1 Kings 7:1

And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house, and he finished all his house.

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But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

In Context

2For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon. The length of it was a hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

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Cross References

1 Kings 9:10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of LORD and the king's house

Ecclesiastes 2:4I made for me great works. I built for me houses. I planted for me vineyards.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:1

As, in the story of David, one chapter of wars and victories follows another, so, in the story of Solomon, one chapter concerning his buildings follows another. In this chapter we have, I. His fitting up several buildings for himself and his own use, ver. 1-12 . II. His furnishing the temple which he had built for God, 1. With two pillars, ver. 13-22 . 2. With a molten sea, ver. 23-26 . 3. With ten basins of brass ( ver. 27-37 ), and ten layers upon them, ver. 38, 39 . 4. With all the other utensils of the temple,… Read the whole commentary →

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