I Kings Chapter 7

I Kings Chapter 7
1 But Solomon was building his own
house thirteen years, and finished all his
house.
2 He built also an house called the forest
of Lebanon, an hundred cubits long, and
fifty cubits broad, and thirty cubits high,
upon four rows of cedar pillars, and
cedar beams were laid upon the pillars.
3 And it was covered above with cedar
upon the beams, that lay on the forty and
five pillars, fifteen in a row.
4 And the windows were in three rows,
and window was against window in
three ranks.
5 And all the doors, and the side posts
with the windows were four square, and
window was over against window in
three ranks.
6 And he made a porch of pillars fifty
cubits long, and thirty cubits broad, and
the porch was before them , even before
them were thirty pillars. 7 Then he made
a porch for the throne, where he judged,
even a porch of judgment, and it was
sealed with cedar from pavement to
pavement. 8 And in his house, where he
dwelt, was another hall more inward
than the porch which was of the same
work. Also Solomon made an house for
Pharaoh's daughter (whom he had taken
to wife) like unto this porch. 9 All these
were of costly stones, hewed by
measure, and sawed with saws within
and without, from the foundation unto the
stones of an hand breadth, and on the
outside to the great court.
10 And the foundation was of costly
stones, and great stones, even of stones
of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
11 Above also were costly stones,
squared by rule, and boards of cedar. 12
And the great court round about was
with three rows of hewed stones, and a
row of cedar beams: so was it to the
inner court of the house of the Lord, and
to the porch of the house.
13 Then king Solomon sent, and set one
Hiram out of Tyrus. 14 He was a
widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, his
father being a man of Tyrus , and
wrought in brass: he was full of wisdom,
and understanding, and knowledge to
work all manner of work in brass: who
came to king Solomon, and wrought all
his work.
15 For he cast two pillars of brass: the
height of a pillar was eighteen cubits,
and a thread of twelve cubits did
compass either of the pillars. 16 And he
made two chapiters of molten brass to
set on the tops of the pillars: the height
of one of the chapiters was five cubits,
and the height of the other chapiter was
five cubits.
17 He made grates like network, and
writhen work like chains for the
chapiters that were on the top of the
pillars, even seven for the one chapiter,
and seven for the other chapiter.
18 So he made the pillars and two rows
of pomegranates round about in the one
grate to cover the chapiters that were
upon the top. And thus did he for the
other chapiter.
19 And the chapiters that were on the top
of the pillars were after lily work in the
porch, four cubits.
20 And the chapiters upon the two
pillars had also above, over against the
belly within the network pomegranates:
for two hundred pomegranates were in
the two ranks about upon either of the
chapiters.
21 And he set up the pillars in the porch
of the temple. And when he had set up
the right pillar, he called the name
thereof Jachin: and when he had set up
the left pillar, he called the name thereof
Boaz.
22 And upon the top of the pillars was
work of lilies: so was the workmanship
of the pillars finished.
23 And he made a molten sea ten cubits
wide from brim to brim, round in
compass, and five cubits high, and a line
of thirty cubits did compass it about. 24
And under the brim of it were knops like
wild cucumbers compassing it round
about, ten in one cubit, compassing the
sea round about: and the two rows of
knops were cast, when it was molten.
25 It stood on twelve bulls, three
looking toward the north, and three
toward the west, and three toward the
south, and three toward the east: and the
sea stood above upon them, and all their
hinder parts were inward. 26 It was an
hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof
was like the work of the brim of a cup
with flowers of lilies: it contained two
thousand baths. 27 And he made ten
bases of brass, one base was four cubits
long, and four cubits broad, and three
cubits high.
28 And the work of the bases was on
this manner, They had borders, and the
borders were between the ledges:
29 And on the borders that were
between the ledges, were lions, bulls
and cherubims: and upon the ledges
there was a base above: and beneath the
lions and bulls, were additions made of
thin work.
30 And every base had four brazen
wheels, and plates of brass: and the four
corners had under setters: under the
cauldron were under setters molten at
the side of every addition.
31 And the mouth of it was within the
chapiter and above to measure by the
cubit: for the mouth thereof was round
made like a base, and it was a cubit and
half a cubit: and also upon the mouth
thereof were graven works, whose
borders were four square, and not round.
32 And under the borders were four
wheels, and the axletrees of the wheels
joined to the base: and the height of a
wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
33 And the fashion of the wheels was
like the fashion of a chariot wheel, their
axletrees, and their naves and their
felloes, and their spokes were all
molten. 34 And four under setters were
upon the four corners of one base: and
the under setters thereof were of the base
itself.
35 And in the top of the base was a
round compass of half a cubit high round
about: and upon the top of the base the
ledges thereof and the borders thereof
were of the same.
36 And upon the tables of the ledges
thereof, and on the borders thereof he
did grave cherubims, lions and palm
trees, on the side of every one, and
additions round about.
37 Thus made he the ten bases, They had
all one casting, one measure , and one
size.
38 Then made he ten cauldrons of brass,
one cauldron contained forty baths: and
every cauldron was four cubits, one
cauldron was upon one base throughout
the ten bases.
39 And he set the bases, five 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
toward the south.
40 And Hiram made cauldrons, and
besoms, and basins, and Hiram finished
all the work that he made to king
Solomon for the house of the Lord: 41
To wit, two pillars and two bowls of the
chapiters that were on the top of the two
pillars, and two grates to cover the two
bowls of the chapiters which were upon
the top of the pillars,
42 And four hundred pomegranates for
the two grates, even two rows of
pomegranates for every grate to cover
the two bowls of the chapiters, that were
upon the pillars,
43 And the ten bases, and ten cauldrons
upon the bases,
44 And the sea, and twelve bulls under
that sea,
45 And pots, and besoms and basins:
and all these vessels, which Hiram made
to king Solomon for the house of the
Lord, were of shining brass. 46 In the
plain of Jordan did the king cast them in
clay between Succoth and Zarthan.
47 And Solomon left to weigh all the
vessels because of the exceeding
abundance, neither could the weight of
the brass be counted.
48 So Solomon made all the vessels that
pertained unto the house of the Lord, the
golden altar, and the golden table,
whereon the showbread was, 49 And the
candlesticks, five at the right side, and
five at the left, before the oracle of pure
gold, and the flowers, and the lamps, and
the snuffers of gold, 50 And the bowls,
and the hooks, and the basins, and the
spoons, and the ash pans of pure gold,
and the hinges of gold for the doors of
the house within, even for the most holy
place, and for the doors of the house, to
wit, of the temple.
51 So was finished 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: the
silver and the gold and the vessels, and
laid them among the treasures of the
house of the Lord.