Solomon builds his palace

It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high,[a] with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns – forty-five beams, fifteen to a row.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:2 That is, about 45 metres long, 23 metres wide and 14 metres high