1 Kings 7:1-6

1 And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house.

2 And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars;

3 and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

4 And there were cross-beams in three rows, and window was against window in three ranks.

5 And all the doors and posts were square, with an architrave; and window was against window in three ranks.

6 And he made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and there was a porch in front of them; and there were pillars, and steps in front of them.

1 Kings 7:1-6 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Some say 'made of cross-beams.'
• [b]. Or 'a threshold;' or perhaps 'a pediment.'