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The Five Buildings of Solomon’s Palace Complex

It took Solomon thirteen years to finish building his whole palace complex.

The House of the Forest of Lebanon

He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. It was one hundred fifty feet long. It was seventy-five feet wide and forty-five feet high. It had four rows[a] of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:2 Verses 2-6 are very difficult, and the translation is uncertain. In verse 2, the Hebrew text reads four rows of pillars. Some Greek texts read three rows of pillars.