1 Kings 7:1–12

¹And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house. ²And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars; ³and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row. ⁴And there were cross-beams in three rows, and window was against window in three ranks. ⁵And all the doors and posts were square, with an architrave; and window was against window in three ranks. ⁶And he made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and there was a porch in front of them; and there were pillars, and steps in front of them. ⁷And he made the porch for the throne where he judged, the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor. ⁸And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. And he made, like to this porch, a house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had taken. ⁹All these buildings were of costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation to the coping, and on the outside as far as the great court. ¹⁰And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits. ¹¹And above were costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, and cedar. ¹²And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stones, and a row of cedar-beams; and so it was for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.