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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 6:32 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 6:32 |
Strong Concordance |
The two [08147] doors [01817] also were of olive [08081] tree [06086]; and he carved [07049] upon them carvings [04734] of cherubims [03742] and palm trees [08561] and open [06362] flowers [06731], and overlaid [06823] them with gold [02091], and spread [07286] gold [02091] upon the cherubims [03742], and upon the palm trees [08561]. |
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King James |
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The two doors - i. e., two leaves which met in the middle, as in the Assyrian gate-ways generally.
Spread gold - The doors were not simply sheeted with gold, like the floors Kg1 6:30, but had the gold hammered to fit the forms of the palms, cherubs, and flowers carved upon them. Kg1 6:35. Such hammered metal-work, generally in bronze, has been found in tolerable abundance among the Assyrian remains. |
35 And he carved [07049] thereon cherubims [03742] and palm trees [08561] and open [06362] flowers [06731]: and covered [06823] them with gold [02091] fitted [03474] upon the carved work [02707].
30 And the floor [07172] of the house [01004] he overlaid [06823] with gold [02091], within [06441] and without [02435].