7:1 Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace. 1 7:2 He named 2 it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; 3 it was 150 feet 4 long, 75 feet 5 wide, and 45 feet 6 high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars. 7:3 The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row. 7:4 There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three. 7 7:5 All of the entrances 8 were rectangular in shape 9 and they were arranged in sets of three. 10 7:6 He made a colonnade 11 75 feet 12 long and 45 feet 13 wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch. 14 7:7 He also made a throne room, called “The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. 15 It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters. 16 7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. 17 He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. 18 7:9 All of these were built with the best 19 stones, chiseled to the right size 20 and cut with a saw on all sides, 21 from the foundation to the edge of the roof 22 and from the outside to the great courtyard. 7:10 The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet. 23 7:11 Above the foundation 24 the best 25 stones, chiseled to the right size, 26 were used along with cedar. 7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace. 27
7:13 King Solomon sent for Hiram 28 of Tyre. 29 7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, 30 and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge 31 to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.
7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet 32 high and 18 feet 33 in circumference. 7:16 He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high. 34