The Meaning of 1 Kings 7:9 Explained

1 Kings 7:9

KJV: All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

YLT: All these are of precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, sawn with a saw, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and at the outside, unto the great court.

Darby: All these buildings were of costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation to the coping, and on the outside as far as the great court.

ASV: All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All these [were of] costly  stones,  according to the measures  of hewed stones,  sawed  with saws,  within  and without,  even from the foundation  unto the coping,  and [so] on the outside  toward the great  court. 

What does 1 Kings 7:9 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 7:1-12 - Other Splendid Structures
Solomon's house took nearly twice as long to build as did the Temple, because there was not the same urgency for it. His house and that for the queen were probably built around large open courts, and stood, after the manner of the East, on either side of the central hall where public business was transacted.
The royal hall in Jerusalem was called the "House of the Forest of Lebanon," because its many pillars resembled a forest of cedar wood. In front of this building was a colonnade, and in front of this again, the King's Gate.
It is more than likely that the area of Mount Zion was greatly enlarged by walls built up from the valley and filled in with earth. This furnished room for the many splendid buildings named in this paragraph. Traces of these cyclopean walls can still be seen. In order to estimate the real value of all this splendor we have only to turn to the earliest chapters of Ecclesiastes, where we read how little it satisfied the hunger of Solomon's soul. He turned away from it all, as unsatisfied as the prodigal from the husks of the swine. We were made for God and only God can suffice.
1 Kings 7:1-51 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 7

1  The building of Solomon's house
2  Of the house of Lebanon
6  Of the porch of pillars
7  Of the porch of judgment
8  Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter
13  Hiram's work of the two pillars,
23  Of the molten sea
27  Of the ten bases
38  Of the ten lavers
40  and all the vessels

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 7:9 mean?

All these [were] [of] stones costly to size cut trimmed with saws inside and out and from the foundation to the eaves and on the outside the court great
כָּל־ אֵ֜לֶּה אֲבָנִ֤ים יְקָרֹת֙ כְּמִדֹּ֣ת גָּזִ֔ית מְגֹרָר֥וֹת בַּמְּגֵרָ֖ה מִבַּ֣יִת וּמִח֑וּץ וּמִמַּסָּד֙ עַד־ הַטְּפָח֔וֹת וּמִח֖וּץ הֶחָצֵ֥ר הַגְּדוֹלָֽה

אֵ֜לֶּה  these  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
אֲבָנִ֤ים  [of]  stones 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
יְקָרֹת֙  costly 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural
Root: יְקִפָּאֹון 
Sense: valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid.
כְּמִדֹּ֣ת  to  size 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִדָּה 
Sense: measure, measurement, stature, size, garment.
גָּזִ֔ית  cut 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: גָּזִית  
Sense: a cutting, hewing.
מְגֹרָר֥וֹת  trimmed 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, feminine plural
Root: גָּרַר  
Sense: to drag, drag away.
בַּמְּגֵרָ֖ה  with  saws 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְגֵרָה  
Sense: saw (for stone cutting).
מִבַּ֣יִת  inside 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
וּמִח֑וּץ  and  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חוּץ  
Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
וּמִמַּסָּד֙  and  from  the  foundation 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַסַּד  
Sense: foundation.
הַטְּפָח֔וֹת  the  eaves 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: טֶפַח 
Sense: span, width of the hand, hand breadth.
וּמִח֖וּץ  and  on  the  outside 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חוּץ  
Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
הֶחָצֵ֥ר  the  court 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
הַגְּדוֹלָֽה  great 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.

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