¹ But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

² 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, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

³ And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

⁴ And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.

⁵ And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

⁶ And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

⁷ Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

⁸ And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.

⁹ All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

¹⁰ And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

¹¹ And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

¹² And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

¹³ And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

¹⁴ He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

¹⁵ For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

¹⁶ And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:

¹⁷ And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

¹⁸ And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.

¹⁹ And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

²⁰ And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.

²¹ And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

²² And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

²³ And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

²⁴ And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

²⁵ It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

²⁶ And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

²⁷ And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

²⁸ And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:

²⁹ And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.

³⁰ And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

³¹ And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.

³² And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

³³ And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.

³⁴ And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

³⁵ And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.

³⁶ For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

³⁷ After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

³⁸ Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

³⁹ And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.

⁴⁰ And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:

⁴¹ The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;

⁴² And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

⁴³ And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

⁴⁴ And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

⁴⁵ And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.

⁴⁶ In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

⁴⁷ And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

⁴⁸ And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,

⁴⁹ And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,

⁵⁰ And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

⁵¹ So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.

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¹ But Solomon ^H8010 was building ^H1129 his own house ^H1004 thirteen ^{H7969 H6240} years, ^H8141 and he finished ^H3615 all his house. ^H1004

² He built ^H1129 also the house ^H1004 of the forest ^H3293 of Lebanon; ^H3844 the length ^H753 thereof was an hundred ^H3967 cubits, ^H520 and the breadth ^H7341 thereof fifty ^H2572 cubits, ^H520 and the height ^H6967 thereof thirty ^H7970 cubits, ^H520 upon four ^H702 rows ^H2905 of cedar ^H730 pillars, ^H5982 with cedar ^H730 beams ^H3773 upon the pillars. ^H5982

³ And it was covered ^H5603 with cedar ^H730 above ^H4605 upon the beams, ^H6763 that lay on forty ^H705 five ^H2568 pillars, ^H5982 fifteen ^H6240 in a row. ^H2905

⁴ And there were windows ^H8261 in three ^H7969 rows, ^H2905 and light ^H4237 was against light ^H4237 in three ^H7969 ranks. ^H6471

⁵ And all the doors ^H6607 and posts ^H4201 were square, ^H7251 with the windows: ^H8260 and light ^H4237 was against ^H4136 light ^H4237 in three ^H7969 ranks. ^H6471

⁶ And he made ^H6213 a porch ^H197 of pillars; ^H5982 the length ^H753 thereof was fifty ^H2572 cubits, ^H520 and the breadth ^H7341 thereof thirty ^H7970 cubits: ^H520 and the porch ^H197 was before ^H6440 them: and the other pillars ^H5982 and the thick beam ^H5646 were before them.

⁷ Then he made ^H6213 a porch ^H197 for the throne ^H3678 where he might judge, ^H8199 even the porch ^H197 of judgment: ^H4941 and it was covered ^H5603 with cedar ^H730 from one side of the floor ^H7172 to the other. ^H7172

⁸ And his house ^H1004 where he dwelt ^H3427 had another ^H312 court ^H2691 within ^H1004 the porch, ^H197 which was of the like work. ^H4639 Solomon ^H8010 made ^H6213 also an house ^H1004 for Pharaoh's ^H6547 daughter, ^H1323 whom he had taken ^H3947 to wife, like unto this porch. ^H197

⁹ All these were of costly ^H3368 stones, ^H68 according to the measures ^H4060 of hewed stones, ^H1496 sawed ^H1641 with saws, ^H4050 within ^H1004 and without, ^H2351 even from the foundation ^H4527 unto the coping, ^H2947 and so on the outside ^H2351 toward the great ^H1419 court. ^H2691

¹⁰ And the foundation ^H3245 was of costly ^H3368 stones, ^H68 even great ^H1419 stones, ^H68 stones ^H68 of ten ^H6235 cubits, ^H520 and stones ^H68 of eight ^H8083 cubits. ^H520

¹¹ And above ^H4605 were costly ^H3368 stones, ^H68 after the measures ^H4060 of hewed stones, ^H1496 and cedars. ^H730

¹² And the great ^H1419 court ^H2691 round about ^H5439 was with three ^H7969 rows ^H2905 of hewed stones, ^H1496 and a row ^H2905 of cedar ^H730 beams, ^H3773 both for the inner ^H6442 court ^H2691 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 and for the porch ^H197 of the house. ^H1004

¹³ And king ^H4428 Solomon ^H8010 sent ^H7971 and fetched ^H3947 Hiram ^H2438 out of Tyre. ^H6865

