1 Kings 7:5-9 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

5. and there were three doors on each side near the front of the hall.

6. Pillar Hall was twenty-two metres long and thirteen and a half metres wide. A covered porch supported by pillars went all the way across the front of the hall.

7. Solomon's throne was in Justice Hall, where he judged cases. This hall was completely lined with cedar.

8. The section of the palace where Solomon lived was behind Justice Hall and looked exactly like it. He had a similar place built for his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt.

9. From the foundation all the way to the top, these buildings and the courtyard were made out of the best stones carefully cut to size, then smoothed on every side with saws.

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