New International Version
1 Kings 7:12
12The 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The walls of the great courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone, just like the walls of the inner courtyard of the Lord’s Temple with its entry room.
Context of 1 Kings 7:12
10The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight. 11Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. 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. 13King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram, 14whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.
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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 6:36And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.
- John 10:23and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 3:11While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 5:12The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet 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
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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
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