Verse 9

1 Kings 6:9

GOD'S WORD Translation

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9 So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּ֥בֶן אֶת הַ/בַּ֖יִת וַ/יְכַלֵּ֑/הוּ וַ/יִּסְפֹּ֤ן אֶת הַ/בַּ֨יִת֙ גֵּבִ֔ים וּ/שְׂדֵרֹ֖ת בָּ/אֲרָזִֽים

English Translation

And he built the house and completed it, and he lined the house with beams and planks of cedar.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egyp... Focus ↗

2 The house which king Solomon built for Yahweh had a length of sixty cubits, and its width twenty, an... Focus ↗

3 The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the wid... Focus ↗

4 He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house. Focus ↗

5 Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around... Focus ↗

6 The lowest floor was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven c... Focus ↗

7 The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer... Focus ↗

8 The door for the middle side rooms was in the right side of the house. They went up by winding stair... Focus ↗

9 So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

10 He built the floors all along the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with ti... Focus ↗

11 Yahweh’s word came to Solomon, saying, Focus ↗

12 “Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordin... Focus ↗

13 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.” Focus ↗

14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. Focus ↗

15 He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the wall... Focus ↗

16 He built twenty cubits on the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceil... Focus ↗

17 In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits. Focus ↗

18 There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was... Focus ↗

19 He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of Yahweh’s covenan... Focus ↗

20 Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubit... Focus ↗

21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner... Focus ↗

22 He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole... Focus ↗

23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. Focus ↗

24 Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub. From the t... Focus ↗

25 The other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. Focus ↗

26 One cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub. Focus ↗

27 He set the cherubim within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, so that th... Focus ↗

28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold. Focus ↗

29 He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open fl... Focus ↗

30 He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside. Focus ↗

31 For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were... Focus ↗

32 So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open... Focus ↗

33 He also did so for the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the... Focus ↗

34 and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of th... Focus ↗

35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engra... Focus ↗

36 He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams. Focus ↗

37 The foundation of Yahweh’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv. Focus ↗

38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 6 (38 verses)
Version: GOD'S WORD Translation

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