1 Kings 6:27

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 6:27

And he set the cherubim within the inner house ,.... The holy of holies: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims ; the carvers that framed them, they wrought them in that form; or impersonally, the wings of the cherubim were stretched out; this was the position of them, they overshadowed and covered the mercy seat and ark, and even the other two cherubim that were at the ends of the mercy seat: so that the wing of the one touched the one wall ; the southern wall: and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 6:27

1 Kings 6:27. He set the cherubims within the inner house With their faces toward the sanctuary, so that they looked upon him that entered the oracle. They stretched forth the wings of the cherubims Or, rather, the cherubims stretched forth their wings. So that the wing of one touched one wall, &c. That is, they touched the south and north walls of the house. Whereas the wings of those cherubim that Moses made, stretched themselves from east to west. For they looked one upon the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 6:14-38

Details of the temple’s interior (6:14-38)Inside the temple the stonework was covered with lavishly carved wood panelling overlaid with beaten gold (14-15; see v. 22). A partition divided the main temple into two rooms. The larger front room was called the nave or Holy Place; the smaller rear room was called the inner sanctuary or Most Holy Place (16-18).The Most Holy Place contained the ark of the covenant, symbol of God’s presence (19). This room had a lower ceiling than the rest of the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 6:1-38

2. Temple construction ch. 6After arrangements for building the temple were in order, construction began. This building took seven years to complete (1 Kings 6:38)."In an earlier era scholars debunked the reality of a temple in Israel like Solomon’s because nothing similar was known from the ancient Near East. However, at ’Ain Dara (and earlier in Tall Ta’yinat), Syria, a temple from the tenth century B.C. came to light that bore a remarkable similarity to the temple of Jerusalem. The size is... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 6:14-36

The inside of the temple 6:14-36The altar (1 Kings 6:19; 1 Kings 6:22) refers to the altar of incense (cf. 1 Kings 7:48). This altar evidently stood in the west end of the holy place (cf. Exodus 30:6; Exodus 40:5; Leviticus 16:2; Hebrews 9:4; Hebrews 9:7). The cherubim were figures of angels carved out of olive wood (1 Kings 6:23-28). They may have resembled "winged sphinxes." [Note: Auld, p. 44.] Since there were cherubim attached to the mercy seat of the ark, these were two additional... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 6:1-38

The Construction of the TempleIn shape the Temple was a rectangular hall 60 x 20 x 30 cubits (a cubit being about 18 inches). On its E. face it had a porch (forming an entrance) which extended across the whole front and added 10 cubits to the length of the building (1 Kings 6:3). The height of this is given in 2 Chronicles 3:4 as 120 cubits; but such a measurement is out of all proportion to the others, and is probably an error (one of the MSS of the LXX substitutes 20 cubits). On three sides... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 6:1-38

; 1 Kings 6:1-38; 1 Kings 7:1-51THE TEMPLE1 Kings 5:1-18; 1 Kings 6:1-38; 1 Kings 7:1-51"And his next son, for wealth and wisdom famed, The clouded Ark of God, till then in tents Wandering, shall in a glorious temple enshrine."-Paradise Lost, 12:340.AFTER the destructive battle of Aphek, in which the Philistines had defeated Israel, slain the two sons of Eli, and taken captive the Ark of God, they had inflicted a terrible vengeance on the old sanctuary at Shiloh. They had burnt the young men in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 6:23-30

THE ARK AND THE CHERUBIM1 Kings 6:23-30; 1 Kings 8:6-11."Jehovah, thundering out of Zion, throned Between the cherubim."- MILTONTHE inculcation of truths so deep as the unity, the presence, and the mercy of God would alone have sufficed to give preciousness to the national sanctuary, and to justify the lavish expenditure with which it was carried to completion. But as in the Tabernacle, so in the Temple, which was only a more rich and permanent structure, the numbers, the colors, and many... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Kings 6:1-38

CHAPTER 6The Description of the Temple 1. The date of the beginning of the building (1 Kings 6:1 ) 2. The house, the porches and side chambers (1 Kings 6:2-10 ) 3. The divine charge (1 Kings 6:11-14 ) 4. The internal arrangements (1 Kings 6:15-22 ) 5. The cherubim (1 Kings 6:23-30 ) 6. The doors (1 Kings 6:31-35 ) 7. The inner court and the temple finished (1 Kings 6:36-38 ) Three chapters are taken up with the description of the temple, its contents, Solomon’s house of the... read more

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