1 Kings 7:48
And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones, and with cedars.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
47founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits long.
49There were three rows of hewn stones round about the great hall, and a row of sculptured cedar:
Cross References
Exodus 25:23And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.
Exodus 30:3And thou shalt gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a wreathen border of gold roundabout.
Exodus 40:26And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil;
2 Kings 25:15And the captain of the guard took the fire pans, and the gold and silver bowls.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:14-48
13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars:… Read the whole commentary →