Overview
The Bible addresses palace across 28 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in 1 Kings, Daniel and Amos. Closely related themes include Solomon, Lebanon, Stones and Palaces. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Solomon, Nathan, Ahab and Naboth.
Key Bible verses about palace
Old Testament
1 Kings
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
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.
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. beams: Heb. ribs
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. light was: Heb. sight against sight
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. doors: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect
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. before them: or, according to them
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. from: Heb. from floor to floor
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.
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Esther
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
Daniel
At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. in: or, upon
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. instruments: or, table
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
Amos
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. oppressed: or, oppressions
People in the Bible and palace
Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.
In the Bible dictionary
Studying palace for yourself
- Begin with 2 Samuel 7:2, then read the passages below in canonical order.
- Compare how 1 Kings, Daniel and Amos each treat the theme.
- Consider the lives of Solomon, Nathan and Ahab and how their stories intersect with it.
- Widen the study to related themes: Solomon, Lebanon, Stones and Palaces.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Bible say about palace?
The Bible addresses palace across 28 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in 1 Kings, Daniel and Amos. Closely related themes include Solomon, Lebanon, Stones and Palaces. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Solomon, Nathan, Ahab and Naboth.
How many Bible verses are about palace?
The Bible references palace in 28 verses (King James Version).
Where does the Bible first mention palace?
In canonical order, the first of these passages is 2 Samuel 7:2: “That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.”
Which people in the Bible are associated with palace?
Solomon, Nathan, Ahab, Naboth and Nehemiah.
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