1 Kings 6:36
And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
In Context
37In the fourth year the foundation of the house of LORD was laid, in the month Ziv.
Cross References
Exodus 27:9And thou shall make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side.
1 Kings 7:12And the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams, like the inner court of the house of LORD, and the porch of the house.
2 Chronicles 7:7Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of LORD. For there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to rece
Ezekiel 40:28Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. And he measured the south gate according to these measures,
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:16-38
15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the… Read the whole commentary →