"But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house." — 1 Kings 7:1

1 Kings 7:1 · KJV

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

— 1 Kings 7:1

He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof {was} an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

1 Kings 7 — Context

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

And {it was} covered with cedar above upon the beams, that {lay} on forty five pillars, fifteen {in} a row. {beams: Heb. ribs}

Cross References

1 Kings 9:10

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

2 Chronicles 8:1

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

Matthew 6:33

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Ecclesiastes 2:4-5

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

1 Kings 3:1

And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

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