1-Kings - 7:3



3 It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row.

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And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
And he covered the whole vault with boards of cedar, and it was held up with five and forty pillars. And one row had fifteen pillars,
and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.
and it is covered with cedar above, on the sides that are on the forty and five pillars, fifteen in the row.
And it was covered with cedar over the forty-five supports which were on the pillars, fifteen in a line.
And it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, that lay on forty and five pillars, fifteen in a row.
It was covered with cedar above atop the beams which were on the pillars, and the pillars numbered forty-five; fifteen in a row.
And he clothed the entire vaulted room with panels of cedar. And it was supported by forty-five columns. Now one row held fifteen columns,

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And it was covered with cedar above the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. On the second floor were three rows of pillars, fifteen in a row, which made forty five, that stood to east, north, and south; and upon these pillars beams, which were the floor of the third story, over which was a roof of cedar wood.

Fifteen - So in this second story were only three rows of pillars, which was sufficient for the ornament of the second and for the support of the third story.

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