1 Kings 6:34

34 The doors were of cypress, split into two panels, each panel swinging separately.

1 Kings 6:34 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:34

And the two doors [were of] fir tree
the posts were of olive, but the doors of fir, and they were both folding doors, as appears by what follows:

the two leaves of the one door [were] folding, and the two leaves of
the other door [were] folding;
which, taking up less room, made the passage wider, see ( Ezekiel 41:24 ) .

1 Kings 6:34 In-Context

32 The doors were also carved with cherubim, palm trees, and flowers, and then covered with gold leaf.
33 Similarly, he built the entrance to the Main Sanctuary using olivewood for the doorposts but these doorposts were four-sided.
34 The doors were of cypress, split into two panels, each panel swinging separately.
35 These also were carved with cherubim, palm trees, and flowers, and plated with finely hammered gold leaf.
36 He built the inner court with three courses of dressed stones topped with a course of planed cedar timbers.
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