1 Kings 7:12

1 Kings 7:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And 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.
• New International Version (NIV)The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the Lord with its portico.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the Lord and the vestibule of the house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The great court was enclosed with three rows of hewn stones and a row of cedar beams. So were the inner court of the house of the Lord and the vestibule of the temple.

Context of 1 Kings 7:12

10The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long. 11Above these were costly stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD. 13Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre. 14He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

1 Kings 7:12 word by word

וְחָצֵ֨ר הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה סָבִ֗יב שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ טוּרִ֣ים גָּזִ֔ית וְט֖וּר כְּרֻתֹ֣ת אֲרָזִ֑ים וְלַחֲצַ֧ר בֵּית־יְהוָ֛ה הַפְּנִימִ֖ית וּלְאֻלָ֥ם הַבָּֽיִת׃ פRead the interlinear

• The greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• courtyardחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• was surrounded byסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• rowsטוּרţûr · rowH2905
• of dressed stoneגָּזִיתgâzîyth · cuttingH1496
• of trimmed cedarאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• beamsכָּרֻתָהkârûthâh · beamH3773
• as were the innerפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
• and porticoאוּלָם'ûlâm 'ûlâm · Hall (of pillars)H197
• of the house ofבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• ·בַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:12

• 1 Kings 6:36Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
• John 10:23and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
• Acts 3:11While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
• Acts 5:12The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The palace, like the temple, had two courts 1 Kings 6:36, not, however, one immediately within the other. The lesser court of the palace seems to have been a private inner court among the buildings 1 Kings 7:8. The greater court was outside all the buildings, surrounding the palace on every side. Assyrian palaces had always such an external court, and had generally one or more inner courts or quadrangles. Both for the inner court - By a slight alteration…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The large courtyard around the temple and palace complex served as a gathering place for the people (see Jeremiah 7:1–2; 36:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. for the inner court of the house of the Lord--should be, as in the inner court of the house of the Lord; the meaning is, that in this palace, as in the temple, rows of hewed stones and the cedar beams formed the enclosing wall. 1Ki 7:13-51. Hiram's Works.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 7:12

• Palace
• Solomon
• Stones
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Cedar
• Esarhaddon
• Light
• Palace
• Sea
• Solomon
• Unweighed
• Wall
• Architecture
• King; Kingdom

Commentaries on 1 Kings 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary