1 Kings 6:14

Solomon’s workers finished building the temple.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

In Context

13I will live among the Israeli people, in this temple, and I will never abandon them.”

15On the inside, they lined/covered the walls with cedar boards. They lined/covered them from the floor to the ceiling. They made the floor from cypress boards.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:9So Solomon’s workers finished building the framework of the temple. They made the ceiling from cedar beams and boards.

1 Kings 7:51So Solomon’s workers finished all the work for the temple. Then they placed in the temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold, and the other valuable items.

Acts 7:47But instead, God let David’s son Solomon build a house where people could worship God.”

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:12-15

11 And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying, 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. Here is, I. The word God sent to Solomon, when he was engaged in building the temple. God let… Read the whole commentary →

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