1 Kings 6:31

For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.

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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

30He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside.

32So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold. He spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 4:22and the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.

John 10:9I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.

Ephesians 3:18may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length 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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