¹⁴ He was a widow's ^{H802 H490} son ^H1121 of the tribe ^H4294 of Naphtali, ^H5321 and his father ^H1 was a man ^H376 of Tyre, ^H6876 a worker ^H2790 in brass: ^H5178 and he was filled ^H4390 with wisdom, ^H2451 and understanding, ^H8394 and cunning ^H1847 to work ^H6213 all works ^H4399 in brass. ^H5178 And he came ^H935 to king ^H4428 Solomon, ^H8010 and wrought ^H6213 all his work. ^H4399

¹⁵ For he cast ^H6696 two ^H8147 pillars ^H5982 of brass, ^H5178 of eighteen ^{H8083 H6240} cubits ^H520 high ^H6967 apiece: ^{H5982 H259} and a line ^H2339 of twelve ^{H8147 H6240} cubits ^H520 did compass ^H5437 either ^H8145 of them about. ^H5437

¹⁶ And he made ^H6213 two ^H8147 chapiters ^H3805 of molten ^H3332 brass, ^H5178 to set ^H5414 upon the tops ^H7218 of the pillars: ^H5982 the height ^H6967 of the one ^H259 chapiter ^H3805 was five ^H2568 cubits, ^H520 and the height ^H6967 of the other ^H8145 chapiter ^H3805 was five ^H2568 cubits: ^H520

¹⁷ And nets ^H7638 of checker ^H7639 work, ^H4639 and wreaths ^H1434 of chain ^H8333 work, ^H4639 for the chapiters ^H3805 which were upon the top ^H7218 of the pillars; ^H5982 seven ^H7651 for the one ^H259 chapiter, ^H3805 and seven ^H7651 for the other ^H8145 chapiter. ^H3805

¹⁸ And he made ^H6213 the pillars, ^H5982 and two ^H8147 rows ^H2905 round about ^H5439 upon the one ^H259 network, ^H7639 to cover ^H3680 the chapiters ^H3805 that were upon the top, ^H7218 with pomegranates: ^H7416 and so did ^H6213 he for the other ^H8145 chapiter. ^H3805

¹⁹ And the chapiters ^H3805 that were upon the top ^H7218 of the pillars ^H5982 were of lily ^H7799 work ^H4639 in the porch, ^H197 four ^H702 cubits. ^H520

²⁰ And the chapiters ^H3805 upon the two ^H8147 pillars ^H5982 had pomegranates also above, ^H4605 over against ^H5980 the belly ^H990 which was by ^H5676 the network: ^H7639 and the pomegranates ^H7416 were two hundred ^H3967 in rows ^H2905 round about ^H5439 upon the other ^H8145 chapiter. ^H3805

²¹ And he set up ^H6965 the pillars ^H5982 in the porch ^H197 of the temple: ^H1964 and he set up ^H6965 the right ^H3233 pillar, ^H5982 and called ^H7121 the name ^H8034 thereof Jachin: ^H3199 and he set up ^H6965 the left ^H8042 pillar, ^H5982 and called ^H7121 the name ^H8034 thereof Boaz. ^H1162

²² And upon the top ^H7218 of the pillars ^H5982 was lily ^H7799 work: ^H4639 so was the work ^H4399 of the pillars ^H5982 finished. ^H8552

²³ And he made ^H6213 a molten ^H3332 sea, ^H3220 ten ^H6235 cubits ^H520 from the one brim ^H8193 to the other: ^H8193 it was round ^H5696 all about, ^H5439 and his height ^H6967 was five ^H2568 cubits: ^H520 and a line ^{H6957 H6961} of thirty ^H7970 cubits ^H520 did compass ^H5437 it round about. ^H5439

²⁴ And under the brim ^H8193 of it round about ^H5439 there were knops ^H6497 compassing ^H5437 it, ten ^H6235 in a cubit, ^H520 compassing ^H5362 the sea ^H3220 round about: ^H5439 the knops ^H6497 were cast ^H3333 in two ^H8147 rows, ^H2905 when it was cast. ^H3332

²⁵ It stood ^H5975 upon twelve ^{H8147 H6240} oxen, ^H1241 three ^H7969 looking ^H6437 toward the north, ^H6828 and three ^H7969 looking ^H6437 toward the west, ^H3220 and three ^H7969 looking ^H6437 toward the south, ^H5045 and three ^H7969 looking ^H6437 toward the east: ^H4217 and the sea ^H3220 was set above ^H4605 upon them, and all their hinder parts ^H268 were inward. ^H1004

²⁶ And it was an hand breadth ^H2947 thick, ^H5672 and the brim ^H8193 thereof was wrought ^H4639 like the brim ^H8193 of a cup, ^H3563 with flowers ^H6525 of lilies: ^H7799 it contained ^H3557 two thousand ^H505 baths. ^H1324

²⁷ And he made ^H6213 ten ^H6235 bases ^H4350 of brass; ^H5178 four ^H702 cubits ^H520 was the length ^H753 of one ^H259 base, ^H4350 and four ^H702 cubits ^H520 the breadth ^H7341 thereof, and three ^H7969 cubits ^H520 the height ^H6967 of it.

