1)

What is "Beis Ya'ar ha'Levanon"?

1.

Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: A cold house for the king. Radak - the custom of kings was to build a house in the forest to cool off in summer. Shlomo built it in a known forest in Eretz Yisrael called Levanon.

2.

'Rashi' (Divrei ha'Yamim II, 9:16): It is a big house in Yerushalayim. It was made from the many big trees in Levanon. Shlomo put his shields there (Divrei ha'Yamim II, 9:6) and Shishak took them - "va'Tabet ba'Yom ha'Hu El Neshek Beis ha'Ya'ar" (Yeshayah 22:8).

3.

Gra: It is called Ya'ar ha'Levanon, for there were many cedar pillars, and it resembled the forest called Ya'ar ha'Levanon.

2)

How were the pillars spaced?

1.

Rashi: The rows of pillars went along the length of the house.

2.

Gra: Each row of pillars went along the width of the house. Each row was two and a half Amos wide, and there were 30 Amos of stone between rows. 1 The pillars occupied 10 Amos, and the spaces between them totaled 90, making 100 in all. Each row was 50 long.


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Also Malbim explains that the rows went along the width of the house, and a third of the house's length was between adjacent rows, just he did not specify the width of the pillars. (PF)

3)

What is "Kerusos Arazim Al ha'Amudim"?

1.

Rashi: The cedar beams went on top 1 of the pillars, and joined one pillar to the next, like lintels. Radak - they are big beams called Marish (Gitin 55a).

2.

Radak citing Targum Yonasan: The corners of the beams were on the pillars.

3.

Gra: Each pillar was covered with cedar planks from bottom to top.

4.

Malbim: The cedars joined the pillars along the width of the house, in order to put the roof on them.


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Hagahah (Tzuras ha'Bayis): Perhaps the beams were not on the pillars, rather, they were fastened to the tops and connected each pillar to the next pillar in the row.

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