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There were three doors at each end. All the door openings and frames were square.

Solomon also built the Porch of Columns. It was 50 cubits long and 30 cubits wide. Along the front of the porch, there was a covering supported by columns.

He also built a throne room where he judged people. He called this the Judgment Hall. The room was covered with cedar from floor to ceiling.

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All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.[a]

He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide.[b] In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.

He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge,(A) and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.[c](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
  2. 1 Kings 7:6 That is, about 75 feet long and 45 feet wide or about 23 meters long and 14 meters wide
  3. 1 Kings 7:7 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew floor