1 Kings 6:9
What does 1 Kings 6:9 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 6:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house <FI>with<Fi> beams and rows of cedars.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752So he built the house, and finished it: and he covered the house with roofs of cedar.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
Context
v.8The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third.
v.9This passage
v.10And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 6:14
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
- 1 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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