1 Kings 7:1

Solomon Builds His Palace

1 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace.

1 Kings 7:1 in Other Translations

1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

1 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.

1 Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction.

1 It took Solomon another thirteen years to finish building his own palace complex.

1 Solomon completed his entire palace-complex after 13 years of construction.

1 Kings 7:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:1

But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years
He made more haste with the house of God than with his own, for that was but seven years in building; which showed greater regard to the honour of God then to his own glory, or even convenience; nor was this built till after that:

and finished all his house;
or houses he undertook to build, the singular for the plural; even the house of God, his own palace, and that for the daughter of Pharaoh, and that which is next mentioned, which were in all twenty years building, ( 1 Kings 9:10 ) .

1 Kings 7:1 In-Context

1 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace.

2 He 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.

3 It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row.

4 Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other.

5 All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Samuel 7:2; 1 Kings 9:10; 2 Chronicles 8:1