‏ 1 Kings 6:22-23

the whole house It is impossible to calculate this expense, or the quantity of gold employed in this sacred building; but both must have been immense.

also 1Kgs 6:20; Exod 30:1, Exod 30:3, Exod 30:5-6; 2Chr 3:7-14

the whole altar This was the altar of incense without the vail, in the holy place, which was twice the length of the most holy place.

two cherubims These were distinct from, and much larger than those which covered the mercy-seat. Gen 3:24; Exod 25:18-22, Exod 37:7-9; 2Chr 3:10-13; Ps 18:10, Ps 80:1; Isa 37:16; Ezek 10:2-22; Heb 1:14; 1Pet 1:12

olive tree or, oily trees, Heb. trees of oil

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