1 Kings 7:11

11 On top of these foundation stones were other blocks of fine stone and cedar beams.

1 Kings 7:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:11

And above were costly stones
Above the foundation, from thence to the top of the buildings; the whole walls were made of such right up to the ceiling:

after the measure of hewed stones;
which, according to the Rabbins, as Kimchi says, were five hands breadth:

and cedars;
beams of cedars over them, or these, both the foundation and the walls, were lined with them.

1 Kings 7:11 In-Context

9 All these buildings were made with blocks of fine stone. First they were carefully cut. Then they were trimmed with a saw in the front and back. These fine stones went from the foundations of the buildings to the top of the walls. Even the courtyard was made with blocks of stone.

10 The foundations were made with large blocks of fine stone, some as long as fifteen feet. Others were twelve feet long.

11 On top of these foundation stones were other blocks of fine stone and cedar beams.

12 The palace courtyard, the courtyard inside the Temple, and the porch of the Temple were surrounded by walls. All of these walls had three rows of stone blocks and one row of cedar beams.

13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and had Huram brought to him.