1 Kings 7:2
One of the buildings they constructed was a large ceremonial hall. It was called the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It was supported/held up by four rows of pillars of wood from cedar trees. There were 15 pillars in each row. There were cedar beams across each row.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
1They also built a palace for Solomon, but it required 13 years to build it.
3To support the roof there were cedar beams that connected the rows of pillars.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:19They also built cities where they kept the supplies for Solomon, the places where his horses and chariots were kept. They also built everything else that Solomon wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area over which he ruled.
1 Kings 10:21All of Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the various dishes in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were made of gold. They did not make things from silver, because during the years that Solomon ruled, silver was not considered to be valuable.
Song of Solomon 7:4Your neck is like [SIM] a tower made of ivory. Your eyes sparkle/shine like [MET] the pools in Heshbon city, near the Bath-Rabbim gate. Your nose is is as lovely as [SIM] the tower of Lebanon which faces toward Damascus.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:2-13
The Building of the Temple. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a 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. 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4 And there were windows in three rows, and… Read the whole commentary →