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/Chapter 7

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1 Kings

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Chapter 7

¹Solomon was building his own house for thirteen years, and he finished all his entire house. ²He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was 100 cubits, and its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits, and it was built on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars. ³And it was covered with cedar above on the beams that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row. ⁴There were three rows of window frames, and window was over window in three ranks. ⁵All the doorways and window frames were square, with an architrave above, and window was over window in three ranks. ⁶And he made a porch of pillars, fifty cubits long and thirty cubits broad. There was a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them. ⁷And he made the Porch of the Throne, where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Porch of Judgment. It was paneled with cedar from floor to floor. ⁸His own house where he lived, in the other court back of the porch, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this porch for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to himself. ⁹All these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the great court. ¹⁰The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits. ¹¹And above were costly stones, cut according to measure, and cedar. ¹²The great court all around had three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams; likewise the inner court of the house of the LORD, and the vestibule of the house. ¹³King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. ¹⁴He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work. ¹⁵He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of it; and so with the other pillar. ¹⁶He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. ¹⁷There were nets of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital. ¹⁸So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pomegranates. And he did the same with the other capital. ¹⁹Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits. ²⁰The capitals on the two pillars had pomegranates above and next to the bulge that was beside the network. There were 200 pomegranates in rows all around on the other capital. ²¹He set up the pillars in the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz. ²²On the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus the work of the pillars was finished. ²³Then he made the molten sea. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. ²⁴Under its brim were gourds, for ten cubits, encompassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with the sea when it was cast. ²⁵It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. ²⁶Its thickness was a handbreadth. Its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held 2,000 baths. ²⁷He also made the ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high. ²⁸This was the construction of the stands: they had panels, and the panels were set in the frames. ²⁹On the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work. ³⁰Every stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for the basin. The supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each. ³¹Its opening was within the crown that was on top, and throughout a cubit it was round. And on its opening there were carvings, panels, and its panels were square, not round. ³²And under the panels there were four wheels. The axles of the wheels were in the stands. The height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. ³³The construction of the wheels was like the construction of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. ³⁴There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stand. ³⁵And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it. ³⁶And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space available, with wreaths all around. ³⁷After this manner he made the ten stands. All of them were cast alike, with one measure and one form. ³⁸He also made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin on each of the ten stands. ³⁹And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea on the southeast corner of the house. ⁴⁰Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the LORD: ⁴¹the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars; ⁴²and the 400 pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars; ⁴³the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands; ⁴⁴and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea. ⁴⁵The pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house of the LORD, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished bronze. ⁴⁶In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. ⁴⁷And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; the weight of the bronze was not ascertained. ⁴⁸So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence, ⁴⁹the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; ⁵⁰the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave. ⁵¹Thus all the work that King Solomon did for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.