1 Kings 7:12
And the greater court was made round with three rows of hewed stones, and one row of planks of cedar, moreover also in the inner court of the house of the Lord, and in the porch of the house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11And above there were costly stones, or equal measure, hewed; and, in like manner, planks of cedar:
13And king Solomon sent, and brought Hiram from Tyre,
Cross References
1 Kings 6:36And he carved cherubims, and palm trees, and carved work standing very much out: and he overlaid all with golden plates in square work by rule.
2 Chronicles 4:9He made also the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he covered with brass.
Acts 3:11And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them to the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
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 →