1 Kings 6:18
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
1 Kings 6:18 in other translations
| BSB | The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen. |
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| WEB | There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was visible. |
| ASV | And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. |
| YLT | And the cedar for the house within is carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole is cedar, there is not a stone seen. |
| DARBY | And the cedar of the house within was carved with colocynths and half-open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. |
| BBE | (All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.) |
| Webster | And the cedar of the house within was carved with knobs and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. |
What does 1 Kings 6:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 6:15-21
15-21. he built the walls of the house within--The walls were wainscotted with cedar-wood; the floor, paved with cypress planks; the interior was divided (by a partition consisting of folding doors, which were opened and shut with golden chains) into two apartments--the back or inner room, that is, the most holy place, was twenty cubits long and broad; the front, or outer room, that is, the holy place, was forty…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 6:15-38
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…
1 Kings 6:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 6:18
- 1 Kings 7:24
And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
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open flowers. or, openings of flowers.
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Context
- 1 Kings 6:17
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
- 1 Kings 6:18
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
- 1 Kings 6:19
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
1 Kings 6:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y la casa estaba cubierta de cedro por de dentro, y tenía entalladuras de calabazas silvestres y de botones de flores. Todo era cedro; ninguna piedra se veía. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le cèdre qui revêtait la maison, au-dedans, était orné de sculptures de coloquintes et de fleurs entrouvertes: tout était de cèdre, on ne voyait pas de pierre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das Cedernholz am Hause, inwendig, war Schnitzwerk von Koloquinthen und aufbrechenden Blumen; alles war Cedernholz, kein Stein wurde gesehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et cedro omnis domus intrinsecus vestiebatur, habens tornaturas et juncturas suas fabrefactas, et cælaturas eminentes: omnia cedrinis tabulis vestiebantur: nec omnino lapis apparere poterat in pariete. |