1 Kings 7:3

3 It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row.

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 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
2 For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length of it was one hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
3 It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row.
4 There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
5 All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.
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