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1 Kings 7:5

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

All the doors and posts - The doorways, and the posts which formed them, seem to be intended. These were square at top, not arched or rounded. In Assyrian buildings arched doorways were not uncommon. The doorways also, like the windows, exactly faced one another.

Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary
All Solomon's buildings, though beautiful, were intended for use. Solomon began with the temple; he built for God first, and then his other buildings. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity are laid in early piety. He was thirteen years building his house, yet he built the temple in little more than seven years; not that he was more exact, but less eager in building his own house, than in building God's. We ought to prefer God's honour before our own ease and satisfaction.
The United Monarchy under Solomon (2)
Solomon's Economic Enterprises
Solomon's Building Activities
Solomon's Temple
Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon