1 Kings 6:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The stones were completely finished before they were brought into the Temple area, so there was no noise of hammers, axes, or any other iron tools in the Temple.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:5

You also are like living stones, and God is using you to build a spiritual house. You are to serve God in this house as holy priests, offering him spiritual sacrifices that he will accept because of Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 24:27

First get your fields ready, next plant your crops, and then build your house.

Exodus 20:25

But if you use stones to make an altar, then don’t use stones that were cut with an iron tool. If you do that, it will make the altar unacceptable.

Colossians 1:12

and give thanks to the Father. He has made you able to have what he has promised to give all his holy people, who live in the light.

2 Corinthians 5:5

This is what God himself made us for. And he has given us the Spirit as the first payment to guarantee the life to come.

Romans 9:23

He waited with patience so that he could make known the riches of his glory to the people he has chosen to receive his mercy. God has already prepared them to share his glory.

Acts 9:31

The church in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace. And with the help of the Holy Spirit, these groups of believers became stronger in faith and showed their respect for the Lord by the way they lived. So the church everywhere grew in numbers.

Isaiah 42:2

He will not cry out or shout or try to make himself heard in the streets.

James 1:20

Anger does not help you live the way God wants.

1 Kings 6:6

The rooms touched the Temple wall, but their beams were not built into that wall. The Temple wall became thinner at the top, so the rooms on the upper floors were larger than the ones below them. The rooms on the bottom floor were 5 cubits wide. The rooms on the middle floor were 6 cubits wide. The rooms above that were 7 cubits wide.

1 Kings 6:8

The entrance to these rooms was on bottom floor at the south side of the Temple. Inside there were stairs that went up to the second floor and from there to the third floor.