Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes the completed architectural layout of the temple complex during Solomon’s reign. The words — חָצֵר (cha.Tzer) denotes the enclosed court area, while גָּזִית (ga.Zit) specifies stone that has been cut and finished to a precise shape. The thread — The identical stone-and-wood enclosure pattern appears in 1 Kings 6:36 for the inner courtyard, and the colonnade built during this project is later named in John 10:23. Why it lands — The text records a deliberate architectural uniformity across the temple's courtyards and portico, requiring the reader to note the physical standards applied to sacred space.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the porch of the house.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 6:36 Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
- 1 Kings 7:6 Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
- John 10:23 and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 3:11 While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 5:12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.