And his own house Solomon built in thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
And he built the House of the Forest of Lebanon: a hundred cubits its length, and fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cut cedar beams on the pillars.
And it was roofed with cedar above, over the side chambers that were on the pillars — forty-five, fifteen to a row.
And there were window frames in three rows, and window facing window three times.
And all the doorways and doorposts were squared in frame, with window facing window three times.
And he made the porch of pillars: fifty cubits its length, and thirty cubits its width; and a porch was in front of them, with pillars and a canopy in front of them.
And he made the porch of the throne where he would judge — the porch of judgment; and it was roofed with cedar from floor to floor.
And his house where he would live, in the other court set back from the porch, was of like workmanship. And he would make a house like this porch for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had taken.
All these were of costly stones, cut to measure, sawed with the saw inside and out — from the foundation to the coping, and outside as far as the great court.
And the foundation was of costly stones, great stones — stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
And above were costly stones, cut to measure, and cedar.
And the great court all around had three rows of dressed stone and a row of cut cedar beams — like the inner court of the house of the LORD, and the porch of the house.
The Pillars and Capitals
And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
He was the son of a widow woman from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a Tyrian man, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with the wisdom, and the understanding, and the knowledge to do all work in bronze. And he came to King Solomon and did all his work.
And he cast the two pillars of bronze: eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle the second pillar.
And he made two capitals to set on the tops of the pillars, cast in bronze: five cubits was the height of the one capital, and five cubits the height of the second capital.
There were latticeworks — a work of lattice, wreaths of chainwork — for the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: seven for the one capital and seven for the second capital.
And he made the pillars with two rows around on the one latticework, to cover the capitals that were on top, with the pomegranates; and so he did for the second capital.
And the capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.
And there were capitals on the two pillars also above, close beside the bulge that was next to the latticework; and there were two hundred pomegranates in rows around, on the second capital.
And he set up the pillars at the porch of the main hall: he set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz.
And on the top of the pillars was lily-work. So the work of the pillars was finished.
The Molten Sea
And he made the sea, cast: ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about, and five cubits its height; and a line of thirty cubits would encircle it all around.
And gourds were under its brim all around, encircling it — ten to a cubit, surrounding the sea all around, in two rows; the gourds were cast in its casting.
It stood on twelve oxen: three facing north, and three facing west, and three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was on them from above, and all their hindquarters were inward.
And its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was like the work of the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it held two thousand baths.
The Ten Bronze Stands
And he made the ten stands of bronze: four cubits the length of the one stand, and four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
And this was the work of the stand: they had panels, and the panels were between the frames.
And on the panels that were between the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the frames likewise above; and beneath the lions and the oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
And each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze; and its four feet had supports — beneath the basin the supports were cast, with wreaths beside each.
And its opening, inside the crown and upward, was a cubit; and its opening was round, made like a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening were carvings — but their panels were square, not round.
And the four wheels were underneath the panels, and the axles of the wheels were in the stand; and the height of the one wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axles, and their rims, and their spokes, and their hubs — all cast.
And there were four supports at the four corners of the one stand; its supports were of one piece with the stand.
And at the top of the stand was a round band, half a cubit high all around; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it.
And he engraved on the plates of its stays and on its panels cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around.
Like this he made the ten stands: one casting, one measure, one form for all of them.
The Ten Bronze Basins
And he made ten basins of bronze; each basin held forty baths; each basin was four cubits; one basin on each stand, for the ten stands.
And he set the stands, five on the right shoulder of the house and five on the left shoulder of the house; and the sea he set at the right shoulder of the house, eastward, opposite the south.
Completion of the Bronze Works
And Hiram made the basins, and the shovels, and the bowls. And Hiram finished doing all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the LORD:
the two pillars; and the bowls of the capitals that were on top of the two pillars; and the two latticeworks, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars;
and the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks — two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the face of the pillars;
and the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands;
and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;
and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls. And all these vessels that Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of burnished bronze.
In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the thick clay ground, between Succoth and Zarethan.
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because of their exceedingly great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not determined.
Completion of the Gold Furnishings
And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD: the altar of gold; and the table on which was the bread of the Presence, of gold;
and the lampstands — five on the right and five on the left, before the inner sanctuary — of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
and the cups, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the pans, and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges for the doors of the inner house, the holy of holies, and for the doors of the house, the main hall — of gold.
So all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the LORD was completed. And Solomon brought in the holy things of David his father — the silver, and the gold, and the vessels — and put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
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