1 Kings 6:36

1 Kings 6:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.

Context of 1 Kings 6:36

34He also made two doors out of juniper wood, each having two leaves that turned in sockets. 35He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings. And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams. 37The foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv. 38In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.

1 Kings 6:36 word by word

וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ אֶת־הֶחָצֵ֣ר הַפְּנִימִ֔ית שְׁלֹשָׁ֖ה טוּרֵ֣י גָזִ֑ית וְט֖וּר כְּרֻתֹ֥ת אֲרָזִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• the innerפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• with threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• rowsטוּרţûr · rowH2905
• of hewed stoneגָּזִיתgâzîyth · cuttingH1496
• of cedarאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• beamsכָּרֻתָהkârûthâh · beamH3773

Cross-references for 1 Kings 6:36

• Exodus 27:9“Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen,
• Exodus 38:9Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely twisted linen,
• 2 Chronicles 4:9He made the courtyard of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze.
• 2 Chronicles 7:7Solomon consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat portions.
• Revelation 11:2But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 6:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams - Does not this intimate that there were three courses of stone, and then one course of timber all through this wall? Three strata of stone and one stratum of timber, and so on. If so, could such a building be very durable? This is also referred to in the succeeding chapter, 1 Kings 7:11; and as both the temple and Solomon's house were built in the same manner, we may suppose that this was the ordinary…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36The inner court - An outer court is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 4:9. The inner court is probably identical with the “higher court” of Jeremiah Jeremiah 36:10, being raised above the outer, as were sometimes the inner courts of Assyrian palaces. The court seems to have surrounded the temple. Its dimensions may be reasonably presumed to have been double those of the court of the tabernacle, i. e., 100 cubits on each side of the temple, and 200 cubits at the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-38Verses 15-38 See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical temple. It grows to a holy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-38The inner courtyard around the temple was only for priests (2 Chronicles 4:9). It had the bronze altar (2 Chronicles 4:1), the bronze Sea (1 Kings 7:23–26; 2 Chronicles 4:2–5), and ten carts. Each cart could hold a basin of water for purification (1 Kings 7:27–40; 2 Chronicles 4:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. the inner court--was for the priests. Its wall, which had a coping of cedar, is said to have been so low that the people could see over it. 1Ki 6:37, 38. The time Taken to Build It.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 6:36

• Stones
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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