1 Kings 6:36
He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
In Context
37The foundation of the LORD’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv.
Cross References
Exodus 27:9“You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side.
1 Kings 7:12The great court around had three courses of cut stone with a course of cedar beams, like the inner court of the LORD’s house and the porch of the house.
2 Chronicles 7:7Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court that was before the LORD’s house holy; for there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat.
Ezekiel 40:28Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate according to these measurements;
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:16-38
15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the… Read the whole commentary →