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| 1But Solomon took thirteen years to build his own palace, and finally finished it. | 1It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his 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 Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. |
| 3There were 45 pillars paneled with cedar above the side chambers, with rows of fifteen pillars, | 3It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns--forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. |
| 4with three rows of framed windows facing each other in three ranks. | 4Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other. |
| 5All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames, with the doorways facing each other in three tiers. | 5All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other. |
| 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. | 6He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof. |
| 7He constructed the Judgment Hall for the throne room where he would be ruling, paneling it with cedar from floor to ceiling. | 7He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it 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 in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon 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 structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces. |
| 10The foundation was made of expensive stone, including large stones ten cubits long and stones eight cubits long. | 10The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight. |
| 11Above these were expensive stones cut according to specifications, and cedar. | 11Above 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 a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the LORD with its portico. |
| 13King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre, | 13King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram, |
| 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. | 14whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him. |
| 15He fashioned two bronze pillars, each one eighteen cubits high, with a circumference of twelve cubits. | 15He cast two bronze pillars, 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 the tops of the pillars; each capital was 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. | 17A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. |
| 18The pillars contained two rows of ornaments shaped like pomegranates around the latticework covering the top of each pillar. | 18He made pomegranates in two rows encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars. He did the same for each capital. |
| 19The capitals on top of each pillar above the rounded latticework contained four cubits of lily designs, | 19The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of 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, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around. |
| 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. | 21He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz. |
| 22The work on the pillars was finished with a lily design on top of the pillars. | 22The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on 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 made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. |
| 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, gourds encircled it--ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with 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 bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were 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 in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths. |
| 27Hiram also made ten bronze water carts. Each one was four cubits wide, four cubits long, and three cubits high. | 27He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high. |
| 28The carts were designed with borders between cross-pieces, | 28This is how the stands were made: 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. | 29On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim--and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered 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 each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on 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. | 31On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half. Around its opening there was engraving. 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. | 32The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. |
| 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; the 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 on 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 the stand there was a circular band half a cubit deep. The supports and panels were attached to 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 on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around. |
| 37He made ten identical water carts by using the same plans, castings, and shapes for all of them. | 37This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size 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 then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on 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 placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed 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, | 40He also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple 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 on top of the pillars; the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of 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 decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars); |
| 43the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands, | 43the ten stands with their ten basins; |
| 44the single bronze sea and the twelve oxen that stood under the sea, | 44the Sea and the twelve bulls under it; |
| 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. | 45the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls. All these objects that Huram made for King Solomon for the temple of the LORD were 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 Sukkoth 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 things unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not 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 that were in the LORD's temple: the golden altar; the golden table on which was 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 (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary); the gold floral work and 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, dishes and censers; and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also 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. | 51When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated--the silver and gold and the furnishings--and he placed them in the treasuries of the LORD's temple. |
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