1 Kings 6 · Verse 32

1 Kings 6:32

The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
1 Kings 6:32, King James Version

1 Kings 6:32 in other translations

BSBThe double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
WEBSo he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold. He spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.
ASVSo he made two doors of olive-wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.
YLTAnd the two doors are of the oil-tree, and he hath carved upon them carvings of cherubs, and palm-trees, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with gold, and he causeth the gold to go down on the cherubs and on the palm-trees.
DARBYThe two doors were of olive-wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, and palm-trees and half-open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm-trees.
BBEOn 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.
WebsterThe two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees.

What does 1 Kings 6:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 6:31-35

31-35. for the entering of the oracle--The door of the most holy place was made of solid olive tree and adorned with figures. The door of the holy place was made of cypress wood, the sides being of olive wood.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 6:15-38

See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical…

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1 Kings 6:32 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּשְׁתֵּי֮u.she.Teiand twoH8147
דַּלְת֣וֹתdal.Totdoors ofH1817
עֲצֵי\־'a.tzei-wood<s> ofH6086
שֶׁמֶן֒she.MenoliveH8081
וְקָלַ֣עve.ka.La'and he carvedH7049
עֲ֠לֵיהֶם'A.lei.hemon themH5921
מִקְלְע֨וֹתmik.le.'otcarvings ofH4734
כְּרוּבִ֧יםke.ru.VimcherubimH3742
וְתִמֹר֛וֹתve.ti.mo.Rotand palm treesH8561
וּפְטוּרֵ֥יu.fe.tu.Reiand spread out [things] ofH6362
צִצִּ֖יםtzi.TzimflowersH6731
וְצִפָּ֣הve.tzi.Pahand he overlaid [them]H6823
זָהָ֑בza.HavgoldH2091
וַיָּ֛רֶדvai.Ya.redand he hammered outH7286
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַכְּרוּבִ֥יםha.ke.ru.Vimthe cherubimH3742
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
הַתִּֽמֹר֖וֹתha.ti.mo.Rotthe palm treesH8561
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַזָּהָֽב\׃ha.za.Havthe goldH2091

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 6:32

  • 1 Kings 6:18

    And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

  • 1 Kings 6:29

    And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
two doors. or, leaves of the doors. open flowers. Heb.openings of flowers.
18,29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 6:31

    And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

  • 1 Kings 6:32

    The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

  • 1 Kings 6:33

    So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

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1 Kings 6:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Las dos puertas eran de madera de oliva; y entalló en ellas figuras de querubines y de palmas y de botones de flores, y cubriólas de oro: cubrió también de oro los querubines y las palmas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les deux battants étaient de bois d’olivier; et il sculpta dessus des figures de chérubins, et de palmiers, et de fleurs entrouvertes, et recouvrit d’or le tout, et étendit l’or sur les chérubins et sur les palmiers.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und in die zwei Türflügel von Ölbaumholz, darein schnitzte er Schnitzwerk von Cherubim und Palmen und aufbrechenden Blumen, und er überzog sie mit Gold: er breitete das Gold aus über die Cherubim und über die Palmen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et duo ostia de lignis olivarum: et sculpsit in eis picturam cherubim, et palmarum species, et anaglypha valde prominentia: et texit ea auro, et operuit tam cherubim quam palmas, et cetera, auro.