1 Kings 6 · Verse 14

1 Kings 6:14

So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
1 Kings 6:14, King James Version

1 Kings 6:14 in other translations

BSBSo Solomon built the temple and finished it.
WEBSo Solomon built the house and finished it.
ASVSo Solomon built the house, and finished it.
YLTAnd Solomon buildeth the house and completeth it;
DARBYAnd Solomon built the house and finished it.
BBESo Solomon made the building of the house complete.)
WebsterSo Solomon built the house, and finished it.

What does 1 Kings 6:14 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 6:11-14

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.

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1 Kings 6:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּ֧בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129
שְׁלֹמֹ֛הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
וַיְכַלֵּֽהוּ\׃vay.kha.Le.huand he finished itH3615

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Cross references for 1 Kings 6:14

  • 1 Kings 6:38

    And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

  • 1 Kings 6:9

    So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

  • Acts 7:47-48

    But Solomon built him an house. Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

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Context

  • 1 Kings 6:13

    And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

  • 1 Kings 6:14

    So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

  • 1 Kings 6:15

    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

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1 Kings 6:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así que, Salomón labró la casa, y acabóla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Salomon bâtit la maison et l’acheva.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Salomo baute das Haus und vollendete es. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Igitur ædificavit Salomon domum, et consummavit eam.