²⁸ And the work ^H4639 of the bases ^H4350 was on this manner: they had borders, ^H4526 and the borders ^H4526 were between the ledges: ^H7948

²⁹ And on the borders ^H4526 that were between the ledges ^H7948 were lions, ^H738 oxen, ^H1241 and cherubims: ^H3742 and upon the ledges ^H7948 there was a base ^H3653 above: ^H4605 and beneath the lions ^H738 and oxen ^H1241 were certain additions ^H3914 made of thin ^H4174 work. ^H4639

³⁰ And every ^H259 base ^H4350 had four ^H702 brasen ^H5178 wheels, ^H212 and plates ^H5633 of brass: ^H5178 and the four ^H702 corners ^H6471 thereof had undersetters: ^H3802 under the laver ^H3595 were undersetters ^H3802 molten, ^H3332 at the side ^H5676 of every ^H376 addition. ^H3914

³¹ And the mouth ^H6310 of it within ^H1004 the chapiter ^H3805 and above ^H4605 was a cubit: ^H520 but the mouth ^H6310 thereof was round ^H5696 after the work ^H4639 of the base, ^H3653 a cubit ^H520 and an half: ^H2677 and also upon the mouth ^H6310 of it were gravings ^H4734 with their borders, ^H4526 foursquare, ^H7251 not round. ^H5696

³² And under ^H8478 the borders ^H4526 were four ^H702 wheels; ^H212 and the axletrees ^H3027 of the wheels ^H212 were joined to the base: ^H4350 and the height ^H6967 of a ^H259 wheel ^H212 was a cubit ^H520 and half ^H2677 a cubit. ^H520

³³ And the work ^H4639 of the wheels ^H212 was like the work ^H4639 of a chariot ^H4818 wheel: ^H212 their axletrees, ^H3027 and their naves, ^H1354 and their felloes, ^H2839 and their spokes, ^H2840 were all molten. ^H3332

³⁴ And there were four ^H702 undersetters ^H3802 to the four ^H702 corners ^H6438 of one ^H259 base: ^H4350 and the undersetters ^H3802 were of the very base ^H4350 itself.

³⁵ And in the top ^H7218 of the base ^H4350 was there a round ^H5696 compass ^H5439 of half ^H2677 a cubit ^H520 high: ^H6967 and on the top ^H7218 of the base ^H4350 the ledges ^H3027 thereof and the borders ^H4526 thereof were of the same.

³⁶ For on the plates ^H3871 of the ledges ^H3027 thereof, and on the borders ^H4526 thereof, he graved ^H6605 cherubims, ^H3742 lions, ^H738 and palm trees, ^H8561 according to the proportion ^H4626 of every one, ^H376 and additions ^H3914 round about. ^H5439

³⁷ After this manner he made ^H6213 the ten ^H6235 bases: ^H4350 all of them had one ^H259 casting, ^H4165 one ^H259 measure, ^H4060 and one ^H259 size. ^H7095

³⁸ Then made ^H6213 he ten ^H6235 lavers ^H3595 of brass: ^H5178 one ^H259 laver ^H3595 contained ^H3557 forty ^H705 baths: ^H1324 and every ^H259 laver ^H3595 was four ^H702 cubits: ^H520 and upon every one ^H259 of the ten ^H6235 bases ^H4350 one ^H259 laver. ^H3595

³⁹ And he put ^H5414 five ^H2568 bases ^H4350 on the right ^H3225 side ^H3802 of the house, ^H1004 and five ^H2568 on the left ^H8040 side ^H3802 of the house: ^H1004 and he set ^H5414 the sea ^H3220 on the right ^H3233 side ^H3802 of the house ^H1004 eastward ^H6924 over against ^H4136 the south. ^H5045

⁴⁰ And Hiram ^H2438 made ^H6213 the lavers, ^H3595 and the shovels, ^H3257 and the basons. ^H4219 So Hiram ^H2438 made ^H3615 an end of doing ^H6213 all the work ^H4399 that he made ^H6213 king ^H4428 Solomon ^H8010 for the house ^H1004 of the LORD: ^H3068

