The Meaning of 1 Kings 6:33 Explained

1 Kings 6:33

KJV: So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

YLT: And so he hath made for the opening of the temple, side-posts of the oil-tree, from the fourth.

Darby: And he also made for the doorway of the temple posts of olive-wood, of the fourth part of the breadth of the house.

ASV: So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part of the wall ;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So also made  he for the door  of the temple  posts  [of] olive  tree,  a fourth part  [of the wall]. 

What does 1 Kings 6:33 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 6:33 mean?

So also he made for the door of the sanctuary doorposts [of] wood olive - a fourth [of the wall]
וְכֵ֥ן עָשָׂ֛ה לְפֶ֥תַח הַֽהֵיכָ֖ל מְזוּז֣וֹת עֲצֵי־ שָׁ֑מֶן מֵאֵ֖ת רְבִעִֽית

וְכֵ֥ן  So  also 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
עָשָׂ֛ה  he  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לְפֶ֥תַח  for  the  door 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
הַֽהֵיכָ֖ל  of  the  sanctuary 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֵיכָל  
Sense: palace, temple, nave, sanctuary.
מְזוּז֣וֹת  doorposts  [of] 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מְזוּזָה  
Sense: doorpost, gatepost.
עֲצֵי־  wood 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
שָׁ֑מֶן  olive 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
מֵאֵ֖ת  - 
Parse: Preposition-m, Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
רְבִעִֽית  a  fourth  [of  the  wall] 
Parse: Number, ordinal feminine singular
Root: רְבִיעִי 
Sense: fourth.

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