Bible Strands
1 Kings 6:36
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Solomon’s construction activity in the temple complex, placing this description between the account of the gold-overlaid temple doors and the timeline of the foundation laying.
The words — The text uses וַיִּבֶן (va.yi.ven, "and he built") and חָצֵר הַפְּנִימִית (cha.tzer ha.pe.ni.mit, "the inner court") to specify the exact materials and layout.
The thread — This exact construction pattern reappears in 1 Kings 7:12 for the great courtyard, while the broader courtyard design parallels the tabernacle specifications in Exodus 27:9 and 38:9.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to note the precise architectural materials and sequence of the sacred complex, establishing a factual baseline before any structural or theological application.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 7:12 The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
- Exodus 27:9 You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
- Exodus 38:9 Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
- 2 Chronicles 4:9 He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
- 2 Chronicles 7:7 Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.
- Revelation 11:2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.