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.
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Gill's Exposition
Then he made a porch for the throne,.... The ivory throne on which he sat to hear and try causes, Kg1 10:18,
where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: which had its name from thence; this…
Barnes' Notes
Probably the porch of the “House of the Forest.” Porches of columns immediately in front of columnar chambers were a favorite feature of Persian architecture. The whole verse should be translated,…
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…
Cambridge Bible
And he made a(R.V. the) porch of pillars This would seem to have been a separate building not connected with the house of the forest. In the same manner the porch for the throne in the next verse was…