36 And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.
36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
36 He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.
36 He built the inner court with three courses of dressed stones topped with a course of planed cedar timbers.
36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.
36 The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 6:36
Commentary on 1 Kings 6:15-38
(Read 1 Kings 6:15-38)
See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1 Corinthians 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical temple. It grows to a holy temple in the Lord, enriched and beautified with the gifts and graces of the Spirit. This temple is built firm, upon a Rock. 4. Heaven is the everlasting temple. There the church will be fixed. All that shall be stones in that building, must, in the present state of preparation, be fitted and made ready for it. Let sinners come to Jesus as the living Foundation, that they may be built on him, a part of this spiritual house, consecrated in body and soul to the glory of God.