What is "Ulam ha'Kisei"?
Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: It is the hall that he prepared there a chair of Beis Din, to judge (Malbim - major matters) there.
Radak: Ulam is Samuch to Kisei, for there was only the chair of judgment there. Shlomo would sit on it and judge people who came for judgment.
Is "Ulam ha'Mishpat" the same as "Ulam ha'Kisei"?
Radak #1: Yes.
Radak #2: It was a second hall in front of Ulam ha'Kisei; it was a Beis Sha'ar to Beis ha'Mishpat. Targum Yonasan (he made a corridor of Beis Din) means like this.
Malbim: No. The Sanhedrin 1 sat and the litigants stood in Ulam ha'Mishpat, in front of Ulam ha'Kisei.
This is not the Great Sanhedrin, which sits in Lishkas ha'Gazis in the Beis ha'Mikdash! (PF)
What is the meaning of "Safun b'Erez"?
Rashi: The floor was covered with cedar wood. Gra - many people walked there, so it had to be thick and strong. It was from his house until Ulam ha'Kisei. For the Beis ha'Mikdash, it was of Beroshim 1 .
I.e. the floor of the Heichal (6:15). On a normal day, twice, one Kohen entered (for the Ketores and Menorah). He does not mean the Azarah. Every Jewish man enters there on every festival! (PF)
What is the meaning of "meha'Karka Ad ha'Karka"?
Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: It is from the foundation of this wall to the foundation of the other. Radak - i.e. the entire floor. Gra - it was from his house until Ulam ha'Kisei.
Malbim: From one end to the other.
