1 Kings 7 ISV NLT Parallel

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

1Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction.

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.

2One of Solomon’s buildings was called the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. There were four rows of cedar pillars, and great cedar beams rested on the pillars.

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

3The hall had a cedar roof. Above the beams on the pillars were forty-five side rooms, arranged in three tiers of fifteen each.

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

4On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other.

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

5All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames and were arranged 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.

6Solomon also built the Hall of Pillars, which was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front, along with a canopy supported by pillars.

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

7Solomon also built the throne room, known as the Hall of Justice, where he sat to hear legal matters. 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.

8Solomon’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.

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.

9From 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.

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

10Some of the huge foundation stones were 15 feet long, and some were 12 feet long.

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

11The blocks of high-quality stone used in the walls were also cut to measure, and cedar beams were also used.

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 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. Furnishings for the Temple

13King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre,

13King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram to come 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 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.

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

15Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet 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.

16For the tops of the pillars he cast bronze capitals, each 7 1/2 feet tall.

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.

17Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains.

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

18He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pillars.

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

19The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet tall.

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

20The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework.

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.

21Huram set the pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one toward the south and one toward the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.

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

22The capitals on the pillars were shaped like water lilies. And so the work on the pillars was finished.

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.

23Then Huram cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7 1/2 feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference.

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

24It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.

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 was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen, all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them.

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.

26The walls of the Sea were about three inches thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 11,000 gallons of water.

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

27Huram also made ten bronze water carts, each 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 1/2 feet tall.

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

28They were constructed with side panels braced with crossbars.

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.

29Both the panels and the crossbars were decorated with carved lions, oxen, and cherubim. Above and below the lions and oxen were wreath decorations.

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 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.

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 top of each cart had a rounded frame for the basin. It projected 1 1/2 feet above the cart’s top like a round pedestal, and its opening was 2 1/4 feet across; it was decorated on the outside with carvings of wreaths. The panels of the carts 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.

32Under 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

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

33and were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bronze.

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

34There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit with the cart.

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.

35Around the top of each cart was a rim nine inches wide. The corner supports and side panels were cast as one unit with the cart.

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.

36Carvings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees decorated the panels and corner supports wherever there was room, and there were wreaths all around.

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

37All ten water carts were the same size and were made alike, for each was cast from the same mold.

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

38Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and could hold 220 gallons of water.

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 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.

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 necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls. So at last Huram completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for 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 networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals;

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 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);

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

43the ten water carts holding the ten basins;

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

44the Sea and the twelve oxen 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 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.

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 Jordan Valley 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 did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured.

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 of the Temple of the LORD: the gold altar; the gold table for 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 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;

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 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.

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 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.

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