1 Kings 6:34

And the two doors were [As in 1 Kings 6:32 , the verb is to be supplied from the verse preceding. And he made two doors, etc.] of fir tree [ בְּרוֹש see note on 1 Kings 5:8 ]: the two leaves [lit. ribs, same word as in 1 Kings 5:5 , 1 Kings 5:8 , 1 Kings 5:10 ] of the one door were folding [Heb. rolling ], and the two leaves [ קְלָעִים is probably—a clerical error for צְלָעִים arising out of the קָלַע , in verses 32, 35] of the other [Heb. second ] door were folding . [It seems more natural to suppose that the leaves were formed by a vertical than by a horizontal division. Indeed, it is doubtful whether the word גָּלִיל would be applied the latter arrangement. Keil objects to the former on the ground that the leaves would thus be only one cubit broad each, and the opening of one leaf, consequently, would be insufficient to admit of any person's passing through. But to this it may be replied