King James Version
1 Kings 7:3 in the King James Version says “And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. beams: Heb. ribs” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. beams: Heb. ribs”
1 Kings 7:3 · KJV
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. beams: Heb. ribs
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. light was: Heb. sight against sight
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. doors: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And it was covered”
H5603to hide by covering; specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot; figuratively, to reserve
“above”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon the beams”
H6763a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e., leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an obje
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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