1 Kings 7:3

3 It was roofed with cedar on the forty-five rafters, fifteen in each row, which were on the pillars.

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 was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.
2 He built the House of the Forest of the Lebanon one hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, built on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
3 It was roofed with cedar on the forty-five rafters, fifteen in each row, which were on the pillars.
4 There were window frames in the three rows, facing each other in the three rows.
5 All the doorways and doorposts had four-sided frames, opposite, facing each other in the three rows.
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