 6:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 6:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 6:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 6:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:2-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 6:20

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