[Illustration: PLAN OF SOLOMON'S PALACE.
(According to Stade.)
"Reprinted from Kent's History of the Hebrew People, from the Settlement
in Canaan to the Division of the Kingdom. Copyrighted, 1896, by Charles
Scribner's Sons."]
2. _His own palace_, south of the temple precincts, on the slope of
O'phel and Mo-ri'ah. This consisted of several buildings, as follows:
1.) The House of the Forest of Leb'a-non, so called because of its many
columns of cedar; this was the forecourt, or entrance. 2.) The Porch to
the Palace. 3.) The Throne Hall. 4.) The King's Palace. 5.) The Queen's
Palace, or Harem.
3. _His fortified cities_, forming a cordon around his kingdom. (See the
lists of these in 1 Kings 9. 17-19.)