The Meaning of 1 Kings 7:7 Explained

1 Kings 7:7

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Darby: And he made the porch for the throne where he judged, the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

ASV: 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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Kings 7:7?

MEANING: What does 1 Kings 7:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 1 Kings 7:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 1 Kings 7:7?

What is the context of 1 Kings 7:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does 1 Kings 7:7 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 7:1-12 - Other Splendid Structures

Solomon's house took nearly twice as long to build as did the Temple, because there was not the same urgency for it. His house and that for the queen were probably built around large open courts, and stood, after the manner of the East, on either side of the central hall where public business was transacted.

The royal hall in Jerusalem was called the "House of the Forest of Lebanon," because its many pillars resembled a forest of cedar wood. In front of this building was a colonnade, and in front of this again, the King's Gate.

It is more than likely that the area of Mount Zion was greatly enlarged by walls built up from the valley and filled in with earth. This furnished room for the many splendid buildings named in this paragraph. Traces of these cyclopean walls can still be seen. In order to estimate the real value of all this splendor we have only to turn to the earliest chapters of Ecclesiastes, where we read how little it satisfied the hunger of Solomon's soul. He turned away from it all, as unsatisfied as the prodigal from the husks of the swine. We were made for God and only God can suffice.

1 Kings 7:1-51 - Breaking Three Commandments

From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.

Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 7

¹ The building of Solomon's house
² Of the house of Lebanon
⁶ Of the porch of pillars
⁷ Of the porch of judgment
⁸ Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter
¹³ Hiram's work of the two pillars,
²³ Of the molten sea
²⁷ Of the ten bases
³⁸ Of the ten lavers
⁴⁰ and all the vessels

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 7:7 mean?

And a hall for the throne where he might judge there the Hall of Judgment he made and [it was] paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling

וְאוּלָ֤ם הַכִּסֵּא֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִשְׁפָּט־ שָׁ֔ם אֻלָ֥ם הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט עָשָׂ֑ה וְסָפ֣וּן בָּאֶ֔רֶז מֵהַקַּרְקַ֖ע עַד־ הַקַּרְקָֽע

וְאוּלָ֤ם	And a hall
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: אוּלָם Sense: porch.
הַכִּסֵּא֙	for the throne
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: כִּסֵּא Sense: seat (of honour), throne, seat, stool.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	where
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
יִשְׁפָּט־	he might judge
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁפַט Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish.
אֻלָ֥ם	the Hall
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: אוּלָם Sense: porch.
הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט	of Judgment
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מִשְׁפָּט Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
עָשָׂ֑ה	he made
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
וְסָפ֣וּן	and [it was] paneled
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular Root: סָפֹון Sense: to cover, cover in, wainscotted, covered with boards or panelling.
בָּאֶ֔רֶז	with cedar
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: אֶרֶז Sense: cedar.
מֵהַקַּרְקַ֖ע	from floor
Parse: Preposition-m, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: קַרְקַע Sense: floor, bottom.
הַקַּרְקָֽע	ceiling
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: קַרְקַע Sense: floor, bottom.

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