For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker {is} God.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

If she {be} a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she {be} a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. {with...: or, the vaultbeams and the panellings with cedar}

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. {ground: or, stay}

Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants {shall be} with thy servants, {algum: also called, almuggim}

Over against the twenty {cubits} which {were} for the inner court, and over against the pavement which {was} for the utter court, {was} gallery against gallery in three {stories}.

To whom coming, {as unto} a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, {and} precious,

The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows {were} covered; {cieled...: Heb. cieling of wood} {and from...: or, and the ground unto the windows}

Thine head upon thee {is} like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king {is} held in the galleries. {Carmel: or, crimson} {held: Heb. bound}

Thine head upon thee {is} like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king {is} held in the galleries. {Carmel: or, crimson} {held: Heb. bound}

That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and {it is} cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. {large: Heb. through-aired} {windows: or, my windows}

And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which {was} behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; {galleries: or, several walks, or, walks with pillars}

Over against the twenty {cubits} which {were} for the inner court, and over against the pavement which {was} for the utter court, {was} gallery against gallery in three {stories}.