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1 Kings 6
³⁵ He carved on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the engraved work.
³⁶ He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.
³⁷ In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.
³⁸ In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.
1 Kings 7
¹ Now Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
² He built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was 100 cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars.
³ It was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the 45 pillars, 15 in each row.
⁴ There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks.
⁵ All the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window in three ranks.
⁶ Then he made the hall of pillars; its length was 50 cubits and its width 30 cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a threshold in front of them.
⁷ He made the hall of the throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.