“The great court around had three courses of cut stone with a course of cedar beams, like the inner court of the LORD’s house and the porch of the house.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 7 contains 51 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.