1 Kings 7

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 7 of 22

1 And Solomon built his own house for thirteen years. And he finished all his house.

2 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 on four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the pillars.

3 And it was covered with cedar above, on the sides that lay on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

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Chapter Summary

The building of Solomon's house. The house of Lebanon. The porch of pillars. The porch of judgment. The house for Pharaoh's daughter. Hiram's work of the two pillars. The casted sea. The ten bases. The ten basins.

Key Hebrew Words

נְחֹ֫שֶׁת bronze H5178 · TWOT 1350a
עַמּוּד pillar H5982 · TWOT 1637c
יָם the cast sea (laver) H3220 · TWOT 871a
כֹּתֶ֫רֶת capital (pillar top) H3805 · TWOT 1060c
מְכוֹנָה base, stand H4350 · TWOT 964d
זָהָב gold H2091 · TWOT 529a

People & Context

Solomon

King who builds his own palace and the temple furnishings, finishing all the work for the house of Jehovah

Hiram

Bronze craftsman from Tyre, son of a widow of Naphtali, filled with wisdom to cast the pillars, sea, and vessels

Pharaoh's daughter

Solomon's wife, for whom he built a house like the porch (v.8)

David

Solomon's father, whose dedicated silver, gold, and vessels Solomon brings into the temple treasuries (v.51)

Timeline

Solomon Builds His Palace

Solomon builds his own house, taking thirteen years to complete it.

1 Kings 7:1
House of the Forest of Lebanon Built

Solomon builds the house of the forest of Lebanon with cedar pillars, beams, and three rows of windows.

1 Kings 7:2-5
Porches of Pillars and Judgment Built

Solomon makes a porch of pillars and a porch of judgment (his throne room), covering the latter with cedar from floor to floor.

1 Kings 7:6-7

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