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1 Kings 6:9
1 Kings 6:9 is verse 9 of 1 Kings chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
King James Version
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
World English Bible
So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
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1 Kings 6:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
8 The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
9 So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
10 He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
11 Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 6:14So Solomon built the temple and finished it.
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.