1 Kings 7:11

and precious stones [are] above, according to the measures of hewn work, and cedar;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And the foundation [is] of precious stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;

12and the great court around [is] three rows of hewn work, and a row of cedar-beams, even for the inner court of the house of YHWH, and for the porch of the house.

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Cross References

1 Peter 2:5and you yourselves are built up as living stones [into] a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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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