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1 Kings 6:10 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 6 · verse 10
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.1 Kings 6:10 · King James Version
1 Kings 6:10 in context
8The 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.
9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
10And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
12Concerning 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- chambersyâtsûwaʻspreadH3326 →
- cubitsʼammâhproperly, a motherH520 →
- restedʼâchazto seizeH270 →
- timberʻêtsa treeH6086 →
- builtbânâhto buildH1129 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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Here, I. The temple is called the house of the Lord (Kg1 6:1), because it was, 1. Directed and modelled by him. Infinite Wisdom was the architect, and gave David the plan or pattern by the Spirit, not by word of mouth only, but, for the greater certainty and exactness, in writing (Ch1 28:11, Ch1 28:12), as he had…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10