1 Kings 7 (Brenton)

1And Solomon built a house for himself in thirteen years.Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

2And he built the house with the wood of Libanus; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth was fifty cubits, and its height was of thirty cubits, and it was made with three rows of cedar pillars, and the pillars had side-pieces of cedar.He 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.

3And he formed the house with chambers above on the sides of the pillars, and the number of the pillars was each row forty and five,The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

4and there were three chambers, and space against space in three rows.There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.

5And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers were square, and from door to door was a correspondence in three rows.All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.

6And he made the porch of the pillars, they were fifty cubits long and fifty broad, the porch joining them in front; and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of the house by the porches.Solomon 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.

7And there was the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of judgment.In 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.

8And their house where he would dwell, had one court communicating with these according to this work; and he built the house for the daughter of Pharao whom Solomon had taken, according to this porch.And 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 these were of costly stones, sculptured at intervals within even from the foundation even to the top, and outward to the great court,All 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.

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

11And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones, and with cedars.Above these were costly stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.

12There were three rows of hewn stones round about the great hall, and a row of sculptured cedar: and Solomon finished all his house.The 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.

13And king Solomon sent, and took Chiram out of Tyre,Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.

14the son of a widow woman; and he was of the tribe of Nephthalim, and his father was a Tyrian; a worker in brass, and accomplished in art and skill and knowledge to work every work in brass: and he was brought in to king Solomon, and he wrought all the works.He 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.

15And he cast the two pillars for the porch of the house: eighteen cubits was the height of each pillar, and a circumference of fourteen cubits encompassed it, even the thickness of the pillar: the flutings were four fingers wide, and thus was the other pillar formed.He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

16And he made two molten chapiters to put on the heads of the pillars: five cubits was the height of one chapiter, and five cubits was the height of the other chapiter.He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.

18And he made two ornaments of net-work to cover the chapiters of the pillars; even a net for one chapiter, and a net for the other chapiter.Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.

20And hanging work, two rows of brazen pomegranates, formed with net-work, hanging work, row upon row: and thus he framed the ornaments for the second chapiter.On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.

21And he set up the pillars of the porch of the temple: and he set up the one pillar, and called its name Jachum: and he set up the second pillar, and called its name Boloz.Thus 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.

22And on the heads of the pillars he made lily-work against the porch, of four cubits,And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.

23and a chamber over both the pillars, and above the sides an addition equal to the chamber in width. And he made the sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other, the same was completely circular round about: its height was five cubits, and its circumference thirty-three cubits.He 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.

24And stays underneath its rim round about compassed it ten cubits round; and its rim was as the work of the rim of a cup, a lily-flower, and the thickness of it was a span.Below 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.

25And there were twelve oxen under the sea; three looking to the north, and three looking to the west, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the east: and all their hinder parts were inward, and the sea was above upon them.The 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.

27And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height was six cubits.In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

28And this work of the bases was formed with a border to them, and there was a border between the ledges.This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights,

29And upon their borders between the projections were lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below were the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.and 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.

30And there were four brazen wheels to one base; and there were brazen bases, and their four sides answering to them, side pieces under the bases.Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.

32And there were axles in the wheels under the base. And the height of one wheel was a cubit and a half.There 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.

33And the work of the wheels was as the work of chariot wheels: their axles, and their felloes, and the rest of their work, were all molten.The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.

34The four side-pieces were at the four corners of each base; its shoulders were formed of the base.Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.

35And on the top of the base half a cubit was the size of it, there was a circle on the top of the base, and there was the top of its spaces and its borders: and it was open at the top of its spaces.At 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.

36And its borders were cherubs, and lions, and palm-trees, upright, each was joined in front and within and round about.He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.

37According to the same form he made all the ten bases, even one order and one measure to all.In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.

38And he made ten brazen lavers, each laver containing forty baths, and measuring four cubits, each laver placed on a several base throughout the ten bases.He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.

39And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and the sea was placed on the right side of the house eastward in the direction of the south.He 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.

40And Chiram made the caldrons, and the pans, and the bowls; and Chiram finished making all the works that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of the Lord:Additionally, 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:

41two pillars and the wreathen works of the pillars on the heads of the two pillars; and the two net-works to cover both the wreathen works of the flutings that were upon the pillars.the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

42The four hundred pomegranates for both the net-works, two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover both the wreathen works of the bases belonging to both pillars.the 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);

43And the ten bases, and the ten lavers upon the bases.the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;

44And one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea.the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

45And the caldrons, and pans, and bowls, and all the furniture, which Chiram made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord: and there were eight and forty pillars of the house of the king and of the house of the Lord: all the works of the king which Chiram made were entirely of brass.and 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.

46There was no reckoning of the brass of which he made all these works, from the very great abundance, there was no end of the weight of the brass.The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

47In the country round about Jordan did he cast them, in the clay land between Socchoth and Sira.Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

48And king Solomon took the furniture which Chiram made for the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the golden table of shewbread.Solomon 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