Post by CowboysDad on Apr 9, 2020 0:13:27 GMT -6
A question posed by one of our members in conversation that I thought I would post on his behalf:
As you enter into the Holy Place of Solomon's Temple from the porch, what is the entryway? Is there a door, colored curtains?
Described in 1 Kings 6:33-35, NKJV, "So for the door of the sanctuary he also made doorposts of olive wood, one-fourth of the wall, and the two doors were of cypress wood; two panels comprised one folding door, and two panels comprised the other folding door. Then he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and overlaid them with gold applied evenly on the carved work."
TWOT, regarding the wood used for the folding doors, "An evergreen anciently common in Palestine and Lebanon. KJV consistently translated “fir.” Modern translators give fir, juniper, cypress and pine, but are not consistent. The word is attested also in Akkadian. The Aleppo Pine because of usefulness and size best fits the biblical data, though KB prefers Phoenician Juniper. Hiram the Tyrian king sent bĕrôš and cedar to Solomon for temple construction. It was used for flooring the temple (I Kgs 6:15) and for the double doors of the entrance (6:34). The main temple was ceiled with bĕrôš overlaid with gold (II Chr 3:5). The pines of Hermon were used for ships at Tyre (Ezk 27:5) and for making musical instruments (II Sam 6:5)."
As you enter into the Holy Place of Solomon's Temple from the porch, what is the entryway? Is there a door, colored curtains?
Described in 1 Kings 6:33-35, NKJV, "So for the door of the sanctuary he also made doorposts of olive wood, one-fourth of the wall, and the two doors were of cypress wood; two panels comprised one folding door, and two panels comprised the other folding door. Then he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and overlaid them with gold applied evenly on the carved work."
TWOT, regarding the wood used for the folding doors, "An evergreen anciently common in Palestine and Lebanon. KJV consistently translated “fir.” Modern translators give fir, juniper, cypress and pine, but are not consistent. The word is attested also in Akkadian. The Aleppo Pine because of usefulness and size best fits the biblical data, though KB prefers Phoenician Juniper. Hiram the Tyrian king sent bĕrôš and cedar to Solomon for temple construction. It was used for flooring the temple (I Kgs 6:15) and for the double doors of the entrance (6:34). The main temple was ceiled with bĕrôš overlaid with gold (II Chr 3:5). The pines of Hermon were used for ships at Tyre (Ezk 27:5) and for making musical instruments (II Sam 6:5)."