1 Kings 7:1-12

Solomon’s Palace

¹Now Solomon built his own house over the course of thirteen years, and he finished all of his house. ²He built the house of the timber from Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars. ³And it was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row. ⁴There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window at three intervals. ⁵And all the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window at three intervals.

⁶Then he made the hall of pillars; its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a threshold in front of them.

⁷And he made the hall of the throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.

⁸And his house where he was to live, the other courtyard inward from the hall, was of this same workmanship. He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had married.

⁹All of these were made of valuable stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the large courtyard.

¹⁰And the foundation was of valuable stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits. ¹¹And above were valuable stones, cut according to measure, and cedar. ¹²So the large courtyard all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams as well as the inner courtyard of the house of the Lord, and the porch of the house.

Hiram’s Work in the Temple