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1 Kings 7:1-3
Evangelical Heritage Version
1 Kings 7:1-3
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Five Buildings of Solomon’s Palace Complex
7 It took Solomon thirteen years to finish building his whole palace complex.
The House of the Forest of Lebanon
2 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. 3 It was roofed with cedar above the forty-five beams that rested on the pillars, fifteen beams in each row.[b]
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- 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.
- 1 Kings 7:3 Another interpretation of the Hebrew includes chambers on an upper level of the building: It was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.
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