1 Kings 7:3

3 The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per 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, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

2 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.

3 The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

4 There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.

5 All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.