1 Kings 6:33

And he also made for the doorway of the temple posts of olive-wood, of the fourth part [of the breadth of the house].

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

In Context

32The two doors were of olive-wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, and palm-trees and half-open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm-trees.

34And the two folding-doors were of cypress-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 41:21As for the temple, the door-posts were squared; and the front of the sanctuary had the same appearance.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:16-38

15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the… Read the whole commentary →

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