Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
Here, I. We have a particular account of the details of the building. 1. The wainscot of the temple. It was of cedar (Kg1 6:15), which was strong and durable, and of a very sweet smell. The wainscot was curiously carved with knops (like eggs or apples) and flowers, no doubt as the fashion then was, Kg1 6:18. 2. The gilding.
Commenting on 1 Kings 6:15-38
the inner court--was for the priests. Its wall, which had a coping of cedar, is said to have been so low that the people could see over it.
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. (o) Where the priests were, and was thus called in respect to the great court, which is called the porch of Solomon in where the people used to pray.