1 Kings 6:36
New International Version
And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.

New Living Translation
The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.

English Standard Version
He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.

Berean Standard Bible
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

King James Bible
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

New King James Version
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.

New American Standard Bible
And he built the inner courtyard with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.

NASB 1995
He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.

NASB 1977
And he built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.

Amplified Bible
He built the inner courtyard with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.

Christian Standard Bible
He built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.

American Standard Version
And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he built the inner courtyard three rows of cut stone and a row of saplings of cedar.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he built the inner court, three rows of hewn stones, and a row of wrought cedar round about, and he made the curtain of the court of the porch of the house that was in front of the temple.

Contemporary English Version
The inner courtyard of the temple had walls made out of three layers of cut stones with one layer of cedar beams.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he built the inner court with three rows of polished stones, and one row of beams of cedar.

English Revised Version
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He built the inner courtyard with three courses of finished stones and a course of finished cedar beams.

Good News Translation
An inner court was built in front of the Temple, enclosed with walls which had one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of stone.

International Standard Version
He constructed the inner court with three rows of precut stone and a row of cedar beams.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.

Literal Standard Version
And he builds the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar.

Majority Standard Bible
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

New American Bible
He walled off the inner court with three courses of hewn stones and one course of cedar beams.

NET Bible
He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.

New Revised Standard Version
He built the inner court with three courses of dressed stone to one course of cedar beams.

New Heart English Bible
He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.

World English Bible
He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.

Young's Literal Translation
And he buildeth the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar.

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Context
The Courtyard
36Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams. 37The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.…

Cross References
1 Kings 6:35
He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.

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.

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.

Ezra 6:4
with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.

Jeremiah 36:10
From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.


Treasury of Scripture

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

the inner

Exodus 27:9-19
And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: …

Exodus 38:9-20
And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: …

2 Chronicles 4:9
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

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1 Kings 6
1. The building of Solomon's temple
5. The chambers thereof
11. God's promise unto it
15. The ceiling and adorning of it
23. The cherubim
31. The doors
36. The court
37. The time of building it














(36) The inner court (probably the "higher court" of Jeremiah 35:10) is described as built round the Temple proper, evidently corresponding to the outer court of the Tabernacle. As this was (see Exodus 27:9-13) 50 cubits by 100, it may be inferred, that by a duplication similar to that of all dimensions of the Temple itself, Solomon's Court was 100 cubits (or 150 feet) by 200 cubits (or 300 feet), covering a little more than an acre. The verse has been interpreted in two ways: either that the floor of the court was raised by three courses of stone, covered with a planking of cedar, or (as Josephus understands it) enclosed by a wall of three courses of stone, with a coping of cedar wood. The latter seems more probable. For in this court stood the altar of burnt offering and the laver, and all sacrifices went on, and this could hardly have been done on a wooden pavement; and besides this we observe that the whole arrangement is (1Kings 7:12) compared with that of the great outer court of the palace where the wooden pavement would be still more unsuitable. It was what was called afterwards the "Court of the Priests," and in it (see Ezekiel 40:45) appear to have been chambers for the priests.

The mention of the "inner court" suggests that there was an outer court also. We have in 2Kings 21:5; 2Kings 23:12, a reference to the "two courts" of the Temple, and in Ezekiel 40:17; Ezekiel 42:1; Ezekiel 42:8, a mention of the "outward" or "utter court." Josephus (Antt. viii. 3, ? 3) declares that Solomon built beyond the inner court a great quadrangle, erected for it great and broad cloisters, and closed it with golden doors, into which all could enter, "being pure and observant of the laws." Even beyond this he indicates, though in rather vague and rhetorical language, an extension of the Temple area, as made by Solomon's great substructures, forming a court less perfectly enclosed, like the Court of the Gentiles in the later Temple. Of these outer courts and cloisters the tradition remained in the assignment of the title of "Solomon's Porch" to the eastern cloister of the later Temple. It has been thought that in this outer court were planted trees (in spite of the prohibition of Deuteronomy 16:21); and this may have been the case, till the association of idol worship with them made these seem to be unfit for the House of the Lord. But the passages usually quoted to support this view are from the Psalms (Psalm 52:8; Psalm 92:13), of which the former certainly refers to the Tabernacle, and the latter may do so. . . .

Verse 36. - The description of the buildings concludes with a brief reference to the enceinte or court. And he built the inner court [The mention of an inner court, called in 2 Chronicles 4:9 the "court of the priests," presupposes, of course, the existence of an outer court. Our author does not mention this, but the chronicler does, under the name of "the great court." In Jeremiah 36:10, the former is called the "higher court," because it occupied a higher level] with three rows of hewed stone and a row of cedar beams. [These, it is thought, formed the enclosing wall of the court (the LXX. adds κυκλόθεν). The cedar beams were instead of coping stones. It has been supposed, however (J.D. Michaelis), that these three rows of stone, boarded with cedar, formed the pavement of the court. But the question at once suggests itself, Why pile three rows of stones one upon another merely to form a pavement, and why hew and shape them if they were to be concealed beneath a stratum of wood? It is a fair inference from 2 Chronicles 7:3, that the wall was low enough to permit men to look over it. Fergusson, on the contrary, argues that it must have been twice the height of the enclosure of the tabernacle, which would give us an elevation of ten cubits (Exodus 27:18). It is worth suggesting, however, whether, the inner court being raised above the outer, which surrounded it, these stones may not have formed the retaining wall or sides of the platform. As the outer court had gates (2 Kings 11:6; 2 Kings 12:9; 2 Chronicles 4:9; 2 Chronicles 23:5; 2 Chronicles 24:8), it also must have had walls. From 2 Kings 23:11; Jeremiah 35:2; Jeremiah 36:10, we gather that there were various chambers in the forecourt. Such were certainly contemplated by David (1 Chronicles 28:12); but it is not recorded that Solomon built them. Nor have we any warrant, except the bare assertion of Josephus, for the belief that he built a colonnade or cloister on the east side, such as was known to later ages by the name of "Solomon's Porch" (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; Acts 5:12). As to the dimensions of these spaces, we are left to conjecture. If, as in everything else, the dimensions of the tabernacle were doubled, then the court of the priests would measure 200 cubits from east to west, and 100 cubits from north to south. It should be stated, however, that in the temple of Ezekiel, the proportions of which, in the present instance, may well he historical, both courts are represented as perfect squares. Rawlinson inadvertently puts down the length (along the side of temple) at 100 cubits, and the breadth (ends of temple) at 200. The outer court would probably be twice as large as the inner, i.e., 400 x 200 cubits. But all this is necessarily uncertain.]

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
[Solomon] built
וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

the inner
הַפְּנִימִ֔ית (hap·pə·nî·mîṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 6442: Interior

courtyard
הֶחָצֵ֣ר (he·ḥā·ṣêr)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 2691: A yard, a hamlet

with three
שְׁלֹשָׁ֖ה (šə·lō·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice

rows
טוּרֵ֣י (ṭū·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2905: A row, a wall

of dressed stone
גָזִ֑ית (ḡā·zîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1496: Something cut, dressed stone

and one row
וְט֖וּר (wə·ṭūr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2905: A row, a wall

of trimmed cedar
אֲרָזִֽים׃ (’ă·rā·zîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 730: A cedar tree

beams.
כְּרֻתֹ֥ת (kə·ru·ṯōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3773: Something cut, a hewn timber


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