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1 Kings 6:36 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 6 · verse 36
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.1 Kings 6:36 · King James Version
1 Kings 6:36 in context
34And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
35And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- builtbânâhto buildH1129 →
- innerpᵉnîymîyinteriorH6442 →
- courtchâtsêra yardH2691 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- stonegâzîythsomething cutH1496 →
- cedarʼereza cedar treeH730 →
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Here, I. We have a particular account of the details of the building. 1. The wainscot of the temple. It was of cedar (Kg1 6:15), which was strong and durable, and of a very sweet smell. The wainscot was curiously carved with knops (like eggs or apples) and flowers, no doubt as the fashion then was, Kg1 6:18. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-38