1 Kings 7:12

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.

1 Kings 7:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:12

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

for the inner court of the house of the Lord;
or rather as, or like to that, as appears from ( 1 Kings 6:36 ) ,

and for the porch of the house;
not the temple, but Solomon's house.

1 Kings 7:12 In-Context

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.

14 Huram's mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father was from Tyre and had been skilled in making things from bronze. Huram was also very skilled and experienced in bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and did all the bronze work.