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1 Kings 6:9 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 6 · verse 9
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.1 Kings 6:9 · King James Version
1 Kings 6:9 in context
7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
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,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- finishedkâlâhto end, whether intransitive or transitivedH3615 →
- coveredçâphanto hide by coveringH5603 →
- boardssᵉdêrâha rowH7713 →
- builtbânâhto buildH1129 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- beamsgêba logH1356 →
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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