1 Kings 7:11
Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.
BSB
ASV
And above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood.
KJV
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
And above were costly stones,.... Above the foundation, from thence to the top of the buildings; the whole walls were made of such right up to the ceiling: after the measure of hewed stones; which, according to the Rabbins, as Kimchi says, were five hands breadth: and cedars; beams of cedars over them, or these, both the foundation and the walls, were lined with them.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk5
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Through
1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
leads to
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?