1 Kings 7:6
4 There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.
5 All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.
Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
7 In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
8 And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
- 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.
- WEB
- He made the hall of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them.
- ASV
- And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.
- DARBY
- And he made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and there was a porch in front of them; and there were pillars, and steps in front of them.
- BLB
- And also he made the Hall of Pillars, fifty cubits its length and thirty cubits its width. And a portico [was] before their faces with pillars, and a canopy [was] before their faces.
- ÅB
- Så gjorde han søylehallen, femti alen lang og tretti alen bred; og foran den var det en forhall med søyler, og foran den igjen var det en trappeopgang.
- OTB
- Så laget han Søylehallen; den var femti alen lang og tretti alen bred, og en forhall var foran med søyler og et baldakin foran dem.
- B1930
- Så gjorde han søilehallen, femti alen lang og tretti alen bred; og foran den var det en forhall med søiler, og foran den igjen var det en trappeopgang.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 41:25–26
Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.
Read in context1 Kings 7:12
The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
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