1 Kings 7:7

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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a porch: 1 Kings 6:3

for the throne: 1 Kings 10:18-20, Psalms 122:5, Isaiah 9:7

of judgment: 1 Kings 3:9, 1 Kings 3:28, Proverbs 20:8

from one side of the floor to the other: Heb. from floor to floor

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the teivah, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

Genesis 6:18
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Genesis 6:18
And I will establish my covenant with you, and you must go into the ark—you, and your sons, and your wife, and the wives of your sons with you.

Genesis 6:18
But I will make an agreement with you—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives will all go into the boat.

Genesis 6:18
but I will confirm my covenant with you. You will enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

Genesis 6:18
"But I will establish My covenant (solemn promise, formal agreement) with you; and you shall come into the ark—you and your [three] sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

Genesis 6:18
"But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

Genesis 6:18
But with thee will I establish my couenant, and thou shalt goe into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.

Genesis 6:18
But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

Genesis 6:18
But I solemnly promise that you, your wife, your sons, and your daughters-in-law will be kept safe in the boat.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then he made a porch for the throne,.... The ivory throne on which he sat to hear and try causes, 1 Kings 10:18,

where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: which had its name from thence; this was either in his house in the forest of Lebanon, or in his palace at Jerusalem; the former seems best:

and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor unto the other; that is, the whole floor.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The porch or gate of justice still kept alive the likeness of the old patriarchal custom of sitting in judgment at the gate; exactly as the “Gate of justice” still recalls it at Granada, and the Sublime Porte - “the Lofty Gate” - at Constantinople.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 7:7. A porch for the throne — One porch appears to have been devoted to the purposes of administering judgment, which Solomon did in person.