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OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 2

1 Kings 7:2

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For he built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits,† its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.

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1 Kings 7:1–5

1

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

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For he built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits,† its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.

3

It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams that were on the pillars, fifteen in a row.

4

There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks.

5

All the doors and posts were made square with beams; and window was facing window in three ranks.

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  1. A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

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