^{1 Ref} And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house.

^{2 Ref} And he buildeth the house of the forest of Lebanon; a hundred cubits `is' its length, and fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar-beams on the pillars;

^{3 Ref} and `it is' covered with cedar above, on the sides that `are' on the forty and five pillars, fifteen in the row.

^{4 Ref} And windows `are' in three rows, and sight `is' over-against sight three times.

⁵ And all the openings and the side-posts `are' square -- windows; and sight `is' over-against sight three times.

^{6 Ref} And the porch of the pillars he hath made; fifty cubits its length, and thirty cubits its breadth, and the porch `is' before them, and pillars and a thick place `are' before them.

^{7 Ref} And the porch of the throne where he judgeth -- the porch of judgment -- he hath made, and `it is' covered with cedar from the floor unto the floor.

^{8 Ref} As to his house where he dwelleth, the other court `is' within the porch -- as this work it hath been; and a house he maketh for the daughter of Pharaoh -- whom Solomon hath taken -- like this porch.

^{9 Ref} All these `are' of precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, sawn with a saw, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and at the outside, unto the great court.

^{10 Ref} And the foundation `is' of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;

^{11 Ref} and above `are' precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, and cedar;

^{12 Ref} and the great court round about `is' three rows of hewn work, and a row of cedar-beams, even for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and for the porch of the house.