# General Information:

This chapter has a description of the palace Solomon built and the materials used in the temple courtyard. It is the last chapter about the building of the temple. Solomon spent 13 years building a palace for himself that was much bigger than the temple. It is significant that the house of Solomon was much larger than the house of God. 

# Solomon took thirteen years to build his own palace

"It took Solomon's workers thirteen years to build his palace" 

# palace

You may translate this as "house" or "big house."