1 Kings 7:6

1 Kings 7:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
• New International Version (NIV)He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He also made the Hall of Pillars: its length was fifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits; and in front of them was a portico with pillars, and a canopy was in front of them.

Context of 1 Kings 7:6

4There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window at three intervals. 5And all the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window at three intervals. Then he made the hall of pillars; its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a threshold in front of them. 7And he made the hall of the throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor. 8And his house where he was to live, the other courtyard inward from the hall, was of this same workmanship. He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had married.

1 Kings 7:6 word by word

וְאֵ֨ת אוּלָ֤ם הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙ עָשָׂ֔ה חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙ אָרְכּ֔וֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה רָחְבּ֑וֹ וְאוּלָם֙ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וְעַמֻּדִ֥ים וְעָ֖ב עַל־פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Then he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• the hallאוּלָם'ûlâm 'ûlâm · Hall (of pillars)H197
• of pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · (Hall of) PillarsH5982
• its lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and its widthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• in frontפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• of them and pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• thresholdעָב‛âb ‛ôb · thresholdH5646

Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Probably the porch of the “House of the Forest.” Porches of columns immediately in front of columnar chambers were a favorite feature of Persian architecture. The whole verse should be translated, “And he made the porch of the pillars in length 50 cubits, and in breadth 30 cubits, and a porch before them (i. e., the pillars), and pillars, and a base (or step) before them.” Most of the Persepolitan porches had small pillared chambers at some little…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8There was a columned entrance to the Hall of Justice, where Solomon listened to legal cases (see also 1 Kings 10:18–20). Similar throne rooms have been discovered in Syria and Mesopotamia. Solomon built separate living quarters for Pharaoh’s daughter (see 1 Kings 3:1; 9:24; 2 Chronicles 8:11).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 7:6

• House
• Palace
• Pillar
• Solomon

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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