1 Kings 6:36
And he built the inner atrium with three rows of polished stones, and one row of cedar wood.
Catholic Public Domain 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 house of the Lord was founded, in the month of Ziv.
Cross References
Exodus 27:9You shall also make the atrium of the tabernacle, at the southern part of which, opposite the meridian, there shall be hangings of fine twisted linen: one side extending for one hundred cubits in length.
1 Kings 7:12And the great atrium was round, with three rows of cut stones and one row of cut cedar, even as it also was in the interior atrium of the house of the Lord, and in the portico of the house.
2 Chronicles 7:7Also, Solomon sanctified the middle of the atrium in front of the temple of the Lord. For he had offered the holocausts and the fat of peace offerings in that place because the bronze altar, which he had made, had not been able to support the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat.
Ezekiel 40:28And he led me into the inner court, to the south gate. And he measured the gate to be in accord with the measures above.
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 →