1. King Solomon also built a palace for himself. It took him 13 years to finish building it.
2. He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar columns. They supported the cedar beams.
3. The ceiling was covered with cedar above the beams. There were 45 beams on the roof, with 15 beams in each row.
4. Windows were placed in three rows facing each other.
5. All the doors were square. The three doors at each end faced each other.
6. Solomon also built the porch of pillars. It was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. Along the front of the porch, there was a covering supported by pillars.
7. Solomon also built a throne room where he judged people. He called this the Hall of Justice. The room was covered with cedar from the floor to the ceiling.
8. The palace where Solomon was to live was behind the Hall of Justice. And it was built like the Hall of Justice. Solomon also built the same kind of palace for his wife. She was the daughter of the king of Egypt.
9. All these buildings were made with blocks of carefully cut fine stone. Then they were trimmed with a saw in the front and back. These fine stones went from the foundations of the buildings to the top of the walls. Even the courtyard was made with blocks of stone.
10. The foundations were made with large blocks of fine stone. Some of the stones were 15 feet long. Others were 12 feet long.
11. On top of those stones there were other cut blocks of fine stone and cedar beams.
12. The palace courtyard, the courtyard inside the Temple and the porch to the Temple were surrounded by walls. All of these walls had three rows of cut stone blocks and one row of cedar beams.
13. King Solomon sent to Tyre and had Huram brought to him.
14. Huram’s mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father was from Tyre and had been skilled in making things from bronze. Huram was also very skilled and experienced in bronze work. So he came to King Solomon. And he did all the bronze work Solomon wanted.
15. He made two bronze pillars. Each one was 27 feet tall and 18 feet around.
16. He also made two bronze capitals that were 7½ feet tall. He put them on top of the pillars.