SOLOMON’S PALACE COMPLEX

7 Solomon completed his entire palace complex after thirteen years of construction.n 2 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon.o It was one hundred fifty feetF long, seventy-five feet* wide, and forty-five feet* high on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars. 3 It was paneled above with cedar at the top of the chambers that rested on forty-five pillars, fifteen per row. 4 There were three rows of window frames, facing each otherI in three tiers.* p 5 All the doors and doorposts had rectangular frames, the openings facing each otherK in three tiers. 6 He made the hall of pillars seventy-five feet long and forty-five feet wide. A portico was in front of the pillars, and a canopy with pillarsD was in front of them. 7 He made the Hall of the Throne where he would judgeq—the Hall of Judgment. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.L