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1 Kings 6:15
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he built: That is, he lined or wainscoted the walls with cedar, the floor being covered with planks of fir. the marginal reading in this verse is preferable, as it removes every difficulty and obscurity.
both the floor of the house, and the walls: or, from the floor of the house, unto the walls, etc. and so 1 Kings 6:16
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 5:8 - timber of fir 2 Chronicles 3:5 - the greater Ezekiel 41:16 - ceiled with wood
Cross-References
The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
It continued to rise until it was more than twenty feet above the mountains.
The waters rose more than twenty feet above the mountains.
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail: and the mountains were covered.
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
[In fact] the waters became fifteen cubits higher [than the highest ground], and the mountains were covered.
the watyr was hiyere bi fiftene cubitis ouer the hilis whiche it hilide.
fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered;
The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar,.... For as yet he had only built the stone walls of it without, but now he wainscotted it with cedar boards: and not only them, but
both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling; or from "the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling"; that is, from the floor, including that, to the walls on each side, reaching up to the ceiling,
he covered [them] on the inside with wood: of one sort or another, cedar or fir, or both: particularly he
covered the floor of the house with planks of fir: which Hiram sent him, 1 Kings 5:8; which is differently interpreted; by Josephus cypress; by others, as the Tigurine version, pine tree wood; it is very probable it was of the cedar kind, and not the floor only, but the ceiling also, 2 Chronicles 3:5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The description of this verse applies to the main chamber of the temple, the holy place, only. The writer in 1 Kings 6:16 describes the holy of holies.
The marginal rendering of this verse is right, and not the rendering in the text.
Fir - Rather, “juniper.” See 1 Kings 5:6 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Kings 6:15. The walls of the ceiling — 1 Kings 6:9.