1 Kings 6:9 Meaning and Explanation
“So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does 1 Kings 6:9 Mean?
With the walls raised, the house is finished and covered, its roof framed and laid with beams and planks of cedar. The fragrant, costly wood crowns the building.
Scripture pauses to mark a completion: he built the house, and finished it. There is gladness in a work brought to its end, an offering carried through. The finest materials shelter the place of God's presence, for nothing is too good to give to the One who dwells within. What is begun for God is meant to be completed.
1 Kings 6:9 in the Original Language
erez (אֶרֶז), 'cedar' -- the prized, fragrant timber of Lebanon, durable and costly.
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What does 1 Kings 6:9 mean?
Solomon completes the structure and roofs it over with cedar beams and boards.