Chapter 7

But Solomon was building¹ his own house thirteen ⁶²⁴⁰ years, and he finished¹⁷ all his house.

He built⁴ 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.

And [it was] covered⁷ with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen ⁶²⁴⁰ [in] a row.

And [there were] windows [in] three rows, and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.

And all the doors and posts [were] square,⁷ with the windows: and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.

And he made¹ 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.

Then he made¹ a porch for the throne where he might judge,⁴ [even] the porch of judgment: and [it was] covered⁷ with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

And his house where he dwelt⁴ [had] another court within the porch, [which] was of the like work. Solomon made⁴ also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken¹ [to wife], like unto this porch.

All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed²¹ with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great court.

And the foundation³⁰ [was of] costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

And above [were] costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

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.

And king Solomon sent⁴ and fetched⁴ Hiram out of Tyre.

He [was] a widow's ⁴⁹⁰ son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, a worker⁶ in brass: and he was filled¹¹ with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work² all works in brass. And he came⁴ to king Solomon, and wrought⁴ all his work.

For he cast⁴ two pillars of brass, of eighteen ⁶²⁴⁰ cubits high apiece: ²⁵⁹ and a line of twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ cubits did compass⁴ either of them about.

And he made¹ two chapiters [of] molten⁹⁴ brass, to set² 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:

[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.

And he made⁴ the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover¹⁵ the chapiters that [were] upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did¹ he for the other chapiter.

And the chapiters that [were] upon the top of the pillars [were] of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

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.

And he set up⁵⁵ the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up⁵⁵ the right pillar, and called⁴ the name thereof Jachin: and he set up⁵⁵ the left pillar, and called⁴ the name thereof Boaz.

And upon the top of the pillars [was] lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.⁴

And he made⁴ a molten⁹⁴ sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: [it was] round all about, and his height [was] five cubits: and a line ⁶⁹⁶¹ of thirty cubits did compass⁴ it round about.

And under the brim of it round about [there were] knops compassing⁶ it, ten in a cubit, compassing⁵⁶ the sea round about: the knops [were] cast⁷ in two rows, when it was cast.

It stood⁶ upon twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ oxen, three looking⁶ toward the north, and three looking⁶ toward the west, and three looking⁶ toward the south, and three looking⁶ toward the east: and the sea [was set] above upon them, and all their hinder parts [were] inward.

And it [was] an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained⁵⁵ two thousand baths.

And he made⁴ 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.

And the work of the bases [was] on this [manner]: they had borders, and the borders [were] between the ledges:

And on the borders that [were] between the ledges [were] lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges [there was] a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen [were] certain additions made of thin work.

And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver [were] undersetters molten,⁷ at the side of every addition.

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,³⁰ not round.

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.

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.⁹⁴

And [there were] four undersetters to the four corners of one base: [and] the undersetters [were] of the very base itself.

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.

For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved¹⁷ cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

After this [manner] he made¹ the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, [and] one size.

Then made⁴ he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained⁵⁵ forty baths: [and] every laver was four cubits: [and] upon every one ⁴³⁵⁰ of the ten bases one laver.

And he put⁴ five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set¹ the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.

And Hiram made⁴ the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end¹⁷ of doing² all the work that he made¹ king Solomon for the house of the LORD:

The two pillars, and the [two] bowls of the chapiters that [were] on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover¹⁵ the two bowls of the chapiters which [were] upon the top of the pillars;

And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, [even] two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover¹⁵ the two bowls of the chapiters that [were] upon the pillars;

And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

And one sea, and twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ oxen under the sea;

And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made¹ to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, [were of] bright³⁰ brass.

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast¹ them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

And Solomon left⁵⁵ all the vessels [unweighed], because they were exceeding ³⁹⁶⁶ many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.⁸

And Solomon made⁴ all the vessels that [pertained] unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread ⁶⁴⁴⁰ [was],

And the candlesticks of pure⁷ 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,

And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers [of] pure⁷ 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.

So was ended⁴ all the work that king Solomon made¹ for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in⁵⁵ the things which David his father had dedicated; [even] the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put¹ among the treasures of the house of the LORD.