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1 Kings 6:33 -

So also [ i.e; similarly] made he for the door [or entrance, doorway ] of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth [Heb. from a fourth ] part of the wall. It is uncertain whether we are to understand the "fourth part" of the height or of the breadth of the doorway, though the latter is probably meant. The height of the wall is variously estimated; generally at 30 (verse 2), but by Rawlinson at 20 cubits. But the breadth is beyond dispute. It was 20 cubits. The doorway, consequently, would be five cubits wide. The effect of the preposition, " from a fourth," is probably this: The entrance with the side posts subtracted one-fourth from the space of the wall.

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