29And 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; …
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-38)Here, I. We have a particular account of the details of the building. 1. The wainscot of the temple. It was of cedar (1 Kgs. 6:15), which was strong and durable, and of a very sweet smell. The wainscot was curiously carved with knops (like eggs or apples) and flowers, no doubt as the fashion then was, 1 Kgs. 6:18. 2. The gilding. It was not like ours, washed over, but the whole house , all the ins…
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