1 Kings 6 · Verse 36

1 Kings 6:36

And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
1 Kings 6:36, King James Version

1 Kings 6:36 in other translations

BSBSolomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
WEBHe built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.
ASVAnd he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.
YLTAnd he buildeth the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar.
DARBYAnd he built the inner court of three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar-beams.
BBEAnd the inner space was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards.
WebsterAnd he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.

What does 1 Kings 6:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
36. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 Three 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, 1Kgs 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 way in which the better sort of buildings were constructed. Calmet thinks that to this mode of building the prophet alludes, Hab 2:11 : The stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. But it should be observed that this was in the inner court, and therefore the timber was not exposed to the weather. The outer court does not appear to have been built stratum super stratum of stone and wood.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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1 Kings 6:36 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.

וַיִּ֙בֶן֙vai.Yi.venand he builtH1129
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הֶחָצֵ֣רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtH2691
הַפְּנִימִ֔יתha.pe.ni.Mit<the> innerH6442
שְׁלֹשָׁ֖הshe.lo.ShahthreeH7969
טוּרֵ֣יtu.Reirows ofH2905
גָזִ֑יתga.Zithewn [stone]H1496
וְט֖וּרve.Turand a row ofH2905
כְּרֻתֹ֥תke.ru.Totbeams ofH3773
אֲרָזִֽים\׃'a.ra.Zimcedar<s>H730

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Cross references for 1 Kings 6:36

  • 1 Kings 7:12

    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.

  • Exodus 27:9-19

    And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. …

  • Exodus 38:9-20

    And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. …

  • 2 Chronicles 4:9

    Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

  • Revelation 11:2

    But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:7

    Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

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Ex 27:9-19; 38:9-20; 2Ch 4:9; 7:7; Re 11:2

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Context

  • 1 Kings 6:35

    And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

  • 1 Kings 6:36

    And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

  • 1 Kings 6:37

    In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:

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1 Kings 6:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y edificó el atrio interior de tres órdenes de piedras labradas, y de un orden de vigas de cedro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il bâtit le parvis intérieur de trois rangées de pierres de taille et d’une rangée de poutres de cèdre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er baute den inneren Hof aus drei Reihen behauener Steine und aus einer Reihe Cedernbalken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ædificavit atrium interius tribus ordinibus lapidum politorum, et uno ordine lignorum cedri.