1 Kings 7:1-12

Solomon's Palace

1 Now ¹Solomon was building his own house thirteen * years, and he finished all his house.

2 ²He built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was 100 cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars.

3 It was paneled with cedar above * the side chambers which were on the 45 * pillars, 15 * in each row.

4 There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks.

5 All the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite * window in three ranks.

6 Then he made ³the hall of pillars; its length was 50 cubits and its width 30 cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a ⁴threshold in front of them.

7 He made the hall of the ⁵throne where * he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and ⁶it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.

8 His house where * he was to live, the other court inward * from the hall, was of the same workmanship. ⁷He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, ⁸whom Solomon had married.

9 All these were of costly stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside * and outside *; even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.

10 The foundation was of costly stones, even large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

11 And above * were costly stones, stone cut according to measure, and cedar.

12 So ⁹the great court all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams even as the inner court of the house of the LORD, and ¹⁰the porch of the house.

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1 Kings 7:1-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7

This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1-12; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13-22; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23-26; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27-39; with other utensils and ornaments, 1Ki 7:40-51.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

1. 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 9:10; 2 Chronicles 8:1
2. 1 Kings 10:17, 21; 2 Chronicles 9:16
3. 1 Kings 7:12
4. Ezekiel 41:25, 26
5. Psalms 122:5; Proverbs 20:8
6. 1 Kings 6:15, 16
7. 1 Kings 9:24; 2 Chronicles 8:11
8. 1 Kings 3:1
9. 1 Kings 6:36
10. 1 Kings 7:6

Footnotes 1

[a]. I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.