1 Kings 6:9

9 So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar planks.

1 Kings 6:9 in Other Translations

9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

9 So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar.

9 After completing the Temple structure, Solomon put in a ceiling made of cedar beams and planks.

9 Solomon built and completed The Temple, finishing it off with roof beams and planks of cedar.

9 When he finished building the temple, he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar.

1 Kings 6:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:9

So he built the house, and finished it
The body of it, the walls of the holy and most holy place, with the chambers on the sides of them, and the porch at the end that led into them:

and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar;
with hollow boards, as the Targum, which formed an arch ceiling to it, and made it look very grand and beautiful; and then over them were laid beams and planks of cedar, not properly as a flat roof to it, but rather as a flooring for other buildings; for upon this, as in ( 1 Kings 6:10 ) , there were chambers built.

1 Kings 6:9 In-Context

7 In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.

8 The entrance to the lowest floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.

9 So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar planks.

10 And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.

11 The word of the LORD came to Solomon:

Cross References

• 1. ver 14,38; Song of Songs 1:17