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Text -- 1 Kings 7:1-20 (NET)
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The Building of the Royal Palace
7:1 Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace .
7:2 He named it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest ”; it was 150 feet long , 75 feet wide , and 45 feet high . It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars .
7:3 The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar ; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row .
7:4 There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three .
7:5 All of the entrances were rectangular in shape and they were arranged in sets of three .
7:6 He made a colonnade 75 feet long and 45 feet wide . There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch.
7:7 He also made a throne room , called “The Hall of Judgment ,” where he made judicial decisions . It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.
7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter , whom he had married .
7:9 All of these were built with the best stones , chiseled to the right size and cut with a saw on all sides , from the foundation to the edge of the roof and from the outside to the great courtyard .
7:10 The foundation was made of large valuable stones , measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet .
7:11 Above the foundation the best stones , chiseled to the right size , were used along with cedar .
7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams , like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace .
Solomon Commissions Hiram to Supply the Temple
7:13 King Solomon sent for Hiram of Tyre .
7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali , and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre . He had the skill and knowledge to make all kinds of works of bronze . He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.
7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars ; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference .
7:16 He made two bronze tops for the pillars ; each was seven-and-a-half feet high .
7:17 The latticework on the tops of the pillars was adorned with ornamental wreaths and chains ; the top of each pillar had seven groupings of ornaments .
7:18 When he made the pillars , there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar .
7:19 The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high .
7:20 On the top of each pillar , right above the bulge beside the latticework , there were two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments arranged in rows all the way around .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Solomon |
Palace |
House |
TEMPLE, A1 |
Church and State |
Israel |
Temple |
JACHIN AND BOAZ |
KING; KINGDOM |
COURT OF THE SANCTUARY; TABERNACLE; TEMPLE |
Esarhaddon |
Hiram |
Pillar |
Master Workman |
Carving |
Arts and Crafts |
JERUSALEM, 4 |
Cedar |
Pomegranate |
Bronze |
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NET Notes -> 1Ki 7:1; 1Ki 7:2; 1Ki 7:2; 1Ki 7:2; 1Ki 7:2; 1Ki 7:2; 1Ki 7:4; 1Ki 7:5; 1Ki 7:5; 1Ki 7:5; 1Ki 7:6; 1Ki 7:6; 1Ki 7:6; 1Ki 7:6; 1Ki 7:7; 1Ki 7:7; 1Ki 7:8; 1Ki 7:8; 1Ki 7:9; 1Ki 7:9; 1Ki 7:9; 1Ki 7:9; 1Ki 7:10; 1Ki 7:11; 1Ki 7:11; 1Ki 7:11; 1Ki 7:12; 1Ki 7:13; 1Ki 7:13; 1Ki 7:14; 1Ki 7:14; 1Ki 7:15; 1Ki 7:15; 1Ki 7:16; 1Ki 7:17; 1Ki 7:18; 1Ki 7:19; 1Ki 7:20
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:4 Heb “and framed [windows in] three rows, and opening to opening three times.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain. Anothe...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:5 Heb “and all the entrances and the doorposts [had] four frames, and in front of opening to opening three times” (the precise meaning of th...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:6 Heb “and a porch was in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pillars) and pillars and a roof in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pilla...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:7 The Hebrew text reads, “from the floor to the floor.” The second occurrence of the term הַקַּרְ&...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:8 Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:9 The precise meaning of the Hebrew word טְפָחוֹת (tÿfakhot) is uncertain, but it is clear that the...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:10 Heb “stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits” (it is unclear exactly what dimension is being measured). If both numbers refer to t...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:16 Heb “two capitals he made to place on the tops of the pillars, cast in bronze; five cubits was the height of the first capital, and five cubits ...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:18 Heb “he made the pillars, and two rows surrounding one latticework to cover the capitals which were on top of the pomegranates, and so he did fo...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:19 Heb “the capitals which were on the top of the pillars were the work of lilies, in the porch, four cubits.” It is unclear exactly what dim...
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