1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 Kings 7:2 The House of the Forest of Lebanon, just the first of several buildings in the palace complex, was much bigger than the temple (see 1 Kings 6:2). This building had so much cedar (1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 7:7, 1 Kings 7:11, 1 Kings 7:12) that it was named after the forest from which the cedar came. It was apparently designed as a treasury or armory (see 1 Kings 10:17, 1 Kings 10:21; Isaiah 22:8). This shows that Solomon was much more concerned about his palace than about the temple.

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