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1 Kings 7:11 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 7 · verse 11
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.1 Kings 7:11 · King James Version
1 Kings 7:11 in context
9All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
11And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
12And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
13And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- measuresmiddâhproperly, extensionH4060 →
- costlyyâqârvaluableH3368 →
- stonesʼebena stoneH68 →
- stonesgâzîythsomething cutH1496 →
- cedarsʼereza cedar treeH730 →
- abovemaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from…H4605 →
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Never had any man so much of the spirit of building as Solomon had, nor to better purpose; he began with the temple, built for God first, and then all his other buildings were comfortable. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity are those which are laid in an early piety, Mat 6:33. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12