1 Kings 7:1

Solomon Builds His Palace

1 But it took Solomon 13 years to finish constructing his palace and the other buildings that were related to 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 But it took Solomon 13 years to finish constructing his palace and the other buildings that were related to it.

2 He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long. It was 75 feet wide. And it was 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar columns. They held up beautiful cedar beams.

3 Above the beams was a roof that was made out of cedar boards. It rested on the columns. There were three rows of beams with 15 in each row. The total number of beams was 45.

4 The windows of the palace were placed high up in the walls. They were in groups of three. And they faced each other.

5 All of the doorways had frames that were shaped like rectangles. They were in front. They were in groups of three. And they faced each other.