1 Kings 6:10
and built the gallery against all the house, five cubits in height,—and so fastened the house, with timber of cedar.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9So he built the house, and finished it,—and ceiled the house with planks and beams of cedar;
11Then came the word of Yahweh unto Solomon, saying:
Cross References
2 Kings 11:2But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were being slain—him and his nurse, into the bedchamber,—so she hid him from the face of Athaliah, that he was not slain.
Jeremiah 35:2Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak with them, and bring them into the house of Yahweh, into one of the chambers,—and give them, wine, to drink.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:2-11
The Building of the Temple. ( b. c. 1011.) 1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord . 2 And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord , the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before the… Read the whole commentary →