1 Kings 7:3

3 There were forty-five beams on the roof, with fifteen beams in each row, and the ceiling was covered with cedar above the beams.

1 Kings 7:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:3

And it was covered with cedar above the beams, that lay on
forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
] On the second floor were three rows of pillars, fifteen in a row, which made forty five, that stood to east, north, and south; and upon these pillars beams, which were the floor of the third story, over which was a roof of cedar wood.

1 Kings 7:3 In-Context

1 King Solomon also built a palace for himself; it took him thirteen years to finish it.
2 Built of cedars from the Forest of Lebanon, it was one hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. It had four rows of cedar columns which supported the cedar beams.
3 There were forty-five beams on the roof, with fifteen beams in each row, and the ceiling was covered with cedar above the beams.
4 Windows were placed in three rows facing each other.
5 All the doors were square, and the three doors at each end faced each other.
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