1 Kings 6:15
He built the walls of the house on the inside with cedar boards, from the floor of the house to the ceiling, overlaying the interior with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with cypress planks.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And he built the walls of the house inside with cedar boards, from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling; he covered them on the inside with wood and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
& buylded the walles on the insyde with Ceder tymber, from the grounde of ye house vnto the rofe, and syled it with tymbre on the ynsyde, and ouerlayed the floore of ye house with bordes of Pyne tre.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And built the walles of the house within, with boards of cedar tree from the pauement of the house vnto the walles of the sieling, and within he couered them with wood, and couered the floore of the house with planks of firre.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And seeled the walles of the house within with boordes of Cedar tree: euen fro the pauement of the house vnto the roofe did he seele the walles of it within with Cedar tree: and boorded the floore of the house with planckes of firre.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
¶ And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: [and] he covered [them] on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
Webster's Bible (1833)
He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and he buildeth the walls of the house within with beams of cedar, from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling; he hath overlaid with wood the inside, and covereth the floor of the house with ribs of fir.
American Standard Version (1901)
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.
American Standard Version (1901)
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The walls of the house were covered inside with cedar-wood boards; from the floor to the roof of the house they were covered inside with wood; and the floor was covered with boards of cypress-wood.
World English Bible (2000)
He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.
Referenced Verses
- 1 Kgs 7:7 : 7 He also made the Hall of the Throne, known as the Hall of Judgment, where he would judge. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the ceiling.
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- 1 Kgs 6:16-227 verses88%
16He built twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar boards, from the floor to the walls, to form the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
17The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was forty cubits long.
18The cedar within the house was carved with gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone could be seen.
19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the house to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
20The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.
21Solomon overlaid the interior of the house with pure gold, and he placed gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which he also overlaid with gold.
22So the entire house was overlaid with gold until the entire house was finished. He also overlaid the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.
- 1 Kgs 6:9-113 verses87%
9So he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and rows of cedar boards.
10He also built the annex against the entire house, five cubits high, and it was attached to the house with cedar beams.
11Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:
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14So Solomon built the house and completed it.
- 1 Kgs 6:29-368 verses81%
29He decorated the walls of the house all around with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, both in the inner and outer rooms.
30He also overlaid the floor of the house with gold, both the inner and the outer rooms.
31For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood; the doorposts formed a pentagon.
32The two doors were made of olive wood, and he carved on them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread the gold over the cherubim and the palm trees.
33In the same way, he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall. They were four-sided.
34The two doors were of cypress wood. Each door had two folding panels; one door had two folding sections, and the other door also had two folding sections.
35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and he overlaid the carvings with evenly applied gold.
36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.
- 2 Chr 3:3-75 verses81%
3These are the measurements that Solomon laid for building the house of God: sixty cubits long, according to the old standard, and twenty cubits wide.
4The porch in front of the house was twenty cubits long, corresponding to the width of the house, and its height was one hundred and twenty cubits. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
5He paneled the main hall with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and he decorated it with palm trees and chains.
6He adorned the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold used was gold from Parvaim.
7He overlaid the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors of the house with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
- 1 Kgs 7:1-33 verses79%
1Solomon built his palace over the course of thirteen years, completing its construction entirely.
2He constructed the House of the Forest of Lebanon, which was one hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, supported by four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on top of the columns.
3It was paneled with cedar above the chambers that rested on the forty-five pillars, with fifteen pillars in each row.
- 1 Kgs 6:2-76 verses78%
2The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
3The vestibule in front of the main hall of the house was twenty cubits long, extending along the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.
4He made windows with recessed frames for the house.
5He built a structure against the wall of the house, enclosing the walls of the house around the main hall and the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around.
6The lowest side chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide. For around the outside of the house, he made offsets on the wall so that the beams would not be embedded in the walls of the house.
7The house, when it was being built, was constructed of finished stone cut from the quarry, so that no hammer or axe or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.
- 1 Kgs 7:6-94 verses77%
6He made the Hall of Pillars, which was fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of the pillars and a canopy above them.
7He also made the Hall of the Throne, known as the Hall of Judgment, where he would judge. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the ceiling.
8His own palace where he would reside, in another court behind the Hall, was built similarly. Solomon also built a palace for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married, following the same design as the Hall.
9All these buildings were made from costly stones, cut to size and sawed with a saw, from the foundations to the coping, and from the outside to the great courtyard.
- 1 Kgs 7:11-122 verses76%
11Above were precious stones cut to measure, along with cedar wood.
12The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of hewn stone and one row of cedar beams, similar in design to the inner courtyard of the Lord's house and its portico.
- Ezek 41:16-172 verses76%
16The thresholds, the closed windows, and the galleries around the three sides opposite the threshold were paneled with wood all around, completely surrounding from the ground up to the windows, which were covered.
17From above the entrance to the inner house and on the outside, and on all the walls all around, both inside and out, there were measurements.
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17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are cypress trees.
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14He says, 'I will build for myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' cutting out large windows for it, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion.
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9I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil.
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1King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar wood, stonemasons, and carpenters to build him a palace.
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11Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
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18But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.
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4He also supplied cedar logs without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar logs to David.
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10Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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6Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.