So (A)he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and [a]planks of cedar. 10 He also built the stories against the whole house, each five [b]cubits high; and they [c]were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:9 Lit rows
  2. 1 Kings 6:10 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
  3. 1 Kings 6:10 Lit took hold

14 Who says, ‘I will (A)build myself a roomy house
With spacious [a]upper rooms,
And cut out its windows,
[b]Paneling it with (B)cedar and painting it [c]bright red.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:14 Or roof chambers
  2. Jeremiah 22:14 Or Paneled
  3. Jeremiah 22:14 Or vermilion