1 Kings 7:3

1 Kings 7:3 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The hall had a cedar roof. Above the beams on the pillars were forty-five side rooms, arranged in three tiers of fifteen each.

Context of 1 Kings 7:3

1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. 5And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

1 Kings 7:3 word by word

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

• 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 6:5And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

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