1-kings 6:18
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
(All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.)
Webster's Revision
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knobs and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
World English Bible
There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
Definitions for 1-kings 6:18
Barnes's 1-kings 6:18 Bible Commentary
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.
Wesley's 1-kings 6:18 Bible Commentary
6:18 Cedar - Cedar is here named, not to exclude all other wood, but stone only; as the following words shew.
