1 Kings 6:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Kings 6:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Kings 6:8 is a verse from the book of 1 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Kings 6:8 — KJV
“The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. side: Heb. shoulder”
— 1 Kings 6:8 (KJV)
1 Kings 6:8 in Context — About the Book of 1 Kings
1 Kings moves from Solomon's golden age — the temple, legendary wisdom, unmatched wealth — to a kingdom torn in two by pride and idolatry. Elijah bursts in with fire from heaven on Mount Carmel, proving the Lord alone is God. Wisdom sought and wisdom squandered frame the whole book.
Cross-References for 1 Kings 6:8
“But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. door: Heb. threshold”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 6:8: door, right, side
“And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst. there...: Heb. it was made broader, and went round”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 6:8: chamber, side, house
“And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. side: Heb. shoulder temple: Heb. house”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 6:8: right, side, house
“And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: door: Heb. threshold, or, vessel”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 6:8: door, chamber, house
“And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house. one...: Heb. side chamber over side chamber thirty...: or, three and thirty times, or, foot have hold: Heb. be holden”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 6:8: chamber, side, house
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