1 Kings 7:1

1 It took Solomon another thirteen years to finish building his own palace complex.

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 It took Solomon another thirteen years to finish building his own palace complex.

2 He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.

3 There were four rows of cedar columns supporting forty-five cedar beams, fifteen in each row, and then roofed with cedar.

4 Windows in groupings of three were set high in the walls on either side.

5 All the doors were rectangular and arranged symmetrically.