KJV King James Version
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Kings 6:9
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
WEB World English Bible
So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
ASV American Standard Version
So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house with beams and rows of cedars.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 6
6 The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
8 The door for the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber], and out of the middle into the third.
9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
10 And [then] he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
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:
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