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.
1 Kings 7:12 in other translations
| BSB | The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD. |
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| WEB | The great court around had three courses of cut stone with a course of cedar beams, like the inner court of the LORD’s house and the porch of the house. |
| ASV | And the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house. |
| YLT | and the great court round about is three rows of hewn work, and a row of cedar-beams, even for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and for the porch of the house. |
| DARBY | And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stones, and a row of cedar-beams; and so it was for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house. |
| BBE | The great outer square all round was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards, round about the open square inside the house of the Lord and the covered room of the king's house. |
| Webster | And the great court around was with three rows of hewn 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. |
What does 1 Kings 7:12 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 7:1-12
All Solomon's buildings, though beautiful, were intended for use. Solomon began with the temple; he built for God first, and then his other buildings. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity are laid in early piety. He was thirteen years building his house, yet he built the temple in little more than seven years; not that he was more exact, but less eager in building his own house, than in building God's. We…
1 Kings 7:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 7:12
- 1 Kings 6:36
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
- Acts 5:12
And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
- Acts 3:11
And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
- John 10:23
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
- 1 Kings 7:6
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
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Context
- 1 Kings 7:11
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 7:13
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
1 Kings 7:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y en el gran atrio alrededor había tres órdenes de piedras labradas, y un orden de vigas de cedro: y así el atrio interior de la casa de Jehová, y el atrio de la casa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et la grande cour avait, tout à l’entour, trois rangées de pierres de taille et une rangée de poutres de cèdre; et de même le parvis intérieur de la maison de l’ Éternel et le portique de la maison. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der große Hof ringsum bestand aus drei Reihen behauener Steine und einer Reihe Cedernbalken; so war es auch mit dem inneren Hofe des Hauses Jehovas und mit der Halle des Hauses. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et atrium majus rotundum trium ordinum de lapidibus sectis, et unius ordinis de dolata cedro: necnon et in atrio domus Domini interiori, et in porticu domus. |