9 So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar planks.
9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
9 So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar.
9 Solomon built and completed The Temple, finishing it off with roof beams and planks of cedar.
9 So he built the temple and finished it, and he paneled the temple with beams and boards of cedar.
9 After completing the Temple structure, Solomon put in a ceiling made of cedar beams and planks.
10 And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.
10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
10 He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.
10 The supporting structure along the outside walls was attached to The Temple with cedar beams and the rooms in it were seven and a half feet tall.
10 And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.
10 As already stated, he built a complex of rooms along the sides of the building, attached to the Temple walls by cedar timbers. Each story of the complex was 7 feet high.
(Read 1 Kings 6:1-10)
The temple is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed and modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave it the beauty of holiness, that it was the house of the Lord, which was far beyond all other beauties. It was to be the temple of the God of peace, therefore no iron tool must be heard; quietness and silence suit and help religious exercises. God's work should be done with much care and little noise. Clamour and violence often hinder, but never further the work of God. Thus the kingdom of God in the heart of man grows up in silence, Mark 5:27.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 6:9
Commentary on 1 Kings 6:1-10
(Read 1 Kings 6:1-10)
The temple is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed and modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave it the beauty of holiness, that it was the house of the Lord, which was far beyond all other beauties. It was to be the temple of the God of peace, therefore no iron tool must be heard; quietness and silence suit and help religious exercises. God's work should be done with much care and little noise. Clamour and violence often hinder, but never further the work of God. Thus the kingdom of God in the heart of man grows up in silence, Mark 5:27.