side: Heb. shoulder
went up: Ezekiel 41:6-7
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1 Kings 6:8
1 Kings 6:8
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1 Kings 6 — Overview1 Kings 6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleGreat and long preparation had been making for the building of the
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noble piece of work it was, one of the wonders of the world, and taking…1 Kings 6 — Overview1 Kings 6 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge1 Kings 6:1, The building of Solomon’s temple; 1 Kings 6:5, The chambers thereof; 1 Kings 6:11, God’s promise unto it; 1 Kings 6:15, The ceiling and adorning of it; 1 Kings 6:23, The cherubims; 1 Kings 6:31, The doors;…1 Kings 6 — Overview1 Kings 6 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis 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;…1 Kings 6:1-101 Kings 6:1-10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere, I. The temple is called the house of the Lord (v. 1), because it
was, 1. Directed and modelled by him. Infinite Wisdom was the
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SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.—The preparations for the building of the Temple having been related in the preceding chapter, the historian now proceeds to describe the edifice. He begins his narrative with a precise…1 Kings 6:1-381 Kings 6:1-38 · The Pulpit Commentaryunless there was an upper chamber above the house, as to which see verse 20. Rawlinson's diagram has this further defect, that he allows nothing for thickness of joists, floors, and cielings. If we allow one cubit for…