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And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

¶ And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

¶ Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

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All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.[a]

He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide.[b] In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.

He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge,(A) and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.[c](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
  2. 1 Kings 7:6 That is, about 75 feet long and 45 feet wide or about 23 meters long and 14 meters wide
  3. 1 Kings 7:7 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew floor