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All the doors and posts were made with square beams.[a] They were arranged in groups of three.

The Hall of Pillars

He built a pillared entry hall.[b] It was seventy-five feet wide and forty-five feet deep. There was another porch in front of the pillars, and more pillars and a canopy in front of them.

The Hall of Justice

He made another hall, named the Hall of Justice. The throne from which he judged cases was located there. The hall was covered with cedar from floor to ceiling.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:5 Or with rectangular frames or with four recessed frames. See the footnote at 6:31.
  2. 1 Kings 7:6 Or colonnade
  3. 1 Kings 7:7 Ceiling is the reading of the Latin and Syriac. The Hebrew reads from floor to floor.