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He also built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred [a]cubits (150 ft.), its width fifty cubits (75 ft.), and its height thirty cubits (45 ft.), upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:2 I.e. one cubit is about 18 in.

17 He made three hundred smaller shields of beaten gold; [a]three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon [the king’s armory].

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:17 About three pounds.

21 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

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