“He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.”
"He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, built on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars." — The *House of the Forest of Lebanon* (*Bey-ya'ar ha-Levanon*) was a vast *ceremonial hall* or *storage building* (possibly for military equipment and tribute). Its *dimensions* (100x50x30 cubits) and its *four rows of cedar pillars* create a *forest-like interior*—hence the name. The *cedar construction* echoes the temple's materials, yet on a *larger, more secular scale*.
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