1 Kings 6:8

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 6:1-38

1 Kings 6:1 . In the four hundred and eightieth year. The Hebrew, the Chaldaic, and most of the Greek versions read as the English; yet some difficulties occur. Vide Poli in locum. The following summary seems to contain the chronology. Moses in the desert 40 Numbers 14:33 Joshua in war and peace 17 Not named The Judges 299 Usher’s chronology Eli’s presidency 40 1 Samuel 4:18 Samuel and Saul 40 David 40 1 Kings 2:11 Solomon 4 Solomon’s 4th year 480 years. 1 Kings 6:26 . One cherub was... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 6:1-14

1 Kings 6:1-14He began to build the house of the Lord.The temple builtSolomon’s temple is the most wonderful and interesting building in the world’s history. It was “the mysterious centre of Israel.” It was far more to Israel than the Vatican is to Rome. It was, so long as it stood, God’s only earthly palace and temple. The Pyramids of Egypt were old when it was built, and they show no signs of decay. Solomon’s temple utterly perished after four centuries. Greek and Roman artists have given the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 6:8

1Ki 6:8 The door for the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber], and out of the middle into the third. Ver. 8. And they went up with winding stairs. ] We must also aspire to perfection: there should be continual ascensions in our hearts, neither may we rest till we have set our feet upon the battlements of heaven. See St Paul’s eagerness, Philippians 3:12-14 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Kings 6:8

side: Heb. shoulder went up: Ezekiel 41:6, Ezekiel 41:7 Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:2 - in the bedchamber Ezekiel 40:6 - stairs Ezekiel 40:38 - the chambers Ezekiel 42:6 - General Ezekiel 43:17 - look toward read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Kings 6:8

The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.The door — That is, by which they entered to go up to the middle chamber or chambers; such as were in the middle story.Right side — That is, in the south-side, called the right side; because when a man looks towards the east, the south is on his right hand. There was another door on the left, or the north-side, leading to the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 6:8

8. The door for the middle chamber was in the right side The middle chamber of the lower story is here meant. The right side of the house would be the south side, and is to be understood of a person facing the same way as the temple, namely, the east. So far as the scripture text gives us any information, this one door in the south side seems to have been the only entrance into all of the side-chambers. (D in plan.) They went up That is, persons who entered the upper stories went up... read more