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Solomon’s Palace Complex

1 Kings 7:7

In 11 translations

BSB
In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.Syriac and Vulgate; Hebrew from floor to floor
KJV
¶ Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.from…: Heb. from floor to floor
WEB
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.
ASV
And 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.
LSV
And the porch of the throne where he judges—the porch of judgment—he has made, and [it is] covered with cedar from the floor to the floor.
YLT
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.
DBY
And he made the porch for the throne where he judged, the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
DRC
He made also the porch of the throne, wherein is the seat of judgment: and covered it with cedar wood from the floor to the top.
GNV
Then he made a porch for the throne, where he iudged, euen a porch of iudgement, and it was sieled with cedar from pauement to pauement.
JPS
And he made the porch of the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
LXXE7:44
And there was the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of judgment.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאוּלָ֤ם הַכִּסֵּא֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִשְׁפָּט־שָׁ֔ם אֻלָ֥ם הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט עָשָׂ֑ה וְסָפ֣וּן בָּאֶ֔רֶז מֵהַקַּרְקַ֖ע עַד־הַקַּרְקָֽע׃
LXX-Br7:44
Καὶ τὸ αἰλὰμ τῶν θρόνων οὗ κρινεῖ ἐκεῖ, αἰλὰμ τοῦ κριτηρίου.

Who and where

📍 Judgment📍 Throne◆ Reign of Solomon◆ Construction of Solomon's Temple

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 20:8A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
  • Psalms 122:5For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
  • 1 Kings 3:28When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
  • Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore.…
  • 1 Kings 3:9Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
  • 1 Kings 10:18–20Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside…
  • 1 Kings 6:3The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
  • 1 Kings 6:15–16He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards. He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 7:44 in some Bibles
  • 7:7 in most Bibles

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