1 Kings 7:1-6

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.

6 Solomon also built the porch that had pillars. This porch was seventy-five feet long and forty-five feet wide. Along the front of the porch was a roof supported by pillars.

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.