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1But Solomon took thirteen years to build his own palace, and finally finished it.

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

2He built his own palace out of timber supplied from the forest of Lebanon. It was 100 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, 20 cubits tall, and was constructed on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams interlocking the pillars.

2He 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.

3There were 45 pillars paneled with cedar above the side chambers, with rows of fifteen pillars,

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

4with three rows of framed windows facing each other in three ranks.

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

5All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames, with the doorways facing each other in three tiers.

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

6There was also a hall of pillars 50 cubits long and 30 cubits wide, and a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of the pillars.

6Solomon 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.

7He constructed the Judgment Hall for the throne room where he would be ruling, paneling it with cedar from floor to ceiling.

7In 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.

8Solomon's personal dwelling quarters, a separate court behind the hall, was of similar workmanship. Solomon also built a house similar to this for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had married.

8And 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.

9All of these were made with expensive stones, pre-cut according to specifications, hand-sawed inside and out from the foundation to the coping, including from inside to the great court.

9All 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.

10The foundation was made of expensive stone, including large stones ten cubits long and stones eight cubits long.

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

11Above these were expensive stones cut according to specifications, and cedar.

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

12So the great court was surrounded by three rows of cut stone, along with a row of cedar beams, just like the inner court of the LORD's Temple and the porch surrounding the Temple.

12The 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.

13King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre,

13Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.

14the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, whose father was from Tyre. A bronze worker, he was wise, knowledgeable, and was skilled in all sorts of bronze working. He went to King Solomon and did all of his work.

14He 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.

15He fashioned two bronze pillars, each one eighteen cubits high, with a circumference of twelve cubits.

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

16He also crafted two capitals of cast bronze and set them on top of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

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

17A network of latticework on top of the pillars was inlaid with ornamental wreaths and chains, the top of each pillar containing seven groups of ornamental structures.

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

18The pillars contained two rows of ornaments shaped like pomegranates around the latticework covering the top of each pillar.

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

19The capitals on top of each pillar above the rounded latticework contained four cubits of lily designs,

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

20with the capitals on the two pillars covered by 200 pomegranates in rows around both the capitals above and adjoining the rounded latticework.

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

21That's how he designed the pillars at the portico of the sanctuary. When he set up the right pillar, he named it Jachin. When he set up the left pillar, he named it Boaz.

21Thus 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.

22The work on the pillars was finished with a lily design on top of the pillars.

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

23Hiram also made a sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in shape and five cubits and 30 cubits in its inner circumference.

23He 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.

24Under the brim, completely encircling it, were two rows of gourds inlaid as part of the original casting, ten to a cubit.

24Below 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.

25The sea stood on top of twelve oxen. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east. The sea was set on top of them, and their hind parts faced the center.

25The 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.

26The reservoir, which held about 2,000 baths, stood about a handbreadth thick, and its rim looked like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom.

26It 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.

27Hiram also made ten bronze water carts. Each one was four cubits wide, four cubits long, and three cubits high.

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

28The carts were designed with borders between cross-pieces,

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

29and on the borders between the cross-pieces were lions, oxen, and cherubim. A pedestal was placed above the cross-pieces, and beneath the lions and oxen there were wreaths hanging down.

29and 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.

30Each cart had four bronze wheels equipped with bronze axles with four support feet. Beneath the basin were cast support structures made like wreaths on each side.

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

31The opening to each water cart inside the crown on top was one cubit wide, with engravings on the opening. The borders to the frames surrounding the opening were square, not round.

31The 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.

32The four wheels were placed underneath the borders, and the axles for the wheels were on the stand. Each wheel stood one and a half cubits high.

32There 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.

33The wheels resembled those of a chariot, with their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs made of cast bronze.

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

34Four supports stood at the four corners of each cart, built into the carts themselves.

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

35On top of each stand was a circular structure one half of one cubit high, with its braces and support frames integral with it, forming a single piece.

35At 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.

36Hiram engraved ornamental cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and frames wherever there was space to do so, and encircled the artwork with wreaths.

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

37He made ten identical water carts by using the same plans, castings, and shapes for all of them.

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

38Hiram also fashioned ten bronze basins, each holding about 40 baths, each basin measuring four cubits in diameter, with one basin for each stand.

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

39He set five of the stands on the right side of the Temple and five on the left side of the Temple. He set the bronze sea on the right side of the Temple eastward facing the south.

39He 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.

40Hiram also made the basins, shovels, and bowls to complete the work that he performed for King Solomon in the LORD's Temple,

40Additionally, 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:

41including the two pillars and the bowls for the capitals that stood on top of the two pillars, along with the two lattices that covered the two bowls of the capitals that stood on top of the pillars,

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

42plus the 400 pomegranates for the two lattices (that is, the two rows of pomegranates for each lattice to cover the two bowls of the capitals that stood on top of the pillars),

42the 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);

43the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands,

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

44the single bronze sea and the twelve oxen that stood under the sea,

44the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

45and the pots, shovels, and bowls—all of these utensils that Hiram made for King Solomon for the LORD's Temple were made from polished bronze.

45and 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.

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

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

47Solomon never inventoried the weight of the bronze used, because there were too many utensils, so the weight of the bronze used was never ascertained.

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

48Solomon made all the furnishings that were placed in the LORD's Temple, including the golden altar and the golden table on which the bread of the Presence was placed,

48Solomon 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;

49along with the lamp stands (five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary), all made of pure gold, as well as the flower blossoms, lamps, and tongs of gold,

49the 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;

50and the cups, snuffers, bowls, spoons, and the fire pans, all made of pure gold, and hinges for the doors of the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place, and for the gates of the Temple that led to the nave, also of gold.

50the 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.

51Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the LORD's Temple was finished. Then Solomon brought in the articles that had been dedicated by his father David, including silver, gold, and other utensils, and he placed them into storage in the treasuries of the LORD's Temple.

51So 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.

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