Bible Strands
1 Kings 7:2
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes Solomon’s ongoing construction project at the conclusion of the thirteenth year of a thirteen-year palace building campaign.
The words — וַיִּבֶן (va-yiven) translates as "and he built," while בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֹן (beit ya'ar ha-lebanon) literally renders "House of the Forest of Lebanon."
The thread — The architectural description continues in 1 Kings 7:3 with the cedar roofing arrangement, while parallel records of Solomon’s building projects appear in 1 Kings 9:19 and the gold shield accounts in 1 Kings 10:17 and 2 Chronicles 9:16.
Why it lands — The text records exact dimensions and structural materials to document the scale of royal construction, requiring the reader to note the specific measurements and cedar framework without adding theological commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
- 1 Kings 9:19 as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
- 1 Kings 10:21 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
- Song of Solomon 7:4 Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.