1 Kings 7:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
7 1 The building of the house of Solomon. 15 The excellent workmanship of Hiram in the pieces which he made for the Temple.
1 But Solomon was building his own house (A)thirteen years, and [a]finished all his house.
2 He built also an house [b]called the forest of Lebanon, an hundred cubits long, and fifty cubits broad, and thirty cubits high, upon four rows of Cedar pillars: and Cedar beams were laid upon the pillars.
3 And it was covered above with cedar upon the beams, that lay on the forty and five pillars, fifteen in a row.
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- 1 Kings 7:1 After he had built the Temple.
- 1 Kings 7:2 For the beauty of the place, and great abundance of cedar trees that went to the building thereof, it was compared to mount Lebanon in Syria: this house he used in summer for pleasure and recreation.
1 Kings 7:1-3
New King James Version
Solomon’s Other Buildings
7 But Solomon took (A)thirteen years to build his own house; so he finished all his house.
2 He also built the (B)House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was [a]one hundred cubits, its width [b]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.
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- 1 Kings 7:2 About 150 feet
- 1 Kings 7:2 About 75 feet
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