1 Kings 6:31

as to the opening of the oracle, he made doors of the oil-tree; the lintel, side-posts, a fifth.

Young's Literal Translation

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 the floor of the house he hath overlaid with gold, within and without;

32And the two doors [are] of the oil-tree, and he hath carved upon them carvings of cherubs, and palm-trees, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with gold, and he causeth the gold to go down on the cherubs and on the palm-trees.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 4:22and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the holy of holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.

John 10:9I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.

Ephesians 3:18that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,

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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