Bible Strands
1 Kings 7:3
The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes Solomon’s construction of the House of the Forest of Lebanon, detailing the roofing and beam arrangement immediately after listing the building’s dimensions and pillar supports.
The words — The Hebrew term סָפֻן (sa.fun) translates to “paneled” or “covered,” while אֶרֶז (erez) means “cedar,” specifying the material and method of the roof covering.
The thread — This structural description parallels the cedar-beam roofing in 1 Kings 7:2 and the chambered walls of 1 Kings 6:5, tracing a consistent architectural motif across Solomon’s building projects.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to track the precise material layout and structural count before drawing conclusions about the project’s scale or purpose.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 6:5 Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.