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Text -- 1 Kings 7:1-7 (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.
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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 |
KING; KINGDOM |
JERUSALEM, 4 |
Church and State |
COURT OF THE SANCTUARY; TABERNACLE; TEMPLE |
Israel |
Esarhaddon |
Cedar |
Lebanon |
CEILING |
ARCHITECTURE |
FOREST |
BEAM |
Pillar |
Dwellings |
Porch, Solomon's |
SAMSON |
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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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