KJV King James Version
And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen [in] a row.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Kings 7:3
And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen [in] a row.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.
WEB World English Bible
It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row.
ASV American Standard Version
And it was covered with cedar above over the forty and five beams, that were upon the pillars; fifteen in a row.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and it is covered with cedar above, on the sides that are on the forty and five pillars, fifteen in the row.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 7
1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
3 And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen [in] a row.
4 And [there were] windows [in] three rows, and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.
5 And all the doors and posts [were] square, with the windows: and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.
6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch [was] before them: and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] before them.
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וְסָפֻ֣ןH5603 · sa.phanto coverבָּאֶ֗רֶזH730 · e.rezcedarמִמַּ֙עַל֙H4605 · ma.alaboveעַל־H5921 · aluponהַצְּלָעֹת֙H6763 · tse.lasideאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichעַל־H5921 · aluponהָֽעַמּוּדִ֔יםH5982 · am.mudpillarאַרְבָּעִ֖יםH705 · ar.ba.imfortyוַחֲמִשָּׁ֑הH2568 · cha.meshfiveחֲמִשָּׁ֥הH2568 · cha.meshfiveעָשָׂ֖רH6240 · a.sartenהַטּֽוּר׃H2905 · turrow
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