1 Kings 6:36

36 And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.

1 Kings 6:36 in Other Translations

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

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

36 The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.

36 He built the inner court with three courses of dressed stones topped with a course of planed cedar timbers.

36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.

1 Kings 6:36 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:36

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 hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams;
the rows of stones were one upon another, topped with a row of cedar beams; or rather the cedar was a lining to the stones; and the whole is supposed to be about three cubits high, and was so low, that the people in the outward court might see priests ministering for them, and could converse with them; under the second temple, as Maimonides ^F8 says, the court of the priests was higher than that of the court of Israel two cubits and an half, called the great court, for which doors were made, and those overlaid with brass, ( 2 Chronicles 4:9 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Hilchot Beth Habechirah, c. 6. sect. 3.

1 Kings 6:36 In-Context

34 He also made two doors out of juniper wood, each having two leaves that turned in sockets.

35 He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

36 And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.

37 The foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.

38 In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 4:9
• 2. 1 Kings 7:12; Ezra 6:4