1 Kings 6:9
7 The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
8 The 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.
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
10 He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
11 Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:
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- BSB
- So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
- KJV
- So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
- WEB
- So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
- ASV
- So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
- DARBY
- And he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
- BLB
- And he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and rows of the cedars.
- ÅB
- Slik bygget han huset, og da han hadde gjort det ferdig, tekte han det med bjelker og med sederplanker i rader.
- OTB
- Slik bygde han huset og fullførte det; og han dekket huset med bjelker og planker av sedertre.
- B1930
- Således bygget han huset, og da han hadde gjort det ferdig, tekte han det med bjelker og med sederplanker i rader.
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1 Kings 6:14
So Solomon built the temple and finished it.
Read in context1 Kings 6:38
In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
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