1 Kings 7:12
The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of hewn stone and one row of cedar beams, similar in design to the inner courtyard of the Lord's house and its portico.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And the great court all around was with three rows of cut stones and a row of cedar beams, for the inner court of the house of the LORD and for the porch of the house.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the greate courte rounde aboute had thre rowes of fre stone, & one rowe of playne Ceders: Euen so also the courte by ye hou of the LORDE within, and the porch by the house.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the great court round about was with three rowes of hewed stones, & a rowe of cedar beames: so was it to ye inner court of the house of the Lord, and to the porche of the house.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the great court round about, was with three rowes of hewed stones, and one rowe of Cedar planckes, after the maner of the inner court of the house of the Lorde, and of the porche of the temple.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
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 Yahweh, and the porch of the house.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
The great court around had three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and the porch of the house.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the LORD’s temple and the hall of the palace.
Referenced Verses
- 1 Kgs 6:36 : 36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.
- 1 Kgs 7:6 : 6 He made the Hall of Pillars, which was fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of the pillars and a canopy above them.
- John 10:23 : 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple courts, in Solomon's Colonnade.
- Acts 3:11 : 11 While the healed man clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them on Solomon’s Colonnade, utterly amazed.
- Acts 5:12 : 12 Through the hands of the apostles, many signs and wonders were being performed among the people. And they were all gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade with one accord.
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36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.
- 1 Kgs 7:1-1111 verses87%
1Solomon built his palace over the course of thirteen years, completing its construction entirely.
2He constructed the House of the Forest of Lebanon, which was one hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, supported by four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on top of the columns.
3It was paneled with cedar above the chambers that rested on the forty-five pillars, with fifteen pillars in each row.
4There were three rows of window frames positioned opposite each other on three levels.
5All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames, with openings placed directly opposite each other in three tiers.
6He made the Hall of Pillars, which was fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of the pillars and a canopy above them.
7He also made the Hall of the Throne, known as the Hall of Judgment, where he would judge. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the ceiling.
8His own palace where he would reside, in another court behind the Hall, was built similarly. Solomon also built a palace for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married, following the same design as the Hall.
9All these buildings were made from costly stones, cut to size and sawed with a saw, from the foundations to the coping, and from the outside to the great courtyard.
10The foundation was made of large, costly stones, with some measuring ten cubits and others eight cubits.
11Above were precious stones cut to measure, along with cedar wood.
- 1 Kgs 6:15-184 verses78%
15He built the walls of the house on the inside with cedar boards, from the floor of the house to the ceiling, overlaying the interior with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with cypress planks.
16He built twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar boards, from the floor to the walls, to form the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
17The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was forty cubits long.
18The cedar within the house was carved with gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone could be seen.
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4It will have three layers of large stone and one layer of new timber. The cost will be paid from the royal treasury.
- 1 Kgs 6:5-106 verses76%
5He built a structure against the wall of the house, enclosing the walls of the house around the main hall and the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around.
6The lowest side chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide. For around the outside of the house, he made offsets on the wall so that the beams would not be embedded in the walls of the house.
7The house, when it was being built, was constructed of finished stone cut from the quarry, so that no hammer or axe or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.
8The entrance to the lowest side chamber was on the south side of the house, with stairs going up to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
9So he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and rows of cedar boards.
10He also built the annex against the entire house, five cubits high, and it was attached to the house with cedar beams.
- 1 Kgs 6:2-32 verses75%
2The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
3The vestibule in front of the main hall of the house was twenty cubits long, extending along the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.
- 2 Chr 3:3-75 verses74%
3These are the measurements that Solomon laid for building the house of God: sixty cubits long, according to the old standard, and twenty cubits wide.
4The porch in front of the house was twenty cubits long, corresponding to the width of the house, and its height was one hundred and twenty cubits. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
5He paneled the main hall with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and he decorated it with palm trees and chains.
6He adorned the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold used was gold from Parvaim.
7He overlaid the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors of the house with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
- 1 Kgs 5:17-182 verses74%
17You know that my father, David, could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars waged against him from all directions until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.
18But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.
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3It faced the twenty cubits belonging to the inner court and the pavement belonging to the outer court, with a gallery facing a gallery, set in three tiers.
- Ezek 41:15-173 verses73%
15He measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the back, along with its galleries on either side, which were one hundred cubits. The interior of the temple and the porches of the courtyard were also measured.
16The thresholds, the closed windows, and the galleries around the three sides opposite the threshold were paneled with wood all around, completely surrounding from the ground up to the windows, which were covered.
17From above the entrance to the inner house and on the outside, and on all the walls all around, both inside and out, there were measurements.
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9I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil.
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12They would give the prepared money to the workers appointed to oversee the repairs to the temple of the LORD. They used it to pay the carpenters and builders working on the temple of the LORD,
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12The building facing the courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits wide, and its wall was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.
- Ezek 42:5-73 verses72%
5The upper chambers were shorter because the galleries took away space from them, compared to the lower and middle tiers of the building.
6These chambers were arranged in three tiers, but they did not have columns like the columns of the courts. Therefore, they were set back from the lower and middle tiers, starting from the ground.
7There was a wall on the outside beside the chambers, parallel to the outer court—a wall fifty cubits long.
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17Then he brought me to the outer courtyard, where there were chambers and a paved surface created all around the courtyard. Thirty chambers faced the pavement.
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8I also saw that the temple had a raised base all around it. This foundation for the side chambers was six cubits high.
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10On the width of the wall of the courtyard, facing the separated area and the building, on the east side, were chambers.
- 1 Kgs 6:29-302 verses71%
29He decorated the walls of the house all around with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, both in the inner and outer rooms.
30He also overlaid the floor of the house with gold, both the inner and the outer rooms.
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48Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the pilasters of the porch; they were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other. The width of the entrance was three cubits on each side.
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12He also gave him the plans for all that the Spirit had put in his mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, all the surrounding rooms, the treasuries of the temple of God, and the treasuries for the consecrated things.
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6the carpenters, builders, and masons. It shall also be used to buy timber and quarried stone for repairing the house.