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The Doors

1 Kings 6:31

In 11 translations

BSB
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
KJV
¶ And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.a fifth…: or, fivesquare
WEB
For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.
ASV
And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel and door-posts were a fifth part of the wall.
LSV
as for the opening of the oracle, he made doors of the oil-tree; the lintel [and] doorposts [are] a fifth [of the wall].
YLT
as to the opening of the oracle, he made doors of the oil-tree; the lintel, side-posts, a fifth.
DBY
And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel [and] side posts were the fifth part [of the breadth of the house].
DRC
And in the entrance of the oracle he made little doors of olive tree, and posts of five corners,
GNV
And in the entring of the oracle he made two doores of oliue tree: and the vpper post and side postes were fiue square.
JPS
And for the entrance of the Sanctuary he made doors of olive-wood, the door-posts within the frame having five angles.
LXXE
And for the door-way of the oracle he made doors of juniper wood, there were porches in a four-fold way.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֵת֙ פֶּ֣תַח הַדְּבִ֔יר עָשָׂ֖ה דַּלְת֣וֹת עֲצֵי־שָׁ֑מֶן הָאַ֥יִל מְזוּז֖וֹת חֲמִשִֽׁית׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τῷ θυρώματι τοῦ δαβὶρ ἐποίησε θύρας ξύλων ἀρκευθίνων, στοαὶ τετραπλῶς,

Who and where

◆ Reign of Solomon◆ Construction of Solomon's Temple

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hebrews 10:19–20Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
  • John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  • John 10:9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
  • Ephesians 3:18will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth

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