KJV King James Version
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Kings 6:36
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
WEB World English Bible
He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams.
ASV American Standard Version
And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he buildeth the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 6
33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts [of] olive tree, a fourth part [of the wall].
34 And the two doors [were of] fir tree: the two leaves of the one door [were] folding, and the two leaves of the other door [were] folding.
35 And he carved [thereon] cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered [them] with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which [is] the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
Cross-references
1 Kings 7:12And the great court round about [was] with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.Exodus 38:9-20And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court [were of] fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:2 Chronicles 4:9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.Revelation 11:2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months.2 Chronicles 7:7Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that [was] before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.Exodus 27:9-19And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on 1 Kings 6:36
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →