1 Kings 7:12

And 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.

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In The King James Version

And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

In Context

11And above these, there were precious stones, of equal measure, which had been cut in a manner similar to boards of cedar.

13And king Solomon sent and brought Hiram of Tyre,

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:36And he built the inner atrium with three rows of polished stones, and one row of cedar wood.

2 Chronicles 4:9Then too, he made the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he covered with brass.

Acts 3:11Then, as he held on to Peter and John, all the people ran to them at the portico, which is called Solomon’s, in astonishment.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:2-13

The Building of the Temple. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4 And there were windows in three rows, and… Read the whole commentary →

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