The Meaning of 1 Kings 6:35 Explained

1 Kings 6:35

KJV: And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

YLT: And he hath carved cherubs, and palms, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with straightened gold the graved work.

Darby: And he carved on them cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers; and overlaid them with gold fitted on the carved work.

ASV: And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he carved  [thereon] cherubims  and palm trees  and open  flowers:  and covered  [them] with gold  fitted  upon the carved work. 

What does 1 Kings 6:35 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 6:29-38 - Carved Overlaid Finished
The meaning of 1 Kings 6:31 is uncertain. We gather that the door of the inner shrine was made of wild-olive wood and in two parts, and that it occupied a fifth of the cedar partition which separated the two chambers. This wooden door was carved with cherubim, palm-trees, and open flowers, and was overlaid with gold. One part was always open, but the interior was concealed from view by a veil of blue, purple, and crimson, 2 Chronicles 3:14. In front of this were hung festoons of golden chains. Thus it was signified that the way into the Holiest was not then open. But we have boldness to enter, through the new and living way which Jesus consecrated for us. The surrendered will, the cleansed life, the meek and humble faith-these are the path, Hebrews 10:19-20.
The erection occupied seven and a half years, and the completed Temple stood for upward of four centuries, until destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. The construction of character, after God's ideal, may take long, but it advances to completion. First the stone, hewn with difficulty; then cedar and olive; lastly gold.
1 Kings 6:1-38 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 6

1  The building of Solomon's temple
5  The chambers thereof
11  God's promise unto it
15  The ceiling and adorning of it
23  The cherubim
31  The doors
36  The court
37  The time of building it

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 6:35 mean?

And he carved [on them] cherubim and palm trees and open flowers and overlaid [them] with gold applied evenly on the carved work
וְקָלַ֤ע כְּרוּבִים֙ וְתִ֣מֹר֔וֹת וּפְטֻרֵ֖י צִצִּ֑ים וְצִפָּ֣ה זָהָ֔ב מְיֻשָּׁ֖ר עַל־ הַמְּחֻקֶּֽה

וְקָלַ֤ע  And  he  carved  [on  them] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָלַע 
Sense: to sling, hurl forth.
כְּרוּבִים֙  cherubim 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּרוּב  
Sense: cherub, cherubim (pl).
וְתִ֣מֹר֔וֹת  and  palm  trees 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: תִּמֹרָה  
Sense: palm tree figure (as ornament).
וּפְטֻרֵ֖י  and  open 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural construct
Root: פָּטַר  
Sense: opened.
צִצִּ֑ים  flowers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: צִיץ 
Sense: flower, bloom.
וְצִפָּ֣ה  and  overlaid  [them] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָפָה  
Sense: to lay out, lay over, overlay, cover.
זָהָ֔ב  with  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
מְיֻשָּׁ֖ר  applied  evenly 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁר 
Sense: to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful, be smooth.
הַמְּחֻקֶּֽה  the  carved  work 
Parse: Article, Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חָקָה  
Sense: to cut, carve, cut in.

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