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1 Kings 6:9

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What does 1 Kings 6:9 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
1 Kings 6:9 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Kings 6

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
6The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house round about, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls of the house.
7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
8The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle [story], and out of the middle into the third.
9So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
10And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,
12Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So he built the house, and finished it, etc.] The body of it, the walls of the holy and most holy place, with the chambers on the sides of them, and the porch at the end that led into them: and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar; with hollow boards, as the Targum, which formed an arch ceiling to it, and made it look very grand and beautiful; and then over them were laid beams and planks of cedar, not properly as a flat roof to it, but rather as a flooring for other buildings; for upon this, as in (<110610>1 Kings 6:10), there were chambers built.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“built the house--The temple is here distinguished from the wings or chambers attached to it--and its roofing was of cedar-wood.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“He built the house, and finished it - i. e., the external shell of the house. The internal fittings were added afterward. See 1 Kings 6:15-22. Covered the house - Roofed it with a wooden roof, sloped like our roofs. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“he built: Kg1 6:14, Kg1 6:38 with beams and boards of cedar: or, the vault beams and the ceilings with cedar 3 Kings (1 Kings) 6:12”
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