The Meaning of 1 Kings 7:12 Explained

1 Kings 7:12

KJV: And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

YLT: and the great court round about is three rows of hewn work, and a row of cedar-beams, even for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and for the porch of the house.

Darby: And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stones, and a row of cedar-beams; and so it was for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.

ASV: And the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the great  court  round about  [was] with three  rows  of hewed stones,  and a row  of cedar  beams,  both for the inner  court  of the house  of the LORD,  and for the porch  of the house. 

What does 1 Kings 7:12 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 7:12 mean?

And court [was] the great enclosed three with rows of hewn stones and a row of beams cedar so were court of the house of Yahweh the inner and the vestibule of the temple -
וְחָצֵ֨ר הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה סָבִ֗יב שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ טוּרִ֣ים גָּזִ֔ית וְט֖וּר כְּרֻתֹ֣ת אֲרָזִ֑ים וְלַחֲצַ֧ר בֵּית־ יְהוָ֛ה הַפְּנִימִ֖ית וּלְאֻלָ֥ם הַבָּֽיִת פ

וְחָצֵ֨ר  And  court  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה  the  great 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
סָבִ֗יב  enclosed 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
שְׁלֹשָׁה֙  three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
טוּרִ֣ים  with  rows 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: טוּר  
Sense: row.
גָּזִ֔ית  of  hewn  stones 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: גָּזִית  
Sense: a cutting, hewing.
וְט֖וּר  and  a  row 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: טוּר  
Sense: row.
כְּרֻתֹ֣ת  of  beams 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: כְּרֻתֹות  
Sense: beams, hewn beams.
אֲרָזִ֑ים  cedar 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֶרֶז  
Sense: cedar.
וְלַחֲצַ֧ר  so  were  court 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, common singular construct
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
בֵּית־  of  the  house  of 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוָ֛ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
הַפְּנִימִ֖ית  the  inner 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular construct
Root: פְּנִימִי  
Sense: inner.
וּלְאֻלָ֥ם  and  the  vestibule 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אוּלָם  
Sense: porch.
הַבָּֽיִת  of  the  temple 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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