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1 Kings 7:12

1 Kings 7:12 is verse 12 of 1 Kings chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.

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King James Version

And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

World English Bible

The great court around had three courses of cut stone with a course of cedar beams, like the inner court of Yahweh’s house and the porch of the house.

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1 Kings 7:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.

11 Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.

12 The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.

13 Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.

14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

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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 6:36

Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

John 10:23

and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.

Acts 3:11

While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.

Acts 5:12

The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

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