1 Kings 6:30

And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
floor	קַרְקַ֥ע kar.Ka'	H7172	floor (as if a pavement of pieces or tesseroe) · noun, common masculine singular construct
house	הַבַּ֖יִת ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
overlaid	צִפָּ֣ה tzi.Pah	H6823	to sheet over (especially with metal) · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
gold	זָהָ֑ב za.Hav	H2091	gold · noun, common masculine singular absolute
within	לִפְנִ֖ימָה lif.Ni.mah	H6441	faceward · preposition + adverb
without	וְלַחִיצֽוֹן ve.la.chi.Tzon	H2435	properly · conjunction + preposition with the article + adjective, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 54:11-12 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapp…
Isaiah 60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace,…
Revelation 21:18-21 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:15–end

Here, I. We have a particular account of the details of the building. 1. The wainscot of the temple. It was of cedar (Kg1 6:15), which was strong and durable, and of a very sweet smell. The wainscot was curiously carved with knops (like eggs or apples) and flowers, no doubt as the fashion then was, Kg1 6:18. 2. The gilding. It was not like ours, washed over, but the whole house, all the inside of the temple (Kg1 6:22), even the floor (Kg1 6:30), he overlaid with gold, and the most holy place with pure gold, Kg1 6:21. Solomon would spare no expense necessary to make it every way sumptuous. Gold was under foot there, as it should be in all the living temples: the abundance of it lessened its w…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 6:15

THE CEILING AND ADORNING OF IT. (Kg1 6:15-22) he built the walls of the house within--The walls were wainscotted with cedar-wood; the floor, paved with cypress planks; the interior was divided (by a partition consisting of folding doors, which were opened and shut with golden chains) into two apartments--the back or inner room, that is, the most holy place, was twenty cubits long and broad; the front, or outer room, that is, the holy place, was forty cubits. The cedar-wood was beautifully embellished with figures in relievo, representing clusters of foliage, open flowers, cherubims, and palm trees. The whole interior was overlaid with gold, so that neither wood nor stone was seen; nothing m…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 6:26

The height of the one cherub was ten cubits - Concerning the cherubs, their form, etc., see my note on Exo 25:18 (note). The height of each cherub was about eighteen feet and three inches.

John Gill on 1 Kings 6:30

And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold within and without. Both the floor of the holy place, and of the holy of holies; so the street of the new Jerusalem is said to be pure gold, Revelation 21:21; this expresses the purity and magnificence of it, particularly the holy conversation of them that dwell in the church, in heaven, signified hereby.

The Church Fathers

Inside and outside mean in the oracle and in the temple itself. Now we have said above that the evenness of the floor denoted the humble harmony of the holy brotherhood where, though there are Jews and Gentiles, barbarians and Scythians, freeborn and slaves, highborn and lowborn, they all boast of being brothers in Christ, all boast of having the same Father who is in heaven, for no one may doubt the perfectly harmonious humility of the heavenly citizens. The reason why Solomon overlaid the floor of the house with gold inside and outside is that our king of peace has filled the angels and the souls of the righteous in heaven perfectly and fully with the gift of love and has set apart the citizens of the same heavenly homeland who are in pilgrimage in this world from the baseness of the rest of mortals by the hallmark of love, saying, "By this shall all know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another."
— Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 1.14.3

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Dictionary and topics

Temple, Solomon’s — Before his death David had “with all his might” provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the…
Cherubim · .On the walls — .On the walls
Gold · 30:5; 36:34,36,38; 37:2,4,11,15; — 30:5; 36:34,36,38; 37:2,4,11,15;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 6:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 6:15

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 6:26

John Gill on 1 Kings 6:30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 6:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 6:15

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 6:26

John Gill on 1 Kings 6:30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 6:14-35

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 6:23-28

Rashi on 1 Kings 6:30