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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 6:18 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
1Ki 6:18	King James	And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Knops and open flowers - Rather, "gourds and opening flower-buds." Imitations of the vegetable world are among the earliest of architectural ornaments. They abound in the architecture of Egypt and Persia. In that of Assyria they occur more sparingly.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Knops and open flowers - Rather, "gourds and opening flower-buds." Imitations of the vegetable world are among the earliest of architectural ornaments. They abound in the architecture of Egypt and Persia. In that of Assyria they occur more sparingly.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Cedar - Cedar is here named, not to exclude all other wood, but stone only; as the following words shew.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Cedar - Cedar is here named, not to exclude all other wood, but stone only; as the following words shew.

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