1 Kings 6:20-30

20 porro oraculum habebat viginti cubitos longitudinis et viginti cubitos latitudinis et viginti cubitos altitudinis et operuit illud atque vestivit auro purissimo sed et altare vestivit cedro

21 domum quoque ante oraculum operuit auro purissimo et adfixit lamminas clavis aureis

22 nihilque erat in templo quod non auro tegeretur sed et totum altare oraculi texit auro

23 et fecit in oraculo duo cherubin de lignis olivarum decem cubitorum altitudinis

24 quinque cubitorum ala cherub una et quinque cubitorum ala cherub altera id est decem cubitos habentes a summitate alae usque ad alae alterius summitatem

25 decem quoque cubitorum erat cherub secundus mensura pari et opus unum erat in duobus cherubin

26 id est altitudinem habebat unus cherub decem cubitorum et similiter cherub secundus

27 posuitque cherubin in medio templi interioris extendebant autem alas suas cherubin et tangebat ala una parietem et ala cherub secundi tangebat parietem alterum alae autem alterae in media parte templi se invicem contingebant

28 texit quoque cherubin auro

29 et omnes parietes templi per circuitum scalpsit variis celaturis et torno et fecit in eis cherubin et palmas et picturas varias quasi prominentes de pariete et egredientes

30 sed et pavimentum domus texit auro intrinsecus et extrinsecus

1 Kings 6:20-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 6

This chapter gives an account of the building of the temple, for which preparations were before made and begins with the time of its building, 1Ki 6:1; gives the dimensions of it and the porch before it, 1Ki 6:2,3; observes the windows in it and chambers about it, 1Ki 6:4-10; and while it was building, Solomon had a word from the Lord relative to it, 1Ki 6:11-14; and then the account goes on concerning the walls of the house, and the flooring of it, 1Ki 6:15-18; and the oracle in it, and the cherubim in that, 1Ki 6:19-30; and the doors into it, and the carved work of them, 1Ki 6:31-36; and the chapter is concluded with observing the time when it was begun and finished 1Ki 6:37,38.