⁴¹ The two ^H8147 pillars, ^H5982 and the two bowls ^H1543 of the chapiters ^H3805 that were on the top ^H7218 of the two ^H8147 pillars; ^H5982 and the two ^H8147 networks, ^H7639 to cover ^H3680 the two ^H8147 bowls ^H1543 of the chapiters ^H3805 which were upon the top ^H7218 of the pillars; ^H5982

⁴² And four ^H702 hundred ^H3967 pomegranates ^H7416 for the two ^H8147 networks, ^H7639 even two ^H8147 rows ^H2905 of pomegranates ^H7416 for one ^H259 network, ^H7639 to cover ^H3680 the two ^H8147 bowls ^H1543 of the chapiters ^H3805 that were upon ^H6440 the pillars; ^H5982

⁴³ And the ten ^H6235 bases, ^H4350 and ten ^H6235 lavers ^H3595 on the bases; ^H4350

⁴⁴ And one ^H259 sea, ^H3220 and twelve ^{H8147 H6240} oxen ^H1241 under the sea; ^H3220

⁴⁵ And the pots, ^H5518 and the shovels, ^H3257 and the basons: ^H4219 and all these vessels, ^H3627 which Hiram ^H2438 made ^H6213 to king ^H4428 Solomon ^H8010 for the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 were of bright ^H4178 brass. ^H5178

⁴⁶ In the plain ^H3603 of Jordan ^H3383 did the king ^H4428 cast ^H3332 them, in the clay ^H4568 ground ^H127 between Succoth ^H5523 and Zarthan. ^H6891

⁴⁷ And Solomon ^H8010 left ^H3240 all the vessels ^H3627 unweighed, because they were exceeding ^{H3966 H3966} many: ^H7230 neither was the weight ^H4948 of the brass ^H5178 found out. ^H2713

⁴⁸ And Solomon ^H8010 made ^H6213 all the vessels ^H3627 that pertained unto the house ^H1004 of the LORD: ^H3068 the altar ^H4196 of gold, ^H2091 and the table ^H7979 of gold, ^H2091 whereupon the shewbread ^{H3899 H6440} was,

⁴⁹ And the candlesticks ^H4501 of pure ^H5462 gold, ^H2091 five ^H2568 on the right ^H3225 side, and five ^H2568 on the left, ^H8040 before ^H6440 the oracle, ^H1687 with the flowers, ^H6525 and the lamps, ^H5216 and the tongs ^H4457 of gold, ^H2091

⁵⁰ And the bowls, ^H5592 and the snuffers, ^H4212 and the basons, ^H4219 and the spoons, ^H3709 and the censers ^H4289 of pure ^H5462 gold; ^H2091 and the hinges ^H6596 of gold, ^H2091 both for the doors ^H1817 of the inner ^H6442 house, ^H1004 the most ^H6944 holy ^H6944 place, and for the doors ^H1817 of the house, ^H1004 to wit, of the temple. ^H1964

⁵¹ So was ended ^H7999 all the work ^H4399 that king ^H4428 Solomon ^H8010 made ^H6213 for the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068 And Solomon ^H8010 brought in ^H935 the things which David ^H1732 his father ^H1 had dedicated; ^H6944 even the silver, ^H3701 and the gold, ^H2091 and the vessels, ^H3627 did he put ^H5414 among the treasures ^H214 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068

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¹ And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

² For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

³ And it was covered with cedar above over the forty and five beams, that were upon the pillars; fifteen in a row.

⁴ And there were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.

⁵ And all the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.

⁶ And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.

⁷ And he made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

⁸ And his house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken to wife), like unto this porch.

⁹ All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court.

¹⁰ And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

¹¹ And above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood.

¹² And the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.

¹³ And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

¹⁴ He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

¹⁵ For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.

¹⁶ And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

¹⁷ There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

¹⁸ So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital.

¹⁹ And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.

²⁰ And there were capitals above also upon the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about upon the other capital.

²¹ And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

²² And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

²³ And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

²⁴ And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

²⁵ It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.

²⁶ And it was a handbreadth thick: and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.

²⁷ And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

²⁸ And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;

²⁹ and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

³⁰ And every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet thereof had undersetters: beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each.

³¹ And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.

³² And the four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

³³ And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.

³⁴ And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base: the undersetters thereof were of the base itself.

³⁵ And in the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the panels thereof were of the same.

³⁶ And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the panels thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.

³⁷ After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.

³⁸ And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon very one of the ten bases one laver.

