1 Kings 7:6

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator describes Solomon’s construction projects while detailing the layout of his palace complex and the temple.

The words — אוּלָם (ulam) denotes a portico or porch, and עַמּוּדִים (amudim) refers to the pillars that held up the canopy structure.

The thread — Similar architectural elements appear in the courtyard descriptions of 1 Kings 7:12 and the temple door carvings in Ezekiel 41:25.

Why it lands — The text states the colonnade measured fifty by thirty cubits and featured a front portico with a pillared canopy, requiring the reader to observe the deliberate scale and structural order of the royal architecture.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֵ֨תve./'Etand/ <obj.>אוּלָ֤ם'u.Lam[the] porch of הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙ha./'a.mu.Dimthe/ pillars עָשָׂ֔ה'a.Sahhe made חֲמִשִּׁ֤יםcha.mi.Shim[was] fifty אַמָּה֙'a.Mahcubit[s]אָרְכּ֔וֹ'a.re.K/olength/ its וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםu./she.lo.Shimand/ [was] thirty אַמָּ֖ה'a.Mahcubit[s]רָחְבּ֑וֹra.che.B/obreadth/ its וְאוּלָם֙ve./'u.Lamand/ a porch עַל־'al-[was] on פְּנֵיהֶ֔םpe.nei./Hemface/ their וְעַמֻּדִ֥יםve./'a.mu.Dimand/ pillars וְעָ֖בve./'Avand/ a threshold עַל־'al-[were] on פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃pe.nei./Hemface/ their

King James Version

And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

Cross-references

1 Kings 7:12 The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
Ezekiel 41:25 Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.