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.
• 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

1It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. 2He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. 4Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other. 5All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.

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 6:5Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.

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