³⁹ And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

⁴⁰ And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of Jehovah:

⁴¹ the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;

⁴² and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;

⁴³ and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;

⁴⁴ and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;

⁴⁵ and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of Jehovah, were of burnished brass.

⁴⁶ In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

⁴⁷ And Solomon left all the vessels `unweighed', because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.

⁴⁸ And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold;

⁴⁹ and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

⁵⁰ and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the firepans, 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, `to wit', of the temple, of gold.

⁵¹ Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, `even' the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.

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¹ And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house.

² And he buildeth the house of the forest of Lebanon; a hundred cubits `is' its length, and fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar-beams on the pillars;

³ and `it is' covered with cedar above, on the sides that `are' on the forty and five pillars, fifteen in the row.

⁴ And windows `are' in three rows, and sight `is' over-against sight three times.

⁵ And all the openings and the side-posts `are' square -- windows; and sight `is' over-against sight three times.

⁶ And the porch of the pillars he hath made; fifty cubits its length, and thirty cubits its breadth, and the porch `is' before them, and pillars and a thick place `are' before them.

⁷ And the porch of the throne where he judgeth -- the porch of judgment -- he hath made, and `it is' covered with cedar from the floor unto the floor.

⁸ As to his house where he dwelleth, the other court `is' within the porch -- as this work it hath been; and a house he maketh for the daughter of Pharaoh -- whom Solomon hath taken -- like this porch.

⁹ All these `are' of precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, sawn with a saw, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and at the outside, unto the great court.

¹⁰ And the foundation `is' of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;

¹¹ and above `are' precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, and cedar;

¹² and the great court round about `is' three rows of hewn work, and a row of cedar-beams, even for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and for the porch of the house.

¹³ And king Solomon sendeth and taketh Hiram out of Tyre --

¹⁴ he `is' son of a woman, a widow, of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father a man of Tyre, a worker in brass, and he is filled with the wisdom and the understanding, and the knowledge to do all work in brass -- and he cometh unto king Solomon, and doth all his work.

¹⁵ And he formeth the two pillars of brass; eighteen cubits `is' the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass the second pillar.

¹⁶ And two chapiters he hath made to put on the tops of the pillars, cast in brass; five cubits the height of the one chapiter, and five cubits the height of the second chapiter.

¹⁷ Nets of net-work, wreaths of chain-work `are' for the chapiters that `are' on the top of the pillars, seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the second chapiter.

¹⁸ And he maketh the pillars, and two rows round about on the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that `are' on the top, with the pomegranates, and so he hath made for the second chapiter.

¹⁹ And the chapiters that `are' on the top of the pillars `are' of lily-work in the porch, four cubits;

²⁰ and the chapiters on the two pillars also above, over-against the protuberance that `is' beside the net; and the pomegranates `are' two hundred, in rows round about on the second chapiter.

²¹ And he raiseth up the pillars for the porch of the temple, and he raiseth up the right pillar, and calleth its name Jachin, and he raiseth up the left pillar, and calleth its name Boaz;

²² and on the top of the pillars `is' lily-work; and the work of the pillars `is' completed.

²³ And he maketh the molten sea, ten by the cubit from its edge unto its edge; `it is' round all about, and five by the cubit `is' its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it round about;

²⁴ and knops beneath its brim round about are compassing it, ten by the cubit, going round the sea round about; in two rows `are' the knops, cast in its being cast.

²⁵ It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea `is' upon them above, and all their hinder parts `are' inward.

²⁶ And its thickness `is' an handbreadth, and its edge as the work of the edge of a cup, flowers of lilies; two thousand baths it containeth.

²⁷ And he maketh the ten bases of brass; four by the cubit `is' the length of the one base, and four by the cubit its breadth, and three by the cubit its height.

²⁸ And this `is' the work of the base: they have borders, and the borders `are' between the joinings;

²⁹ and on the borders that `are' between the joinings `are' lions, oxen, and cherubs, and on the joinings a base above, and beneath the lions and the oxen `are' additions -- sloping work.

³⁰ And four wheels of brass `are' to the one base, and axles of brass; and its four corners have shoulders -- under the laver `are' the molten shoulders, beside each addition.

³¹ And its mouth within the chapiter and above `is' by the cubit, and its mouth `is' round, the work of the base, a cubit and half a cubit; and also on its mouth `are' carvings and their borders, square, not round.

³² And the four wheels `are' under the borders, and the spokes of the wheels `are' in the base, and the height of the one wheel `is' a cubit and half a cubit.

