1 Kings 6:9
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.

Berean Standard Bible
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it 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.

New King James Version
So he built the temple and finished it, and he paneled the temple with beams and boards 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.

NASB 1995
So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

NASB 1977
So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

Legacy Standard Bible
So he built the house and completed it; and he paneled the house with beams and planks of cedar.

Amplified Bible
So Solomon built the house (temple) and finished it, and roofed the house with beams and boards of cedar.

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

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

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

Contemporary English Version
The roof of the temple was made out of beams and cedar boards. The workers finished building the outside of the temple.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When he had finished building the walls, he roofed the temple with rows of cedar beams and planks.

Good News Translation
So King Solomon finished building the Temple. He put in a ceiling made of beams and boards of cedar.

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

Majority Standard Bible
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.

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

New Heart English Bible
So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

Webster's Bible Translation
So he built the house and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

World English Bible
So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he builds the house, and completes it, and covers the house [with] beams and rows of cedars.

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

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will build the house, and he will finish it; and cover the house with arches and rows with cedars.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
So he built the house, and finished it: end he covered the house with roofs of cedar.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he built the house, and finished it. And he overlaid the house with boards of cedar.

New American Bible
When he had finished building the house, it was roofed in with rafters and boards of cedar.

New Revised Standard Version
So he built the house, and finished it; he roofed the house with beams and planks of cedar.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
So he built the house and finished it; and roofed the house with beams and boards of cedar.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he built the house and he finished it and he roofed the house with planks of cedar.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered in the house with planks of cedar over beams.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So he built the house and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house with cedars.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Chambers
8The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor. 9So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar. 10He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 3:1-2
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. / Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

2 Chronicles 3:5-7
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains. / He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. / He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

2 Chronicles 3:9-10
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. / In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.

2 Chronicles 3:14
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.

2 Chronicles 3:15-17
In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits. / He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. / Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.

2 Chronicles 4:1
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

2 Chronicles 4:19-22
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence; / the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed; / the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold; ...

2 Chronicles 5:1
So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

2 Chronicles 5:7-10
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim. / For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles. / The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day. ...

2 Chronicles 5:13-14
The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud / so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

2 Chronicles 6:1-2
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. / But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

2 Chronicles 6:12-13
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. / Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

2 Chronicles 6:18-21
But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. / Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You. / May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place. ...

2 Chronicles 7:1-3
When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. / The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it. / When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”

2 Chronicles 7:11
When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,


Treasury of Scripture

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

he built

1 Kings 6:14,38
So Solomon built the house, and finished it…

with beams and boards of cedar.

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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














So he built the temple
The Hebrew word for "built" is "בָּנָה" (banah), which implies not just the physical act of construction but also the establishment and creation of something significant and enduring. Solomon's building of the temple was a fulfillment of God's promise to David, marking a pivotal moment in Israel's history. The temple was not merely a structure but a symbol of God's presence among His people, a place where heaven and earth met.

and finished it
The phrase "finished it" indicates completion and fulfillment. The Hebrew root "כָּלָה" (kalah) suggests bringing something to its intended purpose. Solomon's completion of the temple signifies the culmination of a divine plan, reflecting God's faithfulness and the importance of perseverance in fulfilling God's commands. It serves as a reminder that God's work, when completed, brings glory and honor to Him.

and he covered the temple
The act of covering the temple with beams and planks signifies protection and sanctity. The Hebrew word "סָפַן" (saphan) means to cover or overlay, indicating a careful and deliberate act to ensure the temple's beauty and durability. This covering symbolizes God's protection over His dwelling place and His people, emphasizing the sacredness of the temple as a holy sanctuary.

with beams and planks of cedar
Cedar wood, known for its durability and fragrance, was highly valued in ancient construction. The use of cedar beams and planks, sourced from the famed forests of Lebanon, highlights the temple's grandeur and the resources dedicated to its construction. Cedar's resistance to decay symbolizes the eternal nature of God's covenant with Israel. Historically, cedar was a luxury material, reflecting the temple's significance as a place of worship and the center of Israel's spiritual life.

(9) And covered--that is, roofed the house with a roof of cedar beams and boarding thereon. Some have supposed that he "covered" the outside walls with cedar, so that the whole should still look like a wooden tabernacle; but this is not necessarily implied, and is in itself unlikely.

Verse 9. - So he built the house and finished it [i.e., the exterior (see on ver. 14)] and covered [i.e., roofed, same word Deuteronomy 33:21; Jeremiah 22:14; Haggai 1:4. There is no reference to the lining of cedar which was applied to the interior. That is described in ver. 15] the house with beams and boards [Heb. rows, ranks. The same word is used of soldiers 2 Kings 11:8, 15] of cedar. [It has been universally held till quite lately that the roof was either vaulted (Thenius) or flat (Bahr, Keil). But Mr. Fergussen has alleged some reasons for believing that it was a span or gable roof. It is true that Oriental buildings almost invariably have externally flat(internally arched) roofs. In Palestine, because of the scarcity of timber, no other form is possible. But the temple, as we have seen, was constructed after the model of the tabernacle, and the latter, as the name almost implies, and as necessity would require, had a ridged roof (see Dict. Bib. 3 p. 1453). It does not necessarily follow, however, as Fergusson assumes, that the temple followed the tabernacle in this respect. It is obvious that when a "house was built unto the name of the Lord," the form of the tent might be abandoned as inappropriate. It is true that this shape would be consecrated to them by many centuries of use, but it is also possible that in a house it would strike them as altogether bizarre.]

Parallel Commentaries ...


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

the temple
הַבַּ֖יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

and finished it,
וַיְכַלֵּ֑הוּ (way·ḵal·lê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

roofing
וַיִּסְפֹּ֤ן (way·yis·pōn)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5603: To hide by covering, to roof, wainscot, to reserve

it
הַבַּ֙יִת֙ (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

with beams
גֵּבִ֔ים (gê·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1356: A log, well, cistern

and planks
וּשְׂדֵרֹ֖ת (ū·śə·ḏê·rōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 7713: Row, rank (of soldiers)

of cedar.
בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃ (bā·’ă·rā·zîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 729: Made of cedar


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