1 Kings 7:11

And above were heavy stones, hewn after a fixed measure, and cedars.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

In Context

10And the foundation was of heavy stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

12And the great court round about was of three rows of hewn stones, and one row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the porch of the house.

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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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