11 Now Hiram(A) king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

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11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

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11 Then (A)Hiram (B)king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters and masons. And they built David a house.

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Solomon Asks for Wisdom(A)

Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married(B) his daughter.(C) He brought her to the City of David(D) until he finished building his palace(E) and the temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem.

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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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Solomon Requests Wisdom(A)

Now (B)Solomon made [a]a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter; then he brought her (C)to the City of David until he had finished building his (D)own house, and (E)the house of the Lord, and (F)the wall all around Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 3:1 an alliance

Solomon Builds His Palace

It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace.(A)

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

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Solomon’s Other Buildings

But Solomon took (A)thirteen years to build his own house; so he finished all his house.

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He built the Palace(A) of the Forest of Lebanon(B) a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high,[a] with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:2 That is, about 150 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 45 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high

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.

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He also built the (A)House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was [a]one hundred cubits, its width [b]fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, with four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the pillars.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:2 About 150 feet
  2. 1 Kings 7:2 About 75 feet

He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge,(A) and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.[a](B)

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  1. 1 Kings 7:7 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew floor

Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

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Then he made a hall for the throne, the Hall of Judgment, where he might judge; and it was paneled with cedar from floor to [a]ceiling.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:7 Lit. floor of the upper level

The Lord Appears to Solomon(A)

When Solomon had finished(B) building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do,

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And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

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God’s Second Appearance to Solomon(A)

And (B)it came to pass, when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord (C)and the king’s house, and (D)all Solomon’s desire which he wanted to do,

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Solomon’s Other Activities(A)

At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own palace,(B)

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

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Solomon’s Additional Achievements(A)

It (B)came to pass at the end of (C)twenty years, when Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house,

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14 He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace(A)
    with spacious upper rooms.’
So he makes large windows in it,
    panels it with cedar(B)
    and decorates it in red.(C)

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14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

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14 Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house with spacious [a]chambers,
And cut out windows for it,
Paneling it with cedar
And painting it with vermilion.’

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  1. Jeremiah 22:14 Lit. roof chambers, upper chambers

“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,(A) while this house remains a ruin?(B)

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Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

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Is it (A)time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this [a]temple to lie in ruins?”

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  1. Haggai 1:4 Lit. house