1 Kings 7:1-3

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

7 Solomon was building his own house ^[a]thirteen years, and he finished all of it.

²He built also the Forest of Lebanon House; its length was a hundred cubits, its breadth fifty, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

³And it was covered with cedar above the side chambers that were upon the forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

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Footnotes

1 Kings 7:1 Solomon built God’s house first, then his own. That his took much longer is no reflection on Solomon, for David had made every possible preparation for building the temple, greatly reducing the time needed to finish it (I Chron. 22:2-5). David even left for Solomon plans and patterns for the temple and loyal friends eager to help (I Kings 5:1; I Chron. 28:14-19).