1-Kings - 7:11

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11 Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 7:11.

Differing Translations

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And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
And above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood.
And above there were costly stones, or equal measure, hewed; and, in like manner, planks of cedar:
And above were costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, and cedar.
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewn stones, and cedars.
and above are precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, and cedar;
Overhead were highly priced stones cut to measure, and cedar-wood.
And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn stones, and cedar-wood.
And above these, there were precious stones, of equal measure, which had been cut in a manner similar to boards of cedar.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And (g) above [were] costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
(g) From the foundation upward.

And above were costly stones,.... Above the foundation, from thence to the top of the buildings; the whole walls were made of such right up to the ceiling:
after the measure of hewed stones; which, according to the Rabbins, as Kimchi says, were five hands breadth:
and cedars; beams of cedars over them, or these, both the foundation and the walls, were lined with them.

Above - That is, in the upper part; for this is opposed to the foundation. Stones and cedars - Intermixed the one, and the other.

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