1 Kings 6:36 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• 1 Kings 6:36 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The inner court - An outer court is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 4:9 . The inner court is probably identical with the “higher court” of Jeremiah Jeremiah 36:10 , being raised above the outer, as w...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And he built the inner (o) court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. (o) Where the priests were, and was thus called in respect to the great court, which is called the porch of...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Description of Solomon's Temple. The Temple area is on the eastern hill of Jerusalem, which overlooks the valley of the Kidron, with the Mount of Olives on the opposite side. It was probably not th...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. Three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams - Does not this intimate that there were three courses of st...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. The inner court - was for the priests; and its wall, which had a coping of cedar, is said to have been s...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Construction of the Temple In shape the Temple was a rectangular hall 60 x 20 x 30 cubits (a cubit being about 18 inches). On its E. face it had a porch (forming an entrance) which extended ac...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The inner court (probably the “higher court” of Jeremiah 35:10 ) is described as built round the Temple proper, evidently corresponding to the outer court of the Tabernacle. As this was (see Exod...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 "And his next son, for wealth and wisdom famed, The clouded Ark of God, till then in tents Wan...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter is full of interest, as it gives a somewhat detailed description of the structure of the Temple. In all essentials its actual central building was on the pattern of the Tabernacle. It wa...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (15) В¶ And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he built the inner court ,.... The court of the priests, 2 Chronicles 4:9 ; so called to distinguish it from the outer court, where the people assembled: this was built with three rows of hew...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. Ver. 36. And he built the inner court. ] Called the court of the priests, 2Ch 4:9 and had without it an outer...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The inner court That wherein the priests officiated, ( 2 Chronicles 4:9 ,) so called because it was next to the temple, which it encompassed. With three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar bea...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (vs.1-38) The date of the beginning of the temple is given specifically in verse 1 as the 480th year after Israel had left Egypt, which was the 4th year of Solomon's r...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The inner court, i.e. the priests court, 2 Chronicles 4:9 ; so called, because it was next to the temple, which it did encompass. With three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams; whic...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Inner Court ( 1 Kings 6:36 ). 1 Kings 6:36 ‘ And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.' The Temple clearly had an Inner court, and there...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 6:1 . Began to build the house of the Lord —The chronological year is carefully noted, and no criticism supplies reason...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Kings 6:1 . In the four hundred and eightieth year. The Hebrew, the Chaldaic, and most of the Greek versions read as the English; yet some difficulties occur. Vide Poli in locum. The following...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S TEMPLE .—The preparations for the building of the Temple having been related in the preceding chapter, the historian now proceeds to describe the edifice. He begins his n...

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Ornamentation of the Temple

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Chronicles 4:9 ; 2 Chronicles 7:7 ; Exodus 27:9-19 ; Exodus 38:9-20 ; Revelation 11:2

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• 1 Kings 6:36 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Inner court — The priests court, 2 Chronicles 4:9 , so called, because it was next to the temple which it compassed. Cedar beams — Which is understood, of so many galleries, one on each side of th...

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