1 Kings 6:31

For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

In Context

30And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

32The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 4:22the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.

John 10:9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.

Ephesians 3:18will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth

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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