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Themes in 1 Kings 6

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Themes in 1 Kings 6

1 Kings 6:1 (show verse)

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.

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 house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits 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 covered way before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.

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)

And for the house he made windows, with network across.

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

1 Kings 6:5 (show verse)

And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:

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 line of them being five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide and the third seven cubits; for there was a space all round the outside walls of the house so that the boards supporting the rooms did not have to be fixed in the walls of the house.

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

1 Kings 6:7 (show verse)

(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)

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 to the lowest side rooms was in the right side of the house; and they went up by twisting steps into the middle rooms, and from the middle into the third.

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

1 Kings 6:9 (show verse)

So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.

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)

And he put up the line of side rooms against the walls of the house, fifteen cubits high, resting against the house on boards of cedar-wood.

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)

(And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon

1 Kings 6:12 (show verse)

About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

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

1 Kings 6:13 (show verse)

And I will be ever among the children of Israel, and will not go away from my people.

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

1 Kings 6:14 (show verse)

So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon

1 Kings 6:15 (show verse)

The walls of the house were covered inside with cedar-wood boards; from the floor to the roof of the house they were covered inside with wood; and the floor was covered with boards of cypress-wood.

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)

And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.

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)

And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.

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

1 Kings 6:18 (show verse)

(All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.)

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)

And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.

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)

And the inmost room was twenty cubits square and twenty cubits high, plated over with clear gold, and he made an altar of cedar-wood, plating it with gold.

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)

Solomon had all the inside of the house covered with gold, and he put chains of gold across in front of the inmost room, which itself was covered 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)

Plates of gold were put all through the house till it was covered completely (and the altar in the inmost room was all covered with gold).

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 inmost room he made two winged beings of olive-wood, ten cubits high;

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)

With outstretched wings five cubits wide; the distance from the edge of one wing to the edge of the other was ten cubits.

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 two winged ones were ten cubits high, of the same size and form.

1 Kings 6:26 (show verse)

The two of them were ten cubits high.

1 Kings 6:27 (show verse)

These were placed inside the inner house, their outstretched wings touching the walls of the house, one touching one wall and one the other, while their other wings were touching in the middle.

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)

These winged ones were plated over 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)

And all the walls of the house inside and out were ornamented with forms of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers.

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)

And the floor of the house was covered with gold, inside and out.

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 way into the inmost room he made doors of olive-wood, the arch and the door supports forming a five-sided opening.

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)

On the olive-wood doors were cut designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, all of them, with the doors, plated with gold.

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)

Then he made pillars of olive-wood for the way into the Temple; the pillars were square:

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)

And two folding doors of cypress-wood, with two leaves.

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)

These were ornamented with designs of winged ones and palm-trees and open flowers, plated over with gold.

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)

And the inner space was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards.

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)

In the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month 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)

And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the building of the house was complete in every detail, as it had been designed. So he was seven years building it.

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