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1 Kings 7:2

He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

KJV

Ædificavit quoque domum saltus Libani centum cubitorum longitudinis, et quinquaginta cubitorum latitudinis, et triginta cubitorum altitudinis : et quatuor deambulacra inter columnas cedrinas : ligna quippe cedrina exciderat in columnas.

Vulgate

υἱὸν γυναικὸς χήρας, καὶ οὗτος ἀπὸ τῆς φυλῆς Νεφθαλεί, καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ Τύριος, τέκτων χαλκοῦ καὶ πεπληρωμένος τῆς τέχνης καὶ συνέσεως καὶ γυώσεως τοῦ ποιεῖν πᾶν ἔργον ἐν χαλκῷ· καὶ εἰσηνέχθη πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Σαλωμών, καὶ ἐποίησεν πάντα τὰ ἔργα.

LXX

For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

ASV

וַ/יִּ֜בֶן אֶת בֵּ֣ית יַ֣עַר הַ/לְּבָנ֗וֹן מֵאָ֨ה אַמָּ֤ה אָרְכּ/וֹ֙ וַ/חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙ רָחְבּ֔/וֹ וּ/שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה קוֹמָת֑/וֹ עַ֗ל אַרְבָּעָה֙ טוּרֵי֙ עַמּוּדֵ֣י אֲרָזִ֔ים וּ/כְרֻת֥וֹת אֲרָזִ֖ים עַל הָ/עַמּוּדִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָזִ֔ים
'rzym
noun · 70×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַמָּ֔ה
'mh
noun · 249×
אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
וֹ
v
noun · 95×
וֹ
v
noun · 46×
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
chmshym
adjective · 163×
טּ֖וּר
tvr
noun · 26×
יַ֥עַר
y'r
noun · 58×
כְּרֻתֹ֥ת
krtt
noun · 3×
לְּבָנ֔וֹן
lbnvn
proper_noun · 67×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עַמּ֣וּד
'mvd
noun · 112×
רֹ֖חַב
rchb
noun · 101×
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים
shlshym
adjective · 174×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 10:17 — And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
  • 1Kgs 10:17 — And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
  • 1Kgs 10:21 — And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solom
  • 2Chr 9:16 — And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
  • 2Chr 9:16 — And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
  • Isa 22:8 — And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
  • Prov 9:1 — Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: