1 Kings 6:14

1 Kings 6:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
• New International Version (NIV)So Solomon built the temple and completed it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Solomon built the house and finished it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Solomon built the temple and finished it.

Context of 1 Kings 6:14

12‘I will make my home in this temple that you are building. I will do everything for you that I promised to your father David. But you must obey my laws, rules and commands. 13Then I will live among my people, the Israelites. I will never leave them.’ So Solomon finished building the temple. 15He used cedar boards to cover the walls on the inside of the temple. The boards went from the floor of the temple up to its ceiling. He covered the floor of the temple with wood from pine trees. 16He built a wall across the inside of the temple to make a separate room. That wall was 9 metres from the back wall of the temple. The inside room was the Most Holy Place. The walls were covered with cedar boards from the floor to the ceiling.

1 Kings 6:14 word by word

וַיִּ֧בֶן שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה אֶת־הַבַּ֖יִת וַיְכַלֵּֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and finishedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615

Cross-references for 1 Kings 6:14

• 1 Kings 6:9Solomon finished building the temple. He made the roof with wooden beams and with cedar boards.
• Acts 7:47But it was David's son, Solomon, who built a house for God.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 6:14

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-14Verses 11-14 None employ themselves for God, without having his eye upon them. But God plainly let Solomon know that all the charge for building this temple, would neither excuse from obedience to the law of God, nor shelter from his judgments, in case of disobedience.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-35The focus shifts to the inside of the temple. Although the temple site is not mentioned here, the Chronicler identified it as the former threshing floor of Araunah (1 Chronicles 21:18–25; 2 Chronicles 3:1). This site is traditionally believed to be Mount Moriah (Genesis 22:2). Solomon’s Temple was in the northeastern corner of Jerusalem, now known as the "old city." This is the area now associated with the Dome of the Rock.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Solomon
• Leaf
• Rest
• Architecture
• Beauty
• Cedar
• Gold
• Kings, Books of
• Temple

Commentaries on 1 Kings 6

• 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
• EGW Writings