1 Kings 7:7
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.
1 Kings 7:7 in other 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. |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | Then he made a covered room for his high seat when he gave decisions; this was the covered room of judging; it was covered with cedar-wood from floor to roof. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 1 Kings 7:7 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 7:1-12
All Solomon's buildings, though beautiful, were intended for use. Solomon began with the temple; he built for God first, and then his other buildings. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity are laid in early piety. He was thirteen years building his house, yet he built the temple in little more than seven years; not that he was more exact, but less eager in building his own house, than in building God's. We…
1 Kings 7:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 7:7
- Proverbs 20:8
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
- Psalms 122:5
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
- Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
- 1 Kings 3:28
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
- 1 Kings 6:3
And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
- 1 Kings 10:18-20
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
- 1 Kings 3:9
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
- 1 Kings 6:15-16
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
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Context
- 1 Kings 7:6
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
- 1 Kings 7:7
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.
- 1 Kings 7:8
And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
1 Kings 7:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hizo asimismo el pórtico del trono en que había de juzgar, el pórtico del juicio, y vistiólo de cedro de suelo á suelo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il fit le portique du trône, où il jugeait, le portique de jugement; et il était couvert de cèdre, de plancher à plancher. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er machte die Thronhalle, wo er richtete, die Halle des Gerichts; und sie war mit Cedernholz getäfelt, von Boden zu Boden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Porticum quoque solii, in qua tribunal est, fecit: et texit lignis cedrinis a pavimento usque ad summitatem. |