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.
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Gill's Exposition
And his house where he dwelt,.... Which was properly his dwellingplace, that part of the house where he usually resided:
had another court within the porch, which was of the like work; a court…
Barnes' Notes
The porch or gate of justice still kept alive the likeness of the old patriarchal custom of sitting in judgment at the gate; exactly as the “Gate of justice” still recalls it at Granada, and the…
Adam Clarke
A porch for the throne - One porch appears to have been devoted to the purposes of administering judgment, which Solomon did in person.
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
Then he made a porch for the throne Better (with R.V.) -And he made the porch of the throne." As the pillars were the distinction of the former porch, so was the throne of this. On kings sitting in…
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