1 Kings 6:36

36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of cut stone and a row of 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 and two doors of cypress-wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, as were the two leaves of the other.

35 On them he carved k'ruvim, palm trees and open flowers, overlaying them with gold fitted to the carved work.

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

37 The foundation of the house of ADONAI was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.

38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, all parts of the house were completed exactly as designed. Thus he was seven years building it.