³³ And the work of the wheels `is' as the work of the wheel of a chariot, their spokes, and their axles, and their felloes, and their naves; the whole `is' molten.

³⁴ And four shoulders `are' unto the four corners of the one base; out of the base `are' its shoulders.

³⁵ And in the top of the base `is' the half of a cubit in the height all round about; and on the top of the base its spokes and its borders `are' of the same.

³⁶ And he openeth on the tablets of its spokes, and on its borders, cherubs, lions, and palm-trees, according to the void space of each, and additions round about.

³⁷ Thus he hath made the ten bases; one casting, one measure, one form, have they all.

³⁸ And he maketh ten lavers of brass; forty baths doth the one laver contain, four by the cubit `is' the one laver, one laver on the one base `is' to the ten bases;

³⁹ and he putteth the five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house, and the sea he hath put on the right side of the house, eastward -- over-against the south.

⁴⁰ And Hiram maketh the lavers, and the shovels, and the bowls; and Hiram completeth to do all the work that he made for king Solomon, `for' the house of Jehovah;

⁴¹ pillars two, and bowls of the chapiters that `are' on the top of the pillars two, and the nets two, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that `are' on the top of the pillars;

⁴² and the pomegranates four hundred for the two nets, two rows of pomegranates for the one net, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that `are' on the front of the pillars;

⁴³ and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;

⁴⁴ and the one sea, the twelve oxen under the sea,

⁴⁵ and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls; and all these vessels, that Hiram hath made to king Solomon `for' the house of Jehovah, `are' of brass -- polished.

⁴⁶ In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zarthan.

⁴⁷ And Solomon placeth the whole of the vessels; because of the very great abundance, the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.

⁴⁸ And Solomon maketh all the vessels that `are' in the house of Jehovah: the altar of gold, and the table -- on which `is' the bread of the Presence -- of gold,

⁴⁹ and the candlesticks, five on the right, and five on the left, before the oracle, of refined gold, and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,

⁵⁰ and the basins, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of refined gold, and the hinges for the doors of the inner-house, for the holy of holies, for the doors of the house of the temple, of gold.

⁵¹ And it is complete -- all the work that king Solomon hath made `for' the house of Jehovah, and Solomon bringeth in the sanctified things of David his father; the silver, and the gold, and the vessels he hath put in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.

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¹ And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house.

² And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars;

³ and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

⁴ And there were cross-beams in three rows, and window was against window in three ranks.

⁵ And all the doors and posts were square, with an architrave; and window was against window in three ranks.

⁶ And he made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and there was a porch in front of them; and there were pillars, and steps in front of them.

⁷ And he made the porch for the throne where he judged, the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

⁸ And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. And he made, like to this porch, a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken.

⁹ All these [buildings] were of costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation to the coping, and on the outside as far as the great court.

¹⁰ And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

¹¹ And above were costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, and cedar.

¹² And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stones, and a row of cedar-beams; and so it was for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.

¹³ And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

¹⁴ He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was full of wisdom and understanding and knowledge, to do all kinds of works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and made all his work.

¹⁵ And he formed the two pillars of brass; the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed the second pillar.

¹⁶ And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits;

¹⁷ [and] nets of checker-work, wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital.

¹⁸ And he made pomegranates, namely two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars; and so he did for the other capital.

¹⁹ And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work [as] in the porch, four cubits.

²⁰ And the capitals upon the two pillars, above also, close to the enlargement which was behind the network, had two hundred pomegranates in rows round about, [also] on the other capital.

²¹ And he set up the pillars for the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.

²² And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work; and the work of the pillars was finished.

²³ And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.

²⁴ And under the brim of it round about there were colocynths, encompassing it, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about; two rows of colocynths, cast when it was cast.

²⁵ It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

²⁶ And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim was like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; it held two thousand baths.

²⁷ And he made ten bases of brass: four cubits was the length of one base, and the breadth four cubits, and the height three cubits.

²⁸ And the work of the bases was this: they had panels, and the panels were between the fillets.

²⁹ And on the panels that were between the fillets were lions, oxen and cherubim; and over the fillets there was a base above; and beneath the lions and oxen were garlands of festoon-work.

³⁰ And every base had four wheels of brass, and axles of brass; and on its four corners were shoulder-pieces: under the laver were shoulder-pieces molten, behind every garland.

³¹ And the mouth of it within the crown and above was a cubit; and its mouth was rounded, [as] the work of the base, a cubit and a half; and also upon its mouth was sculpture; but their panels were square, not round.

³² And the four wheels were under the panels; and the supports of the wheels were in the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

³³ And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their supports, and their rims, and their spokes and their naves were all molten.

