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1 It took Solomon another thirteen years to finish building his own palace complex.
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1 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace.
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2 He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.
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2 He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams.
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3 There were four rows of cedar columns supporting forty-five cedar beams, fifteen in each row, and then roofed with cedar.
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3 It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns--forty-five beams, fifteen to a row.
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4 Windows in groupings of three were set high in the walls on either side.
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4 Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other.
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5 All the doors were rectangular and arranged symmetrically.
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5 All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.
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6 He built a colonnaded courtyard seventy-five feet long and forty-five wide. It had a roofed porch at the front with ample eaves.
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6 He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.
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7 He built a court room, the Hall of Justice, where he would decide judicial matters, and paneled it with cedar.
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7 He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.
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8 He built his personal residence behind the Hall on a similar plan. Solomon also built another one just like it for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married.
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8 And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married.
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9 No expense was spared - everything here, inside and out, from foundation to roof was constructed using high-quality stone, accurately cut and shaped and polished.
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9 All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and trimmed with a saw on their inner and outer faces.
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10 The foundation stones were huge, ranging in size from twelve to fifteen feet, and of the very best quality.
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10 The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight.
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11 The finest stone was used above the foundation, shaped to size and trimmed with cedar.
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11 Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.
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12 The courtyard was enclosed with a wall made of three layers of stone and topped with cedar timbers, just like the one in the porch of The Temple of God.
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12 The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the LORD with its portico.
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