1 Kings 6:36 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 6:36

And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

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ASV

And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.

WEB

Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

YLT

And he buildeth the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar.

DBT

And he built the inner court of three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar-beams.

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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Ezra 6:4
With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house:
1 Kings 7:12
And 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.
2 Chronicles 4:9
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
2 Kings 21:5
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 6:13
For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,

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2 And the house which king Solomon built for the L ORD , the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), that over it the people might see what was done and hear what the priests said to them; for, even under that dispensation, they were not kept wholly either in the dark or at a distance. The time spent in this building. It was but seven years and a half from the founding to the finishing of it,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

the inner court--was for the priests. Its wall, which had a coping of cedar, is said to have been so low that the people could see over it. THE TIME TAKEN TO BUILD IT.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Cedar beams - Which is understood, of so many galleries, one on each side of the temple, whereof the three first were of stone, and the fourth of cedar, all supported with rows of pillars: upon which there were many chambers for the uses of the temple, and of the priests.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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