³⁴ And there were four shoulder-pieces to the four corners of one base; of the base itself were its shoulder-pieces.

³⁵ And in the top of the base there was a circular elevation of half a cubit round about; and on the top of the base its stays and its panels were of the same.

³⁶ And he engraved on the plates of its stays and on its panels cherubim, lions and palm-trees, according to the space upon each; and garlands were round about.

³⁷ After this [manner] he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, one form.

³⁸ And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; every laver was four cubits; upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

³⁹ And he put the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, over against the south.

⁴⁰ And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the bowls. So Hiram ended doing all the work that he made for king Solomon [for] the house of Jehovah:

⁴¹ two pillars, and the globes of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars, two; and the two networks, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;

⁴² and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were upon the pillars;

⁴³ and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;

⁴⁴ and one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;

⁴⁵ and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls. And all these things, which Hiram made king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, were of bright brass.

⁴⁶ In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zaretan.

⁴⁷ And Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed] from their exceeding number; the weight of the brass was not ascertained.

⁴⁸ And Solomon made all the vessels that were [in] the house of Jehovah: the golden altar; and the table of gold, whereon was the shewbread;

⁴⁹ and the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right, and five on the left, before the oracle; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,

⁵⁰ and the basons, and the knives, and the bowls, and the cups, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, for the folding-doors of the inner house, the most holy place, [and] for the doors of the house, of the temple.

⁵¹ And all the work was finished that king Solomon made for the house of Jehovah. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; the silver and the gold and the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of Jehovah.

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¹ Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

² For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length of it was one hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.

³ It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row.

⁴ There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.

⁵ All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.

⁶ He made the porch of pillars; the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth of it thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.

⁷ He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

⁸ His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.

⁹ All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, 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.

¹⁰ The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

¹¹ Above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood.

¹² The great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and the porch of the house.

¹³ King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

¹⁴ He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.

¹⁵ For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.

¹⁶ He made two capitals of molten brass, 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.

¹⁷ There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

¹⁸ So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital.

¹⁹ The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.

²⁰ There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about on the other capital.

²¹ He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name of it Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name of it Boaz.

²² On the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

²³ He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height of it was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

²⁴ Under the brim of it round about there were buds which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

²⁵ It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.

²⁶ It was a handbreadth thick: and the brim of it was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.

²⁷ He made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and three cubits the height of it.

²⁸ The work of the bases was on this manner: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;

²⁹ and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

³⁰ Every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet of it had supports: beneath the basin were the supports molten, with wreaths at the side of each.

³¹ The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth of it was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on the mouth of it were engravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.

³² The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

³³ The work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axles, and their rims, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.

³⁴ There were four supports at the four corners of each base: the supports of it were of the base itself.

³⁵ In the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays of it and the panels of it were of the same.

³⁶ On the plates of the stays of it, and on the panels of it, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.

³⁷ After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.

³⁸ He made ten basins of brass: one basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on very one of the ten bases one basin.

³⁹ He set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

⁴⁰ Hiram made the basins, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he worked for king Solomon in the house of Yahweh:

⁴¹ the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;

⁴² and the four hundred 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;

⁴³ and the ten bases, and the ten basins on the bases;

⁴⁴ and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;

⁴⁵ and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of Yahweh, were of burnished brass.

⁴⁶ In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

⁴⁷ Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed], because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.

⁴⁸ Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Yahweh: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the show bread was, of gold;

⁴⁹ and the lampstands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

⁵⁰ and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, 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, [to wit], of the temple, of gold.

⁵¹ Thus all the work that king Solomon worked in the house of Yahweh was finished. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, [even] the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.

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¹ Solomon was thirteen years building a house for himself till it was complete.

² And he made the house of the Woods of Lebanon, which was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high, resting on four lines of cedar-wood pillars with cedar-wood supports on the pillars.

³ And it was covered with cedar over the forty-five supports which were on the pillars, fifteen in a line.

⁴ There were three lines of window-frames, window facing window in every line.

⁵ And all the doors and windows had square frames, with the windows facing one another in three lines.

⁶ And he made a covered room of pillars, fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, and ... with steps before it.

⁷ Then he made a covered room for his high seat when he gave decisions; this was the covered room of judging; it was covered with cedar-wood from floor to roof.

⁸ And the house for his living-place, the other open square in the covered room, was made in the same way. And then he made a house like it for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken as his wife.

⁹ All these buildings were made, inside and out, from base to crowning stone, and outside to the great walled square, of highly priced stone, cut to different sizes with cutting-instruments.

