1 Kings 7:1

But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years,.... He made more haste with the house of God than with his own, for that was but seven years in building; which showed greater regard to the…

Thirteen years - The thirteen years, i. e., counting from the end of the seven 1Ki 6:38. Solomon’s buildings thus occupied him twenty years 1Ki 9:10; 2Ch 8:1, from the fourth year of his reign to the…

Building his own house - This house is said to have been situated in Jerusalem, and probably was, what some call it, his winter's residence. It is called the king's house, Kg1 9:10.

Never had any man so much of the spirit of building as Solomon had, nor to better purpose; he began with the temple, built for God first, and then all his other buildings were comfortable. The surest…

1Ki 7:1-12. The building of Solomon's own house, the house of the forest of Lebanon, and the house for Pharaoh's daughter (Not in Chronicles)

1. his own house This includes all the buildings described…