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Themes in 1 Kings 6

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Themes in 1 Kings 6

1 Kings 6:1 (show verse)

Solomon began to build the temple for the Lord in the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the second month, in the month of Ziv.

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Month » Zif » May
Months » Names of the twelve » Second, zif
Months » 2 zif, may
Temple » Solomon's
Temple » Solomon's » The time when begun
The First Temple » Solomon » Commenced second day of second month of fourth year of solomon
Time » Eras from which, computed » The exodus from egypt
Time » Eras from which, computed » Accession of kings
Time » The exodus
Types of Christ » Temple
Worship » Temples » Solomon's
Zif » Second month (may)

1 Kings 6:2 (show verse)

The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord

was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
The First Temple » Was three score cubits longs, twenty broad, and thirty high

1 Kings 6:3 (show verse)

The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was 30 feet long extending across the temple’s width, and 15 feet deep in front of the temple.

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Dimensions of
The First Temple » The porch of » Twenty cubits long and ten broad

1 Kings 6:4 (show verse)

He also made windows with beveled frames for the temple.

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
The First Temple » Was lighted by narrow windows

1 Kings 6:5 (show verse)

He then built a chambered structure along the temple wall, encircling the walls of the temple, that is, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.

Holy of holies » Was called the » Oracle
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Oracle » The holy place
Temple » Solomon's » Chambers of
The First Temple » Description

1 Kings 6:6 (show verse)

The lowest chamber was 7½ feet wide, the middle was nine feet wide, and the third was 10½ feet wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all around the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Chambers of
The First Temple » Description

1 Kings 6:7 (show verse)

The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

Iron » Made into » Tools for artificers
Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Tools
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Stones » Prepared in the quarries
Temple » Solomon's » Chambers of
Temple » Solomon's » No tools used in the erection of
The First Temple » Solomon » Built without the noise of hammers, ax, or any tool

1 Kings 6:8 (show verse)

The door for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They went up a stairway to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third.

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Chambers of
The First Temple » Description

1 Kings 6:9 (show verse)

When he finished building the temple, he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar.

Cedars » Used in » Building temples
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Chambers of
The First Temple » Was roofed with cedar

1 Kings 6:10 (show verse)

He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; each story was 7½ feet high.

Cedars » Used in » Building temples
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Chambers of
The First Temple » Description

1 Kings 6:11 (show verse)

The word of the Lord came to Solomon:

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon

1 Kings 6:12 (show verse)

“As for this temple you are building—if you walk in My statutes, observe My ordinances, and keep all My commands by walking in them, I will fulfill My promise to you, which I made to your father David.

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
The First Temple » God promised to dwell in

1 Kings 6:13 (show verse)

I will live among the Israelites and not abandon My people Israel.”

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
The First Temple » God promised to dwell in

1 Kings 6:14 (show verse)

When Solomon finished building the temple,

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon

1 Kings 6:15 (show verse)

he paneled the interior temple walls with cedar boards; from the temple floor to the surface of the ceiling he overlaid the interior with wood. He also overlaid the floor with cypress boards.

Fir tree » Wood of, used for building
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
The First Temple » The floor and walls of, covered with cedar and fir wood

1 Kings 6:16 (show verse)

Then he lined 30 feet of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling, and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place.

Holy of holies » Was called the » Oracle
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
The First Temple » The oracle or most holy place » Was twenty cubits every way

1 Kings 6:17 (show verse)

The temple, that is, the sanctuary in front of the most holy place, was 60 feet long.

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
Temple » Solomon's » Called temple

1 Kings 6:18 (show verse)

The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

Arts and crafts » Names of various » Carving of wood
Arts of the » Carver
Carving » Woodwork of the temple was decorated with carvings of flowers, cherubim, and palm trees
Flowers » Representations of, on the » Wood work of the temple
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
The First Temple » Cedar of, carved with flowers, &c

1 Kings 6:19 (show verse)

He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple to put the ark of the Lord’s covenant there.

Altar » Of incense » In solomon's temple
Holy » Love for prophecies of the rebuilding of » Of holies
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
Temple » Solomon's » Contents of the holy of holies » The ark of the covenant
Temple » Solomon's » Apartments and furnishings of » The oracle (holy of holies) in
The First Temple » Divided into » The oracle or most holy place

1 Kings 6:20 (show verse)

The interior of the sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar.

Altar » Of incense » In solomon's temple
Gold » Used in the arts » Overlaying with
Holy of holies » Was called the » Oracle
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » The altar of incense, and its furniture
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
Temple » Solomon's » Apartments and furnishings of » The oracle (holy of holies) in
The First Temple » The oracle or most holy place » Was twenty cubits every way

1 Kings 6:21 (show verse)

Next, Solomon overlaid the interior of the temple with pure gold, and he hung gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary and overlaid it with gold.

Chains » A partition of, in the temple
Gold » Used in the arts » Overlaying with
Gold » Was used for » Overlaying the temple
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
The First Temple » The whole inside and outside covered with gold
The First Temple » The oracle or most holy place » A partition of chains of gold between it and outer house

1 Kings 6:22 (show verse)

So he added the gold overlay to the entire temple until everything was completely finished, including the entire altar that belongs to the inner sanctuary.

Altars » Of incense
Gold » Used in the arts » Overlaying with
Gold » Was used for » Overlaying the temple
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
The First Temple » The whole inside and outside covered with gold

1 Kings 6:23 (show verse)

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim 15 feet high out of olive wood.

Cherubim » In the temple
Holy of holies » Contained » Cherubim
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Olive » The cherubs made of the wood of
Olive Trees » Used for making » The cherubim in the temple
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
Temple » Solomon's » Contents of the holy of holies » The cherubs
The First Temple » The oracle or most holy place » Two cherubims of gilded olive-wood made within

1 Kings 6:24 (show verse)

One wing of the first cherub was 7½ feet long, and the other wing was 7½ feet long. The wingspan was 15 feet from tip to tip.

