1 Kings 6:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Kgs 6:14 : 14 So Solomon built the house and finished it.
  • 1 Kgs 6:38 : 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its design. Thus he took seven years in building it.

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  • 1 Kgs 6:10-11
    2 verses
    88%

    10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high, and they were supported by cedar timbers.

    11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 6:14-20
    7 verses
    87%

    14 So Solomon built the house and finished it.

    15 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.

    16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with cedar boards; he even built it inside for the oracle, for the most holy place.

    17 And the house, that is, the temple in front, was forty cubits long.

    18 And the cedar inside the house was carved with gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.

    19 And the oracle he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

    20 And the oracle in the front was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high; and he overlaid it with pure gold, and he covered the altar with cedar.

  • 1 Kgs 6:35-36
    2 verses
    83%

    35 And he carved on them cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and covered them with gold laid on the carved work.

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

  • 1 Kgs 6:2-8
    7 verses
    80%

    2 And the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits, and its width twenty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

    3 And the porch in front of the temple of the house was twenty cubits long, according to the width of the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.

    4 And for the house he made windows with narrow lights.

    5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made chambers all around.

    6 The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide, and the third seven cubits wide; for he made narrowed rests all around outside of the house, so the beams would not be fastened into the walls of the house.

    7 And the house, while it was being built, was built with stone prepared before it was brought there; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was being built.

    8 The door for the middle chamber was on the right side of the house; and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and from the middle into the third.

  • 2 Chr 3:5-8
    4 verses
    78%

    5 And the greater house he paneled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

    6 And he adorned the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

    7 He also overlaid the house, the beams, the posts, the walls, and the doors, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.

    8 And he made the most holy house, the length of which was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the width was twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

  • 1 Kgs 7:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1 But Solomon was building his own house for thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

    2 He also built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was one hundred cubits, and its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

    3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams that lay on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

  • 1 Kgs 6:38
    77%

    38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its design. Thus he took seven years in building it.

  • 1 Kgs 7:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 And above were costly stones, cut to size, and cedar.

    12 And the great court all around was with three rows of cut stones and a row of cedar beams, for the inner court of the house of the LORD and for the porch of the house.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    75%

    11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

  • 1 Kgs 7:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 And he made a porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits. The porch was in front of them, and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of them.

    7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment, and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

  • 1 Kgs 6:29-33
    5 verses
    75%

    29 And he carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside.

    30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.

    31 And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and door posts made up a fifth part of the wall.

    32 The two doors were of olive wood, and he carved on them figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread the gold upon the cherubim and upon the palm trees.

    33 So also he made for the door of the temple posts of olive wood, a fourth part of the wall.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    75%

    16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    74%

    9 To prepare me timber in abundance, for the house which I am about to build shall be exceedingly great.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    74%

    6 To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and cut stone to repair the house.

  • Jer 22:14
    74%

    14 Who says, I will build myself a wide house and large rooms, and cuts him out windows; and it is paneled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

  • Ezek 41:16
    74%

    16 The doorposts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries around their three stories, opposite the door, paneled with wood all around, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
    74%

    18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the stonecutters quarried them; so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

  • 1 Kgs 6:22
    74%

    22 And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until he had finished all the house; also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    73%

    1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber, masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    72%

    10 The LORD therefore has performed his word that he has spoken; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    72%

    1 And it happened, when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires which he was pleased to do,

  • Song 1:17
    72%

    17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

  • Ezra 6:4
    72%

    4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given from the king's treasury:

  • Ezek 41:8
    72%

    8 I also saw the height of the house all around: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    72%

    11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the king's house; and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously accomplished.