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1 Kings 6:35

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Kings 6:35 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And he carved [thereon] cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And he carved [thereon] cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
1 Kings 6:35 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Kings 6

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
32So [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.
33So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part [of the wall];
34and two doors of fir-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
35And he carved [thereon] cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
36And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.
37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv.
38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And he carved [thereon] cherubims, and palm trees, and open flowers, etc.] As upon the doors of the most holy place, (<110632>1 Kings 6:32); (see <264125>Ezekiel 41:25); and covered [them] with gold, fitted upon the carved work; plates of gold were fitted, as to the dimensions of them, to the cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.”
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