11 And above were costly stones, cut according to measurement, and cedar. 12 (A)The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the Lord and (B)the vestibule of the house.

The Temple Furnishings

13 And King Solomon sent and brought (C)Hiram from Tyre.

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11 Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. 12 The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses(A) of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the Lord with its portico.

The Temple’s Furnishings(B)(C)

13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:13 Hebrew Hiram, a variant of Huram; also in verses 40 and 45