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I Kings
Chapter 7
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 Jehovah/God,
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 Jehovah/God.
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 Jehovah/God,
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 Jehovah/God.
The
altar of gold, and the table of gold,
whereupon
the showbread 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 Jehovah/God.
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 Jehovah/God.
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