Now aSolomon was building
his own house
thirteen
years
, and he finished
all
his house
.
aHe built the house
of the forest
of Lebanon
; its length
was 100
1cubits
and its width
50
cubits
and its height
30
cubits
, on four
rows
of cedar
pillars
with cedar
beams
on the pillars
.
It was paneled with cedar
above
the side
chambers
which
were on the 45
pillars
, 15
in each row
.
There were artistic window frames in three
rows
, and window
was opposite
window
in three
ranks
.
All the doorways
and doorposts
had squared
artistic frames
, and window
was opposite
window
in three
ranks
.
Then he made athe hall
of pillars
; its length
was 50
cubits
and its width
30
cubits
, and a porch
was in front
of them and pillars
and a bthreshold
in front
of them.
He made the hall
of the athrone
where
he was to judge
, the hall
of judgment
, and bit was paneled
with cedar
from floor
to floor
.
His house where
he was to live
, the other
court
inward
from the hall
, was of the same
workmanship
. aHe also made
a house
like this
hall
for Pharaoh's
daughter
, bwhom
Solomon
had married
.
All these
were of costly
stones
, of stone
cut
according to measure
, sawed
with saws
, inside
and outside
; even from the foundation
to the coping
, and so on the outside
to the great
court
.
The foundation was of costly
stones
, even large
stones
, stones
of ten
cubits
and stones
of eight
cubits
.
And above were costly
stones
, stone
cut
according to measure
, and cedar
.
So athe great court
all
around
had three
rows
of cut
stone
and a row
of cedar
beams
even as the inner
court
of the house
of the LORD
, and bthe porch
of the house
.
Now aKing Solomon
sent
and brought
Hiram
from Tyre
.
aHe was a widow's son
from the tribe
of Naphtali
, and his father
was a man
of Tyre
, a worker
in bronze
; and bhe was filled
with wisdom
and understanding
and skill
for doing
any
work
in bronze
. So he came
to King
Solomon
and cperformed
all
his work
.
He fashioned athe two
pillars
of bronze
; beighteen
cubits
was the height
of one
pillar
, and a line
of twelve
cubits
1measured
the circumference
of both
.
He also made two
capitals
of molten
bronze
to set
on the tops
of the pillars
; the height
of the one
capital
was five
1cubits
and the height
of the other
capital
was five
cubits
.
There were nets of network
and twisted
threads
of chainwork
for the capitals
which
were on the top
of the pillars
; seven
for the one
capital
and seven
for the other
capital
.
So he made the pillars
, and two
rows
around
on the one
network
to cover
the capitals
which
were on the top
of the pomegranates
; and so
he did
for the other
capital
.
The capitals which
were on the top
of the pillars
in the porch
were of lily
design
, four
cubits
.
There were capitals on the two
pillars
, even
above
and close
to the 1rounded
projection
which
was beside
the network
; and athe pomegranates
numbered two hundred
in rows
around
2both
capitals
.
aThus he set up the pillars
at the bporch
of the nave
; and he set
up the right
pillar
and named
it 1Jachin
, and he set
up the left
pillar
and named
it 2Boaz
.
On the top of the pillars
was lily
design
. So the work
of the pillars
was finished
.
aNow he made the sea
of bcast
metal ten
cubits
from brim
to brim
, circular
in form
, and its height
was five
cubits
, and 1thirty
cubits
in circumference
.
Under its brim
agourds
went around
encircling
it ten
to a cubit
, bcompletely
surrounding
the sea
; the gourds
were in two
rows
, cast
1with the rest
.
aIt stood on twelve
oxen
, three
facing
north
, three
facing
west
, three
facing
south
, and three
facing
east
; and the sea
was set on top
of them, and all
their rear
parts
turned inward
.
It was a handbreadth thick
, and its brim
was made
like the brim
of a cup
, as a lily
blossom
; it could hold
two thousand
baths
.
Then ahe made the ten
stands
of bronze
; the length
of each
stand
was four
cubits
and its width
four
cubits
and its height
three
cubits
.
This was the design
of the stands
: they had borders
, even borders
between
the 1frames
,
and on the borders which
were between
the 1frames
were lions
, oxen
and cherubim
; and on the 1frames
there was a pedestal
above
, and beneath
the lions
and oxen
were wreaths
of hanging
work
.
Now each stand
had four
bronze
wheels
with bronze
axles
, and its four
feet
had supports
; beneath
the basin
were cast
supports
with wreaths
at each
side
.
Its opening inside
the crown
at the top
was a cubit
, and its opening
was round
like the design
of a pedestal
, a cubit
and a half
; and also
on its opening
there were engravings
, and their borders
were square
, not round
.
The four wheels
were underneath
the borders
, and the axles
of the wheels
were on the stand
. And the height
of a wheel
was a cubit
and a half
.
The workmanship of the wheels
was like the workmanship
of a chariot
wheel
. Their axles
, their rims
, their spokes
, and their hubs
were all
cast
.
Now there were four supports
at the four
corners
of each
stand
; its supports
were part of the stand
itself.
On the top of the stand
there was a circular
form
half
a 1cubit
high
, and on the top
of the stand
its 2stays
and its borders
were part
of it.
He engraved on the plates
of its stays
and on its borders
, cherubim
, lions
and palm
trees
, according to the clear
space
on each
, with wreaths
all around
.
aHe made the ten
stands
like this
: all
of them had one
casting
, one
measure
and one
form
.
aHe made ten
basins
of bronze
, one
basin
held
forty
baths
; each
basin
was four
cubits
, and on each
of the ten
stands
was one
basin
.
Then he set the stands
, five
on the right
side
of the house
and five
on the left
side
of the house
; and he set
the sea
of cast metal on the right
side
of the house
eastward
toward
the south
.
Now Hiram made
the basins
and the shovels
and the bowls
. So Hiram
finished
doing
all
the work
which
he performed
for King
Solomon
in the house
of the LORD
:
the two pillars
and the two bowls
of the capitals
which
were on the top
of the atwo
pillars
, and the two
networks
to cover
the two
bowls
of the capitals
which
were on the top
of the pillars
;
and the afour hundred
pomegranates
for the two
networks
, two
rows
of pomegranates
for each
network
to cover
the two
bowls
of the capitals
which
were on the tops
of the pillars
;
and the ten stands
with the ten
basins
on the stands
;
and athe one sea
and the twelve
oxen
under
the sea
;
and athe pails and the shovels
and the bowls
; even all
these
utensils
which
Hiram
made
for King
Solomon
in the house
of the LORD
were of polished
bronze
.
aIn the plain of the Jordan
the king
cast
them, in the clay
ground
between
bSuccoth
and cZarethan
.
Solomon left
all
the utensils
unweighed, because
they were too
many
; athe weight
of the bronze
could not be ascertained
.
Solomon made
all
the furniture
which
was in the house
of the LORD
: athe golden
altar
and the golden
table
on which
was the bbread
of the Presence
;
and the lampstands, five
on the right
side
and five
on the left
, in front
of the inner
sanctuary
, of pure
gold
; and athe flowers
and the lamps
and the tongs
, of gold
;
and the cups and the snuffers
and the bowls
and the spoons
and the afirepans
, of pure
gold
; and the hinges
both for the doors
of the inner
house
, the most
holy
place
, and for the doors
of the house
, that is, of the nave
, of gold
.
aThus all the work
that King
Solomon
performed
in the house
of the LORD
was finished
. And bSolomon
brought
in the things
dedicated
by his father
David
, the silver
and the gold
and the utensils
, and he put
them in the treasuries
of the house
of the LORD
.