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The Hall of Pillars

He built a pillared entry hall.[a] It was seventy-five feet wide and forty-five feet deep. There was another porch in front of the pillars, and more pillars and a canopy in front of them.

The Hall of Justice

He made another hall, named the Hall of Justice. The throne from which he judged cases was located there. The hall was covered with cedar from floor to ceiling.[b]

Palaces for Solomon and Pharaoh’s Daughter

His house in which he lived was made the same way. It was on the other side of a courtyard behind the Hall of Pillars.[c] Solomon also made another house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:6 Or colonnade
  2. 1 Kings 7:7 Ceiling is the reading of the Latin and Syriac. The Hebrew reads from floor to floor.
  3. 1 Kings 7:8 The meaning of this sentence is uncertain.