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1 Kings 7:2 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 7 · verse 2
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.1 Kings 7:2 · King James Version
1 Kings 7:2 in context
1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
2He 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.
3And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
4And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- LebanonLᵉbânôwnLebanon, a mountain range in PalestineH3844 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- breadthrôchabwidthH7341 →
- forestyaʻara copse of bushesH3293 →
- lengthʼôreklengthH753 →
- cubitsʼammâhproperly, a motherH520 →
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Never had any man so much of the spirit of building as Solomon had, nor to better purpose; he began with the temple, built for God first, and then all his other buildings were comfortable. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity are those which are laid in an early piety, Mat 6:33. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12