Solomon Builds His Own House

7 Now ^(A)Solomon built his own house thirteen years, and he completed all his house. ^2 (B)And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was ^[a]100 cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars. ³ And it was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the 45 pillars, 15 in each row. ⁴ Now there were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks. ⁵ And all the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window in three ranks.

⁶ Then he made ^(C)the hall of pillars; its length was 50 cubits and its width 30 cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a ^(D)threshold in front of them.

⁷ And he made the hall of the ^(E)throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and ^(F)it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.

⁸ Now his house where he was to live, the other court inward from the hall, was of the same workmanship. ^(G)He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, ^(H)whom Solomon had married.

⁹ All these were of precious stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.

¹⁰ And the foundation was of precious stones, even large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits. ¹¹ And above were precious stones, stone cut according to measure, and cedar. ¹² So ^(I)the great court all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams even as the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and ^(J)the porch of the house.