1 Kings 7:3

3 It was paneled above with cedar at the top of the chambers that [rested] on 45 pillars, 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 completed his entire palace-complex after 13 years of construction.
2 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars.
3 It was paneled above with cedar at the top of the chambers that [rested] on 45 pillars, fifteen per row.
4 There were three rows of window frames, facing each other in three tiers.
5 All the doors and doorposts had rectangular frames, the openings facing each other in three tiers.
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