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1 Kings 6:15

And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

KJV

Et ædificavit parietes domus intrinsecus tabulatis cedrinis : a pavimento domus usque ad summitatem parietum, et usque ad laquearia, operuit lignis cedrinis intrinsecus : et texit pavimentum domus tabulis abiegnis.

Vulgate

καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν τοὺς ἐνδέσμους δι’ ὅλου τοῦ οἴκου πέντε ἐν πήχει τὸ ὕψος αὐτοῦ, καὶ συνέσχεν τὸν σύνδεσμον ἐν ξύλοις κεδρίνοις.

LXX

And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

ASV

וַ/יִּבֶן֩ אֶת קִיר֨וֹת הַ/בַּ֤יִת מִ/בַּ֨יְתָ/ה֙ בְּ/צַלְע֣וֹת אֲרָזִ֔ים מִ/קַּרְקַ֤ע הַ/בַּ֨יִת֙ עַד קִיר֣וֹת הַ/סִּפֻּ֔ן צִפָּ֥ה עֵ֖ץ מִ/בָּ֑יִת וַ/יְצַ֛ף אֶת קַרְקַ֥ע הַ/בַּ֖יִת בְּ/צַלְע֥וֹת בְּרוֹשִֽׁים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָזִ֔ים
'rzym
noun · 70×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בְרוֹשִׁ֑ים
brvshym
noun · 18×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
יְצַ֥ף
ytsp
verb · 47×
סִּפֻּ֔ן
spn
noun · 1×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
צֶֽלַע
tsl'
noun · 41×
קַרְקַ֥ע
qrq'
noun · 8×
קִּ֑יר
qyr
noun · 74×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 7:7 — Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
  • Ezek 41:16 — The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the window