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So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
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The Finished Shell
Commentators clarify that when the text says Solomon "finished" the house, it refers to the completion of the main external structure. The walls were up and the roof was on, but the elaborate internal decorations and sacred furniture were part of a later phase of construction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He built the house, and finished it—that is, the external shell of the house. The internal fittings were added afterward. See [Reference 1 K…
19th Century
Anglican
And covered —that is, roofed the house with a roof of cedar beams and boarding on it. Some have supposed that he “covered” the out…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So he built the house, and finished it The body of it, the walls of the holy and most holy place, with the chambers …
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