Bible verse

1 Kings 7:3

The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

1 Kings 7:3 · BSB

1 Kings 7:3 in context

The verses around it, from 1 Kings 7.

1 Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

2 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.

3 The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

4 There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.

5 All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.

6 Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.

7 In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.

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1 Kings 7:3 in other translations

KJV

And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen [in] a row.

ASV

And it was covered with cedar above over the forty and five beams, that were upon the pillars; fifteen in a row.

ERV

And it was covered with cedar above over the forty and five beams, that were upon the pillars; fifteen in a row.

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