1 Kings 6:5

6:5 He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it. ¹ 

1 Kings 6:33

6:33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. ² 

1 Kings 7:7-8

7:7 He also made a throne room, called “The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. ³  It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters. ⁴  7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. ⁵  He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “and he built on the wall of the temple an extension all around, the walls of the temple all around, for the main hall and for the holy place, and he made side rooms all around.”

² tn Heb “and so he did at the entrance of the main hall, doorposts of olive wood, from a fourth.”

³ tn Heb “and a porch for the throne, where he was making judicial decisions, the Porch of Judgment, he made.”

⁴ tc The Hebrew text reads, “from the floor to the floor.” The second occurrence of the term הַקַּרְקָע (haqqarqa’, “the floor”) is probably an error; one should emend to הַקּוֹרוֹת (haqqorot, “the rafters”). See 6:16.

⁵ tn Heb “and his house where he lived, the other court [i.e., as opposed to the great court], separated from the house belonging to the hall, was like this work [i.e., this style of architecture].”

⁶ tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”