1 Kings 7:1

1 King Solomon also built a palace for himself; it took him thirteen years to finish it.

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 King Solomon also built a palace for himself; it took him thirteen years to finish it.

2 Built of cedars from the Forest of Lebanon, it was one hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. It had four rows of cedar columns which supported the cedar beams.

3 There were forty-five beams on the roof, with fifteen beams in each row, and the ceiling was covered with cedar above the beams.

4 Windows were placed in three rows facing each other.

5 All the doors were square, and the three doors at each end faced each other.