1 Kings 6:29-38

29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

31 And at the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and side posts had five sides.

32 The two doors were of olive wood, and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers and overlaid them with gold and covered the cherubims and the palm trees with gold.

33 In the same manner he made posts of olive wood at the entrance of the temple with four sides.

34 The two doors were of fir; the two sides of the one door were rounded, and the two leaves of the other door were rounded.

35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

36 And he built the inner court with three orders of hewed stone and an order of cedar beams.

37 In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month Zif.

38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and with everything necessary. So he was seven years in building it.

1 Kings 6:29-38 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.