- He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.
- He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.
- And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married.
- All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and trimmed with a saw on their inner and outer faces.
- The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight.
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- 并建造有柱子的廊子,长五十肘,宽三十肘。在这廊前又有廊子,廊外有柱子和台阶。
- 又建造一廊,其中设立审判的座位,这廊从地到顶都用香柏木遮蔽。
- 廊后院内有所罗门住的宫室。工作与这工作相同。所罗门又为所娶法老的女儿建造一宫,作法与这廊子一样。
- 建造这一切所用的石头都是宝贵的,是按着尺寸凿成的,是用锯里外锯齐的。从根基直到檐石,从外头直到大院,都是如此。
- 根基是宝贵的大石头,有长十肘的,有长八肘的。
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