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Solomon Builds his Palace
And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house.
And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house.
Solomon Builds His Palace
Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction.
Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction.
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;
and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.
And there were cross-beams in three rows, and window was against window in three ranks.
On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other.
And all the doors and posts were square, with an architrave; and window was against window in three ranks.
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.
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.
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.
Solomon’s living quarters surrounded a courtyard behind this hall, and they were constructed the same way. He also built similar living quarters for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
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.
From foundation to eaves, all these buildings were built from huge blocks of high-quality stone, cut with saws and trimmed to exact measure on all sides.
And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
And above were costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, and cedar.
The blocks of high-quality stone used in the walls were also cut to measure, and cedar beams were also used.
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.
The walls of the great courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone, just like the walls of the inner courtyard of the LORD’s Temple with its entry room.
The Work of Hiram
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
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.
He was half Israelite, since his mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. Huram was extremely skillful and talented in any work in bronze, and he came to do all the metal work for King Solomon.
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.
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;
[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.
Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains.
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.
He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pillars.
And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work [as] in the porch, four cubits.
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.
The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework.
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.
And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work; and the work of the pillars was finished.
The capitals on the pillars were shaped like water lilies. And so the work on the pillars was finished.
The Sea of Cast Metal
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Ten Bases
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.
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.
And the work of the bases was this: they had panels, and the panels were between the fillets.
They were constructed with side panels braced with crossbars.
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.
Both the panels and the crossbars were decorated with carved lions, oxen, and cherubim. Above and below the lions and oxen were wreath decorations.
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.
Each of these carts had four bronze wheels and bronze axles. There were supporting posts for the bronze basins at the corners of the carts; these supports were decorated on each side with carvings of wreaths.
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.
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.
Under the panels were four wheels that were connected to axles that had been cast as one unit with the cart. The wheels were 2 1/4 feet in diameter
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.
and were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bronze.
And there were four shoulder-pieces to the four corners of one base; of the base itself were its shoulder-pieces.
There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit with the cart.
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.
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.
Carvings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees decorated the panels and corner supports wherever there was room, and there were wreaths all around.
After this [manner] he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, one form.
All ten water carts were the same size and were made alike, for each was cast from the same mold.
The Ten Bronze Basins
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.
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.
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.
He set five water carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. The great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple.
The Vessels
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:
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:
He also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls.
So at last Huram completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for the Temple of the LORD:
So at last Huram completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for the Temple of the LORD:
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;
the two pillars;
the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals;
the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals;
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;
the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitals (two rows of pomegranates for each of the chain networks that decorated the capitals on top of the pillars);
and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;
the ten water carts holding the ten basins;
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.
the ash buckets, the shovels, and the bowls.
Huram made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the LORD, just as King Solomon had directed.
Huram made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the LORD, just as King Solomon had directed.
In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zaretan.
The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.
And Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed] from their exceeding number; the weight of the brass was not ascertained.
Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured.
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;
Solomon also made all the furnishings of the Temple of the LORD:
the gold altar;
the gold table for the Bread of the Presence;
the gold altar;
the gold table for the Bread of the Presence;
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,
the lampstands of solid gold, five on the south and five on the north, in front of the Most Holy Place;
the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs — all of gold;
the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs — all of gold;
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.
the small bowls, lamp snuffers, bowls, ladles, and incense burners — all of solid gold;
the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, with their fronts overlaid with gold.
the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, with their fronts overlaid with gold.
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.
So King Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated — the silver, the gold, and the various articles — and he stored them in the treasuries of the LORD’s Temple.