1 Kings 7:6

Contextual Overview

¹Solomon completed his entire palace complex after thirteen years of construction. ¹ Shlomo was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 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 King Solomon also built a palace for himself; it took him thirteen years to finish it. ¹ Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace. ¹Now Solomon built his own house (palace) in thirteen years, and he finished all of his house [in that time]. ¹ Now Solomon built his own house over the course of thirteen years, and he finished all of his house. ¹ Bvt Salomon was building his owne house thirteene yeeres, and finished all his house. ¹Now Solomon built his own house thirteen years, and he completed all his house.

Bible Verse Review
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before them: or, according to them

before them: or, according to them. 1 Kings 7:6

Reciprocal: Proverbs 9:1 - pillars

Cross-References

Genesis 5:32
Noach was five hundred years old, and Noach became the father of Shem, Ham, and Yefet.

Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
When Noah was five hundred years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
Now after Noah was five hundred years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
And Noah was fiue hundreth yeere olde. And Noah begate Shem, Ham and Iapheth.

Genesis 5:32
And Noah was 500 years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was five hundred years old, he had three sons and named them Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he made a porch of pillars,.... At the west end of the house:

and the length thereof was fifty cubits; answerable to the breadth of the house:

and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: which, added to the length of the house, made it one hundred and thirty:

and the porch was before them; the four rows of cedar pillars of the house, 1 Kings 7:2 this porch was either for his guards to keep watch in; or for his courtiers to walk in, sheltered from rain or the like; or perhaps only for grandeur and magnificence:

and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them; the pillars of the porch, on which were laid beams of cedar for a storey over them, and so on; these were before and right against, and answered to the pillars of the house.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Probably 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 distance in front of them.