Cherubim » In the temple
Holy of holies » Contained » Cherubim
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
Temple » Solomon's » Contents of the holy of holies » The cherubs
The First Temple » The oracle or most holy place » Two cherubims of gilded olive-wood made within

1 Kings 6:25 (show verse)

The second cherub also was 15 feet; both cherubim had the same size and shape.

1 Kings 6:26 (show verse)

The first cherub’s height was 15 feet and so was the second cherub’s.

1 Kings 6:27 (show verse)

Then he put the cherubim inside the inner temple. Since their wings were spread out, the first one’s wing touched one wall while the second cherub’s wing touched the other wall, and in the middle of the temple their wings were touching wing to wing.

Cherubim » In the temple
Holy of holies » Contained » Cherubim
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
Temple » Solomon's » Contents of the holy of holies » The cherubs
Temple » Solomon's » The inner house
The First Temple » The oracle or most holy place » Two cherubims of gilded olive-wood made within

1 Kings 6:28 (show verse)

He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Cherubim » In the temple
Gold » Used in the arts » Overlaying with
Holy of holies » Contained » Cherubim
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
Temple » Solomon's » Contents of the holy of holies » The cherubs
The First Temple » The oracle or most holy place » Two cherubims of gilded olive-wood made within

1 Kings 6:29 (show verse)

He carved all the surrounding temple walls with carved engravings—cherubim, palm trees and flower blossoms—in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

Carving » Woodwork of the temple was decorated with carvings of flowers, cherubim, and palm trees
Cherubim » In the temple
Cherubim » Figures of » On the walls
Flowers » Representations of, on the » Wood work of the temple
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Palm tree » Wood of, used in the temple
Palm trees » Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of

1 Kings 6:30 (show verse)

He overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

Cherubim » Figures of » On the walls
Gold » Used in the arts » Overlaying with
Gold » Was used for » Overlaying floor of temple
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of

1 Kings 6:31 (show verse)

For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made olive wood doors. The pillars of the doorposts were five-sided.

Cherubim » Figures of » On the walls
Door » Doors of the temple made of two leaves, cherubim and flowers carved upon, covered with gold
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Olive » The cherubs made of the wood of
Olive Trees » Used for making » The doors and posts of the temple
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
The First Temple » The oracle or most holy place » The doors and the posts of, of olive-wood carved and gilded

1 Kings 6:32 (show verse)

The two doors were made of olive wood. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold, hammering gold over the cherubim and palm trees.

Carving » Woodwork of the temple was decorated with carvings of flowers, cherubim, and palm trees
Cherubim » Representations of, made on the » Doors of the temple
Cherubim » Figures of » On the walls
Door » Doors of the temple made of two leaves, cherubim and flowers carved upon, covered with gold
Gold » Used in the arts » Overlaying with
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Olive » The cherubs made of the wood of
Olive Trees » Used for making » The doors and posts of the temple
Palm tree » Wood of, used in the temple
Palm trees » Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
The First Temple » The oracle or most holy place » The doors and the posts of, of olive-wood carved and gilded

1 Kings 6:33 (show verse)

In the same way, he made four-sided olive wood doorposts for the sanctuary entrance.

Cherubim » Figures of » On the walls
Door » Doors of the temple made of two leaves, cherubim and flowers carved upon, covered with gold
Flowers » Representations of, on the » Wood work of the temple
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Olive » The cherubs made of the wood of
Olive Trees » Used for making » The doors and posts of the temple
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
The First Temple » The greater or outer house » Had door posts of olive-wood carved and gilded

1 Kings 6:34 (show verse)

The two doors were made of cypress wood; the first door had two folding sides, and the second door had two folding panels.

Cherubim » Figures of » On the walls
Door » Doors of the temple made of two leaves, cherubim and flowers carved upon, covered with gold
Fir tree » Wood of, used for building
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
The First Temple » The greater or outer house » Had folding doors of fir wood carved and gilded

1 Kings 6:35 (show verse)

He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold applied evenly over the carving.

Carving » Woodwork of the temple was decorated with carvings of flowers, cherubim, and palm trees
Cherubim » Images of
Cherubim » Representations of, made on the » Doors of the temple
Cherubim » Figures of » On the walls
Door » Doors of the temple made of two leaves, cherubim and flowers carved upon, covered with gold
Flowers » Representations of, on the » Wood work of the temple
Gold » Used in the arts » Overlaying with
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Palm tree » Wood of, used in the temple
Palm trees » Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
The First Temple » The greater or outer house » Had folding doors of fir wood carved and gilded

1 Kings 6:36 (show verse)

He built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Stones » Hewn (cut)
Temple » Solomon's » Courts of » Surrounded by rows of stones and cedar beams
Temple » Solomon's » Courts of » Inner
The First Temple » Surrounded with spacious courts

1 Kings 6:37 (show verse)

The foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid in Solomon’s fourth year in the month of Ziv.

Foundation » Laid for » Temples
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Month » Zif » May
Months » Names of the twelve » Second, zif
Temple » Solomon's » The time when begun
The First Temple » Solomon » Commenced second day of second month of fourth year of solomon

1 Kings 6:38 (show verse)

In his eleventh year in the eighth month, in the month of Bul, the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification. So he built it in seven years.

Bul » The temple completed in
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Month » Bul (november) » The temple finished in
Months » Names of the twelve » Eighth, bul
Months » 8 bul, november
Temple » Solomon's » The time when finished
The First Temple » Was finished in the eighth month of the eleventh year of solomon
The First Temple » Was seven years in building
Types of Christ » Temple