1 Kings 6:9
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.
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.
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11 And 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 house, and finished it.
Read in context1 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.
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