^{1 Ref} Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

^{2 Ref} For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length of it was one hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.

^{3 Ref} It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row.

^{4 Ref} There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.

⁵ All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.

^{6 Ref} He made the porch of pillars; the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth of it thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.

^{7 Ref} He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

^{8 Ref} His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.

^{9 Ref} All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.

^{10 Ref} The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

^{11 Ref} Above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood.

^{12 Ref} The great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and the porch of the house.