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Solomon Builds His Palace
Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.
Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire 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 it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.
There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers.
On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other.
And he made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of them.
His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter whom he had taken in marriage.
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 were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to 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.
The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.
And above were costly stones, cut according to measurement, and cedar.
The blocks of high-quality stone used in the walls were also cut to measure, and cedar beams were also used.
The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the Lord and the vestibule 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 Temple Furnishings
And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did 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.
He also made two capitals of cast bronze 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.
Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains.
He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pillars.
Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits.
The capitals were on the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There were two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with 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.
He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz.
And on the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus 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.
Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
Under its brim were gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.
It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward.
He also made the ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
This was the construction of the stands: they had panels, and the panels were set in the frames,
They were constructed with side panels braced with crossbars.
and on the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled 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.
Moreover, each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a basin. The supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each.
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.
Its opening was within a crown that projected upward one cubit. Its opening was round, as a pedestal is made, a cubit and a half deep. At its opening there were carvings, and its panels were square, not round.
And the four wheels were underneath the panels. The axles of the wheels were of one piece with the stands, and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half.
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
The wheels were made like a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.
and were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bronze.
There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands.
There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit with the cart.
And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it.
And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths all around.
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 stands. All of them were cast alike, of the same measure and the same form.
All ten water carts were the same size and were made alike, for each was cast from the same mold.
And he made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands.
And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
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.
Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the Lord:
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:
the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops 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 latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on 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 one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.
the Sea and the twelve oxen under it;
Now the pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house of the Lord, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished bronze.
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 the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.
Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured.
So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence,
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;
the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; the flowers, 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;
the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave 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.
Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.
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.