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1 Kings 7:12

And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

KJV

Et atrium majus rotundum trium ordinum de lapidibus sectis, et unius ordinis de dolata cedro : necnon et in atrio domus Domini interiori, et in porticu domus.

Vulgate

καὶ τὸ χεῖλος αὐτῆς ὡς ἔργον χείλους ποτηρίου, βλαστὸς κρίνου, καὶ τὸ πάχος αὐτοῦ παλαιστής.

LXX

And the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.

ASV

וְ/חָצֵ֨ר הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֜ה סָבִ֗יב שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ טוּרִ֣ים גָּזִ֔ית וְ/ט֖וּר כְּרֻתֹ֣ת אֲרָזִ֑ים וְ/לַ/חֲצַ֧ר בֵּית יְהוָ֛ה הַ/פְּנִימִ֖ית וּ/לְ/אֻלָ֥ם הַ/בָּֽיִת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָזִ֔ים
'rzym
noun · 70×
אֻלָ֥ם
'lm
noun · 34×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
גָזִ֔ית
gzyt
noun · 10×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
הֶֽן
hn
noun · 190×
טּ֖וּר
tvr
noun · 26×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כְּרֻתֹ֥ת
krtt
noun · 3×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
פְּנִימִ֔ית
pnymyt
adjective · 32×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 6:36 — And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
  • 1Kgs 6:36 — And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
  • 2Chr 6:13 — For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knee
  • 2Kgs 21:5 — And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.