Spaces to Live
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
2 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.
1 Kings 7:1-2,
Alright, this should be fairly easy. After all, we've done it before. How big do you think is his house? Do you remember the formula you'll need to find it at first? When we're discussing the size, can you tell what is the square footage versus the actual volume? First off, we'll find one thing at a time. The formula goes something like this, if you didn't quite happen to remember.
Length x width x height
Which would be 100 cubits long, 50 cubits in breadth, and 30 cubits tall. Let's plug it all in.
100 x 50 x 30 = volume
100
50
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000
5000
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5000 cubits square
The length and the breadth is the square footage so we're already more than halfway to there. We'll just finish the matter out real quick I suppose.
500
30
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000
15000
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15000 cubits cubed
You got that right, this would be volume or how much space there is to fill up with stuff in the house. Let's also examine Solomon's design choices real quick.
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
1 Kings 7:6
It sounds like the porch is contained in the house. Let's just find the area and then subtract from the two.
50
30
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00
1500
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1500 cubits square
Then the difference would be 5000 minus 1500.
5000
1500
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3500
That's how much space has been left. Then Scripture says that's not all that's been put there I guess.
7 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.
1 Kings 7:7
Let's assume it's all the same sort of shape.
3500
1500
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2000
Hang on though, cause we're still not quite done. Solomon, it seems, has a lot of building to do.
And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
1 Kings 7:8
Well, there you have it.
2000
1500
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0500
You've got 500 square feet in which to live there now left. This man Solomon must have lived like a bird. All arrangements aside, this isn't a very good plan for those who need much space in which to live and also to work. Typically in building, you'll want to keep an open concept. That way, it'll maximize the space of the floor and also avoid having much of the building taken up in high costs of the living. Just think of having a space so crowded with stuff from porches to judgement halls to couches that there's hardly any space left to live. I mean, you certainly can't have much people over without clearing some of this other stuff well out of the way. For those though that like their stuff put all together, it's a perfect place as any yet to live