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1 Kings 7:7

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

A porch for the throne - One porch appears to have been devoted to the purposes of administering judgment, which Solomon did in person.

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

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 Sublime Porte - “the Lofty Gate” - at Constantinople.

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.
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Solomon's Building Activities
Solomon's Temple
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