1 Kings 6:37-7:8
New King James Version
37 (A)In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of [a]Ziv. 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of [b]Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was (B)seven years in building it.
Solomon’s Other Buildings
7 But Solomon took (C)thirteen years to build his own house; so he finished all his house.
2 He also built the (D)House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was [c]one hundred cubits, its width [d]fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, with four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the pillars. 3 And it was paneled with cedar above the beams that were on forty-five pillars, fifteen to a row. 4 There were windows with beveled frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers. 5 And all the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames; and window was opposite window in three tiers.
6 He also made the Hall of Pillars: its length was fifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits; and in front of them was a portico with pillars, and a canopy was in front of them.
7 Then he made a hall for the throne, the Hall of Judgment, where he might judge; and it was paneled with cedar from floor to [e]ceiling.
8 And the house where he dwelt had another court inside the hall, of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, (E)whom he had taken as wife.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 6:37 Or Ayyar, April or May
- 1 Kings 6:38 Or Heshvan, October or November
- 1 Kings 7:2 About 150 feet
- 1 Kings 7:2 About 75 feet
- 1 Kings 7:7 Lit. floor of the upper level
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