1 Kings 7

1 Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

And Solomon built a house for himself in thirteen years.

2 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.

And he built the house with the wood of Libanus; its length [was] a hundred cubits, and its breadth [was] fifty cubits, and its height [was] of thirty cubits, and [it was made] with three rows of cedar pillars, and the pillars had side-pieces of cedar.

3 The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

And he formed the house with chambers above on the sides of the pillars, and the number of the pillars [was each] row forty and five,

4 There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.

and [there were] three chambers, and space against space in three rows.

5 All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.

And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers [were] square, and from door to door [was a correspondence] in three rows.

6 Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.

And [he made] the porch of the pillars, [they were] fifty [cubits] long and fifty broad, the porch joining them in front; and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] in front of the house by the porches.

7 In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.

And [there was] the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of judgment.

8 And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.

And their house where he would dwell, [had] one court communicating with these according to this work; and [he built] the house for the daughter of Pharao whom Solomon had taken, according to this porch.

9 All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

All these [were] of costly stones, sculptured at intervals within even from the foundation even to the top, and outward to the great court,

10 The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.

founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits [long].

11 Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.

And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones, and with cedars.

12 The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.

[There were] three rows of hewn [stones] round about the great hall, and a row of sculptured cedar.

13 Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.

And king Solomon sent, and took Chiram out of Tyre,

14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

the son of a widow woman; and he [was] of the tribe of Nephthalim, and his father [was] a Tyrian; a worker in brass, and accomplished in are and skill and knowledge to work every work in brass: and he was brought in to king Solomon, and he wrought all the works.

15 He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

And he cast the two pillars for the porch of the house: eighteen cubits [was] the height of [each] pillar, and a circumference of fourteen cubits encompassed it, even the thickness of the pillar: the flutings [were] four fingers [wide], and thus [was] the other pillar [formed].

16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.

And he made two molten chapiters to put on the heads of the pillars: five cubits [was] the height of one chapiter, and five cubits [was] the height of the other chapiter.

17 For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.

And he made two ornaments of network to cover the chapiters of the pillars; even a net for one chapiter, and a net for the other chapiter.

18 Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.

And hanging work, two rows of brazen pomegranates, formed with network, hanging work, row upon row: and thus he framed [the ornaments] for the second chapiter. And he set up the pillars of the porch of the temple: and he set up the one pillar, and called its name Jachum: and he set up the second pillar, and called its name Boloz.

19 And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.

And on the heads of the pillars he made lily-work against the porch, of four cubits,

20 On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.

and a chamber over both the pillars, and above the sides an addition [equal to] the chamber in width.

21 Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.

22 And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.

23 He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

And he made the sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other, the same was completely circular round about: its height [was] five cubits, and its circumference thirty-three cubits.

24 Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

And stays underneath its rim round about compassed it ten cubits round;

25 The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

And [there were] twelve oxen under the sea: three looking to the north, and three looking to the west, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the east: and all their hinder parts [were] inward, and the sea [was] above upon them.

26 It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.

and its rim [was] as the work of the rim of a cup, a lily-flower, and the thickness of it [was] a span.

27 In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits [was] the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height [was] six cubits.

28 This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights,

And this work of the bases [was] formed with a border the them, and [there was] a border between the ledges.

29 and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.

And upon their borders between the projection [were] lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below [were] the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.

30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.

And [there were] four brazen wheels to one base; and [there were] brazen bases, and their four sides [answering to them], side pieces under the bases.

31 The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.

And [there were] axles in the wheels under the base.

32 There were four wheels under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand; each wheel was a cubit and a half in diameter.

And the height of one wheel [was] a cubit and a half.

33 The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.

And the work of the wheels [was] as the work of chariot wheels: their axles, and their felloes, and [the rest of] their work, [were] all molten.

34 Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.

The four side pieces were at the four corners of each base; its shoulders [were formed] of the base.

35 At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.

And on the top of the base half a cubit [was] the size of it, [there was] a circle on the top of the base, and [there was] the top of its spaces and its borders: and it was open at the top of its spaces.

36 He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.

And its borders [were] cherubs, and lions, and palm-trees, upright, each [was] joined in front [and] within and round about.

37 In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.

According to the same form he made all the ten bases, [even] one order and one measure to all.

38 He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.

And he made ten brazen lavers, each laver containing forty baths, [and] measuring four cubits, each laver [placed] on a several base throughout the ten bases.

39 He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and the sea was placed on the right side of the house eastward in the direction of the south.

40 Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:

And Chiram made the cauldrons, and the pans, and the bowls; and Chiram finished making all the works that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of the Lord:

41 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

two pillars and the wreathen works of the pillars on the heads of the two pillars; and the two networks to cover both the wreathen works of the flutings that were upon the pillars.

42 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

The four hundred pomegranates for both the networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover both the wreathen works of the bases belonging to both pillars.

43 the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;

And the ten bases, and the ten lavers upon the bases.

44 the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

And one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea.

45 and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.

And the cauldrons, and pans, and bowls, and all the furniture, which Chiram made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord: and [there were] eight and forty pillars of the house of the king and of the house of the Lord: all the works of the king which Chiram made were entirely of brass.

46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

47 Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

There was no reckoning of the brass of which he made all these works, from the very great abundance, there was no end of the weight of the brass. In the country round about Jordan did he cast them, in the clay land between Socchoth and Sira.

48 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

And king Solomon took the furniture which [Chiram] made for the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the golden table of show bread.

49 the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;

And [he put] the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, [being] of pure gold, and the lamp-stands, and the lamps, and the snuffers of gold.

50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place ) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

And [there were made] the porches, and the nails, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the golden censers, of pure gold: and the panels of the doors of the innermost part of the house, [even] the holy of holies, and the golden doors of the temple.

51 So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

So the work of the house of the Lord which Solomon wrought was finished; and Solomon brought in the holy things of David his father, and all the holy things of Solomon; he put the silver, and the gold, and the furniture, into the treasures of the house of the Lord.