KJV King James Version
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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1 Kings 7:7
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
WEB World English Bible
He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
ASV American Standard Version
And he made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the porch of the throne where he judgeth—the porch of judgment—he hath made, and it is covered with cedar from the floor unto the floor.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 7
4 And [there were] windows [in] three rows, and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.
5 And all the doors and posts [were] square, with the windows: and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.
6 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.
7 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.
8 And his house where he dwelt [had] another court within the porch, [which] was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken [to wife], like unto this porch.
9 All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great court.
10 And the foundation [was of] costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאוּלָ֤םH197 · u.lamHall (of pillars)הַכִּסֵּא֙H3678 · kis.sethroneאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichיִשְׁפָּט־H8199 · sha.phatto judgeשָׁ֔םH8033 · shamthereאֻלָ֥םH197 · u.lamHall (of pillars)הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementעָשָׂ֑הH6213 · a.sahto make: doוְסָפ֣וּןH5603 · sa.phanto coverבָּאֶ֔רֶזH730 · e.rezcedarמֵהַקַּרְקַ֖עH7172 · qar.qafloorעַד־H5704 · adtillהַקַּרְקָֽע׃H7172 · qar.qafloor
Cross-references
Psalm 122:5For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.Proverbs 20:8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to do judgment.1 Kings 10:18-20Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.1 Kings 3:9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?1 Kings 6:15-16And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: [and] he covered [them] on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.1 Kings 6:3And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits [was] the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits [was] the breadth thereof before the house.
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