1 Kings 6:20-35
twenty cubits 1Kgs 6:2-3 pure Heb. shut up the altar 1Kgs 6:22, 1Kgs 7:48; Exod 30:1-3 overlaid Exod 26:29, Exod 26:32, Exod 36:34; 2Chr 3:7-9 by the chains 1Kgs 6:5; Exod 26:32-33; 2Chr 3:14-16 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 they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims or, the cherubims stretched forth their wings, Exod 25:20, Exod 37:9; 2Chr 3:11, 2Chr 5:8 carved figures Exod 36:8; 2Chr 3:14, 2Chr 4:2-5; Ps 103:20, Ps 148:2; Luke 2:13-14; Eph 3:10; Rev 5:11-14 palm trees Tamar, in Ethiopic, tamart, the palm tree, is so called, says Parkhurst, from its straight, upright growth, for which it seems more remarkable than any other tree; and it sometimes rises to the height of more than 100 feet. The trunk is remarkably straight and lofty; and it is crowned at the top with a large tuft of spiring leaves, about four feet long, which never fall off, but always continue in the same flourishing verdure. The stalks are generally full of rugged knots, which are vestiges of decayed leaves. For the trunk of the tree is not solid, but its centre is filled with pith, round which is a tough bark full of strong fibres when young, which, as the tree becomes old, hardens and becomes ligneous. To this bark the leaves are closely joined, which, as the tree becomes old, hardens and becomes ligneous. To this bark the leaves are closely joined, which in the centre rise erect, but after they are advanced above the vagina which surrounds them, they expand very wide on every side of the stem, and as the older leaves decay, the stalk advances in height. The leaves, when the tree has grown to a size for bearing fruit, are six or eight feet long, and very broad when expanded. The fruit, called the date, grows below the leaves in clusters. Ps 92:12-15; Rev 7:9 open flowers Heb. openings of flowers, 1Kgs 6:18, 1Kgs 6:32 Isa 54:11-12, Isa 60:17; Rev 21:18-21 doors John 10:9, John 14:6; Eph 3:18; Heb 10:19-20 a fifth part or, five square two doors or, leaves of the doors open flowers Heb. openings of flowers. 1Kgs 6:18, 1Kgs 6:29 a fourth part or, four square, 1Kgs 6:33 fir tree 1Kgs 5:8 the two leaves Ezek 41:23-25
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