1 Kings 6:9
Strong's Lexicon
So [Solomon] built
וַיִּ֥בֶן (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

the temple
הַבַּ֖יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

and finished it,
וַיְכַלֵּ֑הוּ (way·ḵal·lê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3615: 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

roofing
וַיִּסְפֹּ֤ן (way·yis·pōn)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5603: 1) to cover, cover in, wainscotted, covered with boards or panelling 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cover in, panel 1a2) covered, panelled (participle)

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

it
הַבַּ֙יִת֙ (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

with beams
גֵּבִ֔ים (gê·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1356: 1) pit, trench, ditch, beam, rafter 1a) pit, trench 1b) beam, rafter

and planks
וּשְׂדֵרֹ֖ת (ū·śə·ḏê·rōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7713: 1) row, rank (of soldiers) 1a) rows, ranks 1b) technical term of building 1b1) meaning unknown

of cedar.
בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃ (bā·’ă·rā·zîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 729: (CLBL) v 1) (CLBL) to be firm 2) (CLBL) made firm (past part.) adj 3) (BDB/TWOT) firm, strong

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.

Young's Literal Translation
And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house [with] beams and rows of cedars.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When he finished building the temple, he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar.

New American Standard Bible
So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

King James Bible
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar planks.

New Living Translation
After completing the Temple structure, Solomon put in a ceiling made of cedar beams and planks.

English Standard Version
So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar.

New American Standard Bible
So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When he finished building the temple, he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar.

International Standard Version
After Solomon built the Temple and finished it, he covered the Temple with beams and planks made of cedar.

NET Bible
He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.

American Standard Version
So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

English Revised Version
So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

Young's Literal Translation
And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house with beams and rows of cedars.
















Cross References
1 Kings 6:8
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.

1 Kings 6:10
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

1 Kings 6:14
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

1 Kings 6:38
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

Song of Solomon 1:17
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

1 Kings 1:1
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

1 Kings 6:7
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

1 Kings 6:6
The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

1 Kings 6:11
And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

1 Kings 6:12
Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
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