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1 Kings 6:34 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. "
1 Kings 6:34
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32 So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold. He spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.
33 He also made the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall,
34 and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
36 He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.
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1 Kings 6:1
"In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the LORD’s house."
1 Kings 6:2
"The house which King Solomon built for the LORD had a length of sixty cubits, and its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits."
1 Kings 6:3
"The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house."
1 Kings 6:4
"He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house."
1 Kings 6:5
"Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around."
1 Kings 6:6
"The lowest floor was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house."
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