1Ki 7:1-6 | ESV | STEP | Solomon was building his own house thirteen years , and he finished his entire house .

1 Kings 7:1-6

Solomon Builds His Palace

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

2 He built ^bthe House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and it was built on four ^{▼▼Septuagint three} rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row. 4 There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers. 5 All the doorways and windows ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew posts} had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.

6 And he made ^fthe Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and ^ga canopy in front of them.