Parallel Verses New International Version He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. King James Bible He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. Darby Bible Translation And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars; World English Bible For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was one hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars. Young's Literal Translation And he buildeth the house of the forest of Lebanon; a hundred cubits is its length, and fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar-beams on the pillars; 1 Kings 7:2 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThe house of the forest of Lebanon - It was not built in Lebanon, but is thought to have been on Mount Sion. And why it was called the house of the forest of Lebanon does not appear; probably it was because it was built almost entirely of materials brought from that place. See the following verses. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Library GadaraThere was a double Gadara. One at the shore of the Mediterranean sea: that was first called Gezer, 1 Kings 9:15. In Josephus, "Simon destroyed the city Gazara, and Joppe, and Jamnia."--And in the Book of the Maccabees, "And he fortified Joppe, which is on the sea, and Gazara, which is on the borders of Azotus." At length, according to the idiom of the Syrian dialect, Zain passed into Daleth; and instead of Gazara, it was called Gadara. Hence Strabo, after the mention of Jamnia, saith, "and there … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica A Discourse of the House and Forest of Lebanon Cross References 1 Kings 7:3 It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns--forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. 1 Kings 9:1 When Solomon had finished building the temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do, 1 Kings 10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. 1 Kings 10:21 All King Solomon's goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon's days. 2 Chronicles 9:16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. Isaiah 22:8 The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest. Jump to Previous Beams Breadth Built Cedar Cubits Fifty Forest Four Height Hight House Hundred Lebanon Pillars Rows Thereof Thirty WidthJump to Next Beams Breadth Built Cedar Cubits Fifty Forest Four Height Hight House Hundred Lebanon Pillars Rows Thereof Thirty WidthLinks 1 Kings 7:2 NIV1 Kings 7:2 NLT 1 Kings 7:2 ESV 1 Kings 7:2 NASB 1 Kings 7:2 KJV 1 Kings 7:2 Bible Apps 1 Kings 7:2 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 7:2 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 7:2 French Bible 1 Kings 7:2 German Bible 1 Kings 7:2 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |
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