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1 Kings 6:9

In 11 translations

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.with…: or, the vaultbeams and the panellings with 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.
LSV
And he builds the house, and completes it, and covers the house [with] beams and rows of cedars.
YLT
And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house [with] beams and rows of cedars.
DBY
And he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
DRC
So he built the house, and finished it: and he covered the house with roofs of cedar.
GNV
So he built the house and finished it, and sieled the house being vawted with sieling of cedar trees.
JPS
So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered in the house with planks of cedar over beams.
LXXE
So he built the house and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house with cedars.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּ֥בֶן אֶת־הַבַּ֖יִת וַיְכַלֵּ֑הוּ וַיִּסְפֹּ֤ן אֶת־הַבַּ֨יִת֙ גֵּבִ֔ים וּשְׂדֵרֹ֖ת בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὸν οἶκον καὶ συνετέλεσεν αὐτόν· καὶ ἐκοιλοστάθμησε τὸν οἶκον κέδροις.

Who and where

◆ Reign of Solomon◆ Construction of Solomon's Temple

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 6:38In 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.
  • 1 Kings 6:14So Solomon built the temple and finished it.

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