7:1 And Solomon built a house
for himself in thirteen years.
7:2 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.
7:3 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,
7:4 and [there were] three chambers, and space against space in three rows.
7:5 And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers [were] square, and
from door to door [was a correspondence] in three rows.
7:6 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.
7:7 And [there was] the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of
judgement.
7:8 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.
7:9 All these [were] of costly stones, sculptured at intervals within even
from the foundation even to the top, and outward to the great court,
7:10 founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits
[long].
7:11 And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones,
and with cedars.
7:12 [There were] three rows of hewn [stones] round about the great hall,
and a row of sculptured cedar: and Solomon finished all his house.
7:13 And king Solomon sent, and took Chiram out of Tyre,
7:14 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 art and
skill and knowledge to work every work in brass: and he was brought in to
king Solomon, and he wrought all the works.
7:15 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].
7:16 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
7:17 And he made two ornaments of net-work to cover the chapiters of the
pillars; even a net for one chapiter, and a net for the other chapiter.
7:18 And hanging work, two rows of brazen pomegranates, formed with
net-work, hanging work, row upon row: and thus he framed [the ornaments] for
the second chapiter.
7:19 And on the heads of the pillars he made lily-work against the porch, of
four cubits,
7:20 and a chamber over both the pillars, and above the sides an addition
[equal to] the chamber in width.
7:21 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.
7:22
7:23 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.
7:24 And stays underneath its rim round about compassed it ten cubits round;
7:25 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.
7:26 and its rim [was] as the work of the rim of a cup, a lily-flower, and
the thickness of it [was] a span.
7:27 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.
7:28 And this work of the bases [was] formed with a border the them, and
[there was] a border between the ledges.
7:29 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.
7:30 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.
7:31 And [there were] axles in the wheels under the base.
7:32 And the height of one wheel [was] a cubit and a half.
7:3 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.
7:34 The four side pieces were at the four corners of each base; its
shoulders [were formed] of the base.
7:35 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.
7:36 And its borders [were] cherubs, and lions, and palm-trees, upright,
each [was] joined in front [and] within and round about.
7:37 According to the same form he made all the ten bases, [even] one order
and one measure to all.
7:38 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.
7:39 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.
7:40 And Chiram made the caldrons, 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:
7:41 two pillars and the wreathen works of the pillars on the heads of the
two pillars; and the two net-works to cover both the wreathen works of the
flutings that were upon the pillars.
7:42 The four hundred pomegranates for both the net-works, two rows of
pomegranates for one net-work, to cover both the wreathen works of the bases
belonging to both pillars.
7:43 And the ten bases, and the ten lavers upon the bases.
7:44 And one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea.
7:45 And the caldrons, 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.
7:46 In the country round about Jordan did he cast them, in the clay land
between Socchoth and Sira.
7:47 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.
7:48 And king Solomon took the furniture which [Chiram] made for the house
of the Lord, the golden altar, and the golden table of shewbread.
7:49 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.
7:50 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.
7:51 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. |
7:1 But Solomon was building
his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
7:2 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.
7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty
five pillars, fifteen in a row.
7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in
three ranks.
7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was
against light in three ranks.
7:6 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.
7:7 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.
7:8 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.
7:9 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.
7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of
ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and
cedars.
7:12 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 the LORD,
and for the porch of the house.
7:13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
7:14 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.
7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a
line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
7:16 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:
7:17 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.
7:18 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.
7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily
work in the porch, four cubits.
7:20 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.
7:21 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.
7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the
pillars finished.
7:23 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.
7:24 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.
7:25 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.
7:26 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.
7:27 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.
7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the
borders were between the ledges:
7:29 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.
7:30 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.
7:31 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.
7:32 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.
7:33 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.
7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and
the undersetters were of the very base itself.
7:35 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.
7:36 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.
7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting,
one measure, and one size.
7:38 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.
7:39 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.
7:40 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
the LORD:
7:41 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;
7:42 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;
7:43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
7:44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: and all these vessels,
which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright
brass.
7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zarthan.
7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding
many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the
LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
7:49 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,
7:50 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.
7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the
LORD. 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 the LORD. |