1 Kings 7:1-8 ▼

1 Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace.

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.

3 The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

4 There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three.

5 All of the entrances were rectangular in shape and they were arranged in sets of three.

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 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.

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.