Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.
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Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.
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And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
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And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn stones, and cedar-wood.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 7:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ephesians 2:20-22 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
- 1 Peter 2:5 You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain From the foundation upward.
From the foundation upward.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 7:11 And above [were] costly stones, after the…
1Ki 7:11 And above [were] costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
Ver. 11. And above were costly stones.] Above ground, as well as under.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Above, i.e. in the roof or upper part; for…
Above, i.e. in the roof or upper part; for this is opposed to the foundation. Costly stones and cedars, intermixed here the one, and there the other.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the great court round about,.... Which surrounded Solomon's…
And the great court round about,.... Which surrounded Solomon's house:
was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams; these rows were one upon another, and were a wall to the court, which were either topped with a row of cedar wood, or that was a lining to the stones
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for the inner court of the house of the Lord; or rather as, or like to that, as appears from Kg1 6:36,
and for the porch of the house; not the temple, but Solomon's house.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Above - That is, in the upper part; for…
Above - That is, in the upper part; for this is opposed to the foundation. Stones and cedars - Intermixed the one, and the other.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. And above — In the upper parts of…
11. And above — In the upper parts of the buildings.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. And above] i.e. The courses which lay upon…
11. And above] i.e. The courses which lay upon the foundations.
after the measures of hewed stones] Render (as in 9) hewn stone according to measure.
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and cedars] The noun is singular. It refers not to any beams that formed part of the wall, but to the cedar facings with which the interior stone work in many places was covered. R.V. cedar-wood.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And above i.e., upon the foundation stones just described…
And above i.e., upon the foundation stones just described were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones It is implied here that the stones of the superstructure were less than those of the foundation. It is also implied that the former were more carefully smoothed and. faced than the latter and cedars. Heb. cedar.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 cedar beams
cedar beams
A beam is a long piece of wood used for structural support.
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three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams
See how you translated this in 1 Kings 6:36.
translationWords
cedar
court
palace
temple
Yahweh
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