Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 6:33
So also made he for the door of the temple posts [of] olive tree, a fourth part [of the wall].
33. for the door of the temple ] The word translated ‘door’ is the same which is rendered entering in 1Ki 6:31. (So R.V.) The entering here meant is that from the porch into the holy place.
posts of olive tree ] The word is that used for side-posts in 31. There is no mention here of the whole framework. But following the description given above we may assume that the dimensions of this doorway were also the same in height as in width.
a fourth part of the wall] The Hebrew has here a preposition before the numeral. Render ‘ out of a fourth part of the wall.’ The meaning is that the aperture was a fourth part of the wall in width, and the same measure in height. That would be five cubits each way, larger by one cubit than the doorway from the holy place into the most holy. Such a space was cut out of he wall for the doors.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The door of the temple – The door, that is, which led from the porch into the great chamber of the temple. Its posts were a fourth part of the wall, or, five cubits high, which was, therefore, the height of the doorway.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Or rather, four-square. See Poole “1Ki 6:31“.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
So also made he for the door of the temple,…. The holy place:
posts [of] olive tree, a fourth part [of the wall]; which was five cubits, its breadth being twenty, 1Ki 6:20; this door was a cubit wider than that into the most holy place, 1Ki 6:31, more entering into the one than into the other; as more go into the church on earth than into the heavenly glory.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
33. The door of the temple The outer door leading from the porch into the holy place.
A fourth part Not of the wall, but of the doorway, as in 1Ki 6:31. This outer door was probably considerably larger than the one leading to the oracle.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ki 6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts [of] olive tree, a fourth part [of the wall].
Ver. 33. Posts of olive tree. ] See 1Ki 6:31 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
door = entrance.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
a fourth part: or, four square, 1Ki 6:33
Reciprocal: Eze 41:21 – posts