# General Information:

The author is writing about Solomon's palace.

# Solomon took ... He built

Solomon would have commanded his workers to do this work. AT: "It took Solomon's workers ... He commanded them to build" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# his own palace

If your language does not have a word for "palace," you may translate this as "house" or "big house."

# the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon

"the house called the House of the Lebanon Forest"

# one hundred cubits ... fifty cubits ... thirty cubits

A cubit is 46 centimeters. AT: "46 meters ... 23 meters ... 13.8 meters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])

# beams

A beam is a long piece of strong wood used to support walls and roofs.