0 Who had a house that was more than four times as big as God's?

And having taken the city by the will of the Lord, he made an unspeakable slaughter, so that a pool adjoining of two furlongs broad seemed to run with the blood of the slain. 2 Machabees 12:16

Trivia: Who created the first and only library mentioned in the Bible?

Who had a house that was more than four times as big as God's?


Solomon

Solomon's house had a floor space of 5000 square cubits.
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 2 Chronicles 7:1
God's house had only 1200 square cubits.
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 2 Chronicles 7:1
Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 2 Chronicles 3:3

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