1 Kings 7:3

1 Kings 7:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
• New International Version (NIV)It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it was paneled with cedar above the beams that were on forty-five pillars, fifteen to a row.

Context of 1 Kings 7:3

1Solomon was also building a palace for himself. After 13 years, he finished it. 2He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 46 metres long, 23 metres wide and 14 metres high. It had four rows of pillars. On top of them were beams. They used cedar wood to make the pillars and the beams. They also used cedar wood to make the roof. They put the roof on top of the pillars and the beams. There were 45 beams, with 15 beams in each row. 4There were three rows of windows on each side of the room. They were opposite each other, in groups of three windows. 5All the doors had square corners and four sides. There were three doors in each group.

1 Kings 7:3 word by word

וְסָפֻ֣ן בָּאֶ֗רֶז מִמַּ֙עַל֙ עַל־הַצְּלָעֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הָֽעַמּוּדִ֔ים אַרְבָּעִ֖ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑ה חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר הַטּֽוּר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• coveredסָפַןsâphan · to coverH5603
• with cedarאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• aboveמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• upon the beamsצֵלָעtsêlâ‛ tsal‛âh · sideH6763
• on fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• fifteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• a rowטוּרţûr · rowH2905

Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:3

• 1 Kings 6:5Solomon built rooms around the outside of the temple walls. These rooms continued outside the big hall and the inside room. The side rooms were on three levels.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-5The House of the Forest of Lebanon got its name because it used a lot of cedar wood. It held 300 gold shields (1 Kings 10:16–17) and likely served as both a treasury and an armory (see 1 Kings 12:25–28; Isaiah 22:8). The Egyptian pharaoh Shishak later took the shields as loot (1 Kings 14:27).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 7:3

• Lebanon
• Palace
• Solomon

In the dictionaries

• Cedar
• Ceiling
• Esarhaddon
• Light
• Palace
• Sea
• Solomon
• Unweighed
• Architecture
• Beam

Commentaries on 1 Kings 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary