1 Kings 6:10
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
1 Kings 6:10 in other translations
| BSB | He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar. |
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| WEB | He built the floors all along the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timbers of cedar. |
| ASV | And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. |
| YLT | And he buildeth the couch against all the house, five cubits is its height, and it taketh hold of the house by cedar-wood. |
| DARBY | And he built the floors against all the house, five cubits high; and they held to the house by the timbers of cedar. |
| BBE | And he put up the line of side rooms against the walls of the house, fifteen cubits high, resting against the house on boards of cedar-wood. |
| Webster | And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. |
What does 1 Kings 6:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 6:9-10
9-10. built the house--The temple is here distinguished from the wings or chambers attached to it--and its roofing was of cedar-wood.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 6:1-10
The temple is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed and modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave it the beauty of holiness, that it was the house of the Lord, which was far beyond all other beauties. It was to be the temple of the God of peace, therefore no iron tool must be heard; quietness and silence suit and help religious exercises. God's work should be done with much…
1 Kings 6:10 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 1 Kings 6:9
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
- 1 Kings 6:10
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
- 1 Kings 6:11
And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,
1 Kings 6:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y edificó asimismo el aposento en derredor de toda la casa, de altura de cinco codos, el cual se apoyaba en la casa con maderas de cedro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il bâtit les étages contre toute la maison, hauts de cinq coudées, et ils tenaient à la maison par des bois de cèdre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er baute die Stockwerke an das ganze Haus, fünf Ellen ihre Höhe; und sie waren mit dem Hause durch Cedernhölzer verbunden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ædificavit tabulatum super omnem domum quinque cubitis altitudinis, et operuit domum lignis cedrinis. |