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

10They made the foundations with very large, valuable stones. The stones were 3.5 metres or 4.5 metres long. 11On top of the foundation they used the best stones that they cut to the right size. They also used beams of cedar wood. There was a wall around the great yard. This had three rows of special stones, then a row of cedar beams, and so on. It was like the wall around the yard of the Lord's temple and the entrance room. 13King Solomon sent men to Tyre to fetch a man called Hiram. 14Hiram was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father was a worker who knew how to use bronze to make things. He lived in Tyre. Hiram also had special skills. He knew how to use bronze to make many kinds of things. So he came to work for King Solomon. He did all the work that Solomon asked him to do.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• with threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• rowsטוּרţûr · rowH2905
• of hewed stonesגָּזִיתgâzîyth · cuttingH1496
• of cedarאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• beamsכָּרֻתָהkârûthâh · beamH3773
• both for the innerפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and for the porchאוּלָם'ûlâm 'ûlâm · Hall (of pillars)H197
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:12

• 1 Kings 6:36Solomon also built a yard around the temple building. The wall around the yard had three rows of special stones, then a row of cedar beams, and so on.
• John 10:23Jesus was walking in the yard of the temple, under a place with a roof. The place was called Solomon's porch.
• Acts 3:11The man was still holding Peter and John as they went into the yard of the temple. All the people were very surprised about what they saw. So they ran to Peter and John at the place called Solomon's porch.
• Acts 5:12At that time, the apostles were doing many miracles that showed God's power among the people. All the believers often met together in the yard of the temple in a place called Solomon's porch.

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