1 Kings 6:36
And the inner space was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards.
Bible in Basic English
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 base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.
Cross References
Exodus 27:9And let there be an open space round the House, with hangings for its south side of the best linen, a hundred cubits long.
1 Kings 7:12The great outer square all round was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards, round about the open square inside the house of the Lord and the covered room of the king's house.
2 Chronicles 7:7Then Solomon made holy the middle of the open square in front of the house of the Lord, offering the burned offerings there, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for there was not room on the brass altar which Solomon had made for all the burned offerings and the meal offerings and the fat.
Ezekiel 40:28Then he took me to the inner square by the south doorway: and he took the measure of the south doorway by 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 →