1 Kings 6:36
And hee built the court within with three rowes of hewed stone, and one rowe of beames of cedar.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
37In the fourth yeere was the foundation of the house of the Lord layed in the moneth of Zif:
Cross References
Exodus 27:9Also thou shalt make the court of the Tabernacle in the Southside, euen full South: the court shall haue curtaines of fine twined linnen, of an hundreth cubites long, for one side,
1 Kings 7:12And the great court round about was with three rowes of hewed stones, and a rowe of cedar beames: so was it to ye inner court of the house of the Lord, and to the porche of the house.
2 Chronicles 7:7Moreouer Salomon halowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there hee had prepared burnt offerings, and the fatte of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Salomon had made, was not able to receiue the burnt offering, and the meate offring, and the fat.
Ezekiel 40:28And he brought me into the inner court by the South gate, and he measured the South gate according to these measures,
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 →