1 Kings 6:9 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 6:9

So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.

BSB

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ASV

So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

KJV

So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He built the house, and finished it - i. e., the external shell of the house. The internal fittings were added afterward. See 1Ki 6:15-22. Covered the house - Roofed it with a wooden roof, sloped like our roofs.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּ֥בֶן	vai.Yi.ven	and he built	H1129 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַבַּ֖יִת	ha.Ba.yit	the house	H1004 →
וַיְכַלֵּ֑הוּ	vay.kha.Le.hu	and he finished it	H3615 →
וַיִּסְפֹּ֤ן	vai.yis.Pon	and he covered	H5603 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַבַּ֙יִת֙	ha.Ba.yit	the house	H1004 →
גֵּבִ֔ים	ge.Vim	beams	H1356 →
וּשְׂדֵרֹ֖ת	u.se.de.Rot	and planks	H7713 →
בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃	ba.'a.ra.Zim	with <the> cedar<s>	H730 →

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Through
1 Kings 6:14
So Solomon built the temple and finished it.
leads to
- 1 Kings 6:38
  In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
- Acts 7:47–48
  But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
Through
1 Kings 6:38
In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
leads to
- Zechariah 4:9
  “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.
- 1 Kings 7:1
  Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.
- Ezra 6:14–15
  So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees…
- Ezra 3:8–13
  In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including…
- 1 Kings 6:1
  In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over…

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04Related verses

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06About 1 Kings

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Kings