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1 Kings 6

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Introduction

1:1 age; (a-9) Lit. 'days.'

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Verse 4

6:4 closed (c-7) * Or 'splayed' -- narrow without, broad within.

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Verse 5

6:5 floors (d-10) 'Floors' or 'flats' in three stories.

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Verse 6

6:6 in (e-44) Lit. 'so as not to impair, or encroach upon, the walls.'

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Verse 7

6:7 thither; (f-20) Or 'built of stones whole from the quarry.'

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Verse 9

6:9 covered (a-10) Or 'ceiled,' see Jeremiah 22:14 .

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Verse 10

6:10 they (b-14) i.e. the whole system of side chambers.

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Verse 12

6:12 ordinances, (c-19) Lit. 'judgments.'

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Verse 15

6:15 built (d-3) That is, 'covered.' so ver. 16. walls (e-22) Not 'beams,' as LXX and others.

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Verse 16

6:16 walls, (f-16) Or 'from the floor to the top of the walls.' place. (g-35) Lit. 'holy of holies.' so elsewhere.

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Verse 18

6:18 colocynths (h-11) A kind of gourd.

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Verse 20

6:20 within (i-4) Or 'the oracle before it [i.e. the ark].' altar (k-34) Or 'and overlaid the altar with cedar-wood.'

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Verse 23

6:23 olive-wood, (l-10) Or 'wood of the oleaster (wild olive).'

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Verse 29

6:29 palm-trees, (a-18) Or 'palms.' and so always.

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Verse 31

6:31 doors (b-10) 'Folding-doors.'

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Darby, John. "Commentary on 1 Kings 6". "John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament". https://beta.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/dsn/1-kings-6.html. 1857-67.

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