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“This concerns the temple you are building: If you live by my laws, follow my rules, and keep my commands, I will fulfill the promise I made about you to your father David. 13I will live among the Israelites and never abandon my people.” When Solomon had finished building the temple’s ⌞frame⌟, 15he began to line the inside walls of the temple with cedar boards. He paneled the inside of the temple with wood from floor to ceiling. He covered the floor of the temple with cypress planks. 16He sectioned off a 30-foot-long room at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the rafters. He built it to serve as an inner room, the most holy place.

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 6:9When he had finished building the walls, he roofed the temple with rows of cedar beams and planks.
• Acts 7:47But Solomon was the one 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