¹⁰ And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.

¹¹ Overhead were highly priced stones cut to measure, and cedar-wood.

¹² The great outer square all round was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards, round about the open square inside the house of the Lord and the covered room of the king's house.

¹³ Then King Solomon sent and got Hiram from Tyre.

¹⁴ He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; he was full of wisdom and knowledge and an expert worker in brass. He came to King Solomon and did all his work for him.

¹⁵ He it was who made the two brass pillars; the first pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits went round it; and the second was the same.

¹⁶ And he made the two crowns to be put on the tops of the pillars, of brass made soft in the fire; the crowns were five cubits high.

¹⁷ There were nets of open-work for the crowns on the tops of the pillars, a net of open-work for one and a net of open-work for the other.

¹⁸ And he made ornaments of apples; and two lines of apples all round over the network, covering the crowns of the pillars, the two crowns in the same way.

¹⁹ The crowns on the tops of the pillars were ornamented with a design of flowers, and were four cubits across.

²⁰ And there were crowns on the two pillars near the round part by the network, and there were two hundred apples in lines round every crown.

²¹ He put up the pillars at the doorway of the Temple, naming the one on the right Jachin, and that on the left Boaz.

²² The tops of the pillars had a design of flowers; and the work of making the pillars was complete.

²³ And he made a great metal water-vessel ten cubits across from edge to edge, five cubits high and thirty cubits round.

²⁴ And under the edge of it, circling it all round for ten cubits, were two lines of flower buds, made together with it from liquid metal.

²⁵ It was supported on twelve oxen, with their back parts turned to the middle of it, three of them facing to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east; the vessel was resting on top of them.

²⁶ It was as thick as a man's open hand, and was curved like the edge of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it would take two thousand baths.

²⁷ And he made ten wheeled bases of brass; every one four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

²⁸ And the bases were made in this way; their sides were square, fixed in a framework;

²⁹ And on the square sides between the frames were lions, oxen, and winged ones; and the same on the frame; and over and under the lions and the oxen and the winged ones were steps.

³⁰ Every base had four wheels of brass, turning on brass rods, and their four angles had angle-plates under them; the angle-plates under the base were of metal, and there were ornaments at the side of every one.

³¹ The mouth of it inside the angle-plate was one cubit across; it was round like a pillar, a cubit and a half across; it had designs cut on it; the sides were square, not round.

³² The four wheels were under the frames, and the rods on which the wheels were fixed were in the base; the wheels were a cubit and a half high.

³³ The wheels were made like carriage-wheels, the rods on which they were fixed, the parts forming their edges, their rods and the middle points of them, were all formed out of liquid metal.

³⁴ And there were four angle-plates at the four angles of every base, forming part of the structure of the base.

³⁵ And at the top of the base there was a round vessel, half a cubit high;

³⁶ In the spaces of the flat sides and on the frames of them, he made designs of winged ones, lions, and palm-trees, with ornamented edges all round.

³⁷ All the ten bases were made in this way, after the same design, of the same size and form.

³⁸ And he made ten brass washing-vessels, everyone taking forty baths, and measuring four cubits; one vessel was placed on every one of the ten bases.

³⁹ And he put the bases by the house, five on the right side and five on the left; and he put the great water-vessel on the right side of the house, to the east, facing south.

⁴⁰ And Hiram made the pots and spades and the basins. So Hiram came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of the Lord:

⁴¹ The two pillars and the two cups of the crowns which were on the tops of the two pillars; and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the tops of the pillars,

⁴² And the four hundred apples for the network, two lines of apples for every network, covering the two cups of the crowns on the pillars;

⁴³ And the ten bases, with the ten washing-vessels on them;

⁴⁴ And the great water-vessel, with the twelve oxen under it;

⁴⁵ And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.

⁴⁶ He made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, at the way across the river, at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan.

⁴⁷ The weight of all these vessels was not measured, because there was such a number of them; it was not possible to get the weight of the brass.

⁴⁸ And Solomon had all the vessels made for use in the house of the Lord: the altar of gold and the gold table on which the holy bread was placed;

⁴⁹ And the supports for the lights, five on the right side and five on the left before the inmost room, of clear gold; and the flowers and the lights and all the instruments of gold;

⁵⁰ And the cups and the scissors and the basins and the spoons and the fire-trays, all of gold; and the pins on which the doors were turned, the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and the doors of the Temple, all of gold.

⁵¹ So all the work King Solomon had done in the house of the Lord was complete. Then Solomon took the holy things which David his father had given, the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and put them in the store-houses of the house of the Lord.