1 Kings 7:1

Solomon Continues to Build

1 Solomon built his house [over] thirteen years, and he finished all of his house.

1 Kings 7:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:1

But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years
He made more haste with the house of God than with his own, for that was but seven years in building; which showed greater regard to the honour of God then to his own glory, or even convenience; nor was this built till after that:

and finished all his house;
or houses he undertook to build, the singular for the plural; even the house of God, his own palace, and that for the daughter of Pharaoh, and that which is next mentioned, which were in all twenty years building, ( 1 Kings 9:10 ) .

1 Kings 7:1 In-Context

1 Solomon built his house [over] thirteen years, and he finished all of his house.

2 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; one hundred cubits its length, fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams atop the pillars.

3 It was covered with cedar above, and the supporting beams which [were] on the forty-five pillars, fifteen [to] the row.

4 [There were] three rows of specially designed windows; [with] window to window three times.

5 All of the doorways and the doorframes [had] four-sided casings, with opening to opposite opening three times.