1 Kings 6:33
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New International Version (©2011)
In the same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood that were one fourth of the width of the hall.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then he made four-sided doorposts of wild olive wood for the entrance to the Temple.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive wood

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
In the same way, he made four-sided olive wood doorposts for the sanctuary entrance.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Solomon also provided four-sided doorposts made of cypress wood for the entrance to the outer sanctuary,

NET Bible (©2006)
In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
In the same way he made square doorposts out of olive wood for the temple's entrance.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
So also he made for the door of the temple posts of olive wood, a fourth part of the wall.

American King James Version
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made in the entrance of the temple posts of olive tree foursquare:

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

English Revised Version
So also made he for the entering of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall;

Webster's Bible Translation
So also he made for the door of the temple posts of olive tree a fourth part of the wall.

World English Bible
So also made he for the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part [of the wall];

Young's Literal Translation
And so he hath made for the opening of the temple, side-posts of the oil-tree, from the fourth.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:15-38 See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical temple. It grows to a holy temple in the Lord, enriched and beautified with the gifts and graces of the Spirit. This temple is built firm, upon a Rock. 4. Heaven is the everlasting temple. There the church will be fixed. All that shall be stones in that building, must, in the present state of preparation, be fitted and made ready for it. Let sinners come to Jesus as the living Foundation, that they may be built on him, a part of this spiritual house, consecrated in body and soul to the glory of God.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 33. - So also [i.e., similarly] made he for the door [or entrance, doorway] of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth [Heb. from a fourth] part of the wall. It is uncertain whether we are to understand the "fourth part" of the height or of the breadth of the doorway, though the latter is probably meant. The height of the wall is variously estimated; generally at 30 (ver. 2), but by Rawlinson at 20 cubits. But the breadth is beyond dispute. It was 20 cubits. The doorway, consequently, would be five cubits wide. The effect of the preposition, "from a fourth," is probably this: The entrance with the side posts subtracted one-fourth from the space of the wall.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, 1 Kings 6:20; this door was a cubit wider than that into the most holy place, 1 Kings 6:31, more entering into the one than into the other; as more go into the church on earth than into the heavenly glory.

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The Doors
31And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. 32The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees. 33So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

Exodus 12:7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
1 Kings 6:23 For the inner sanctuary he made a pair of cherubim out of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
1 Kings 6:32 And on the two olive-wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
1 Kings 6:34 He also made two doors out of juniper wood, each having two leaves that turned in sockets.
Ezekiel 41:21 The main hall had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar.