1 Kings 7:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And he made the porch of the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgement: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He made the porch for the throne where he was to judge, the Porch of Judgment; it was covered with cedar from floor to ceiling.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

He made the throne room the Hall of Justice, where he would judge. It was covered with cedar from the lower to the upper levels.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He also made the portico of the throne, in which is the tribunal. And he overlaid it with cedar wood, from the floor even to the summit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He made also the porch of the throne, wherein is the seat of judgment: and covered it with cedar-wood from the floor to the top.

1 Kings 7:7 Cross References

1 Kings 3:28

And all Israel heard of the judgement which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgement.

1 Kings 3:9

Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?

1 Kings 6:3

And 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.

Psalm 122:5

For there are set thrones for judgement, The thrones of the house of David.

Proverbs 20:8

A king that sitteth on the throne of judgement Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgement and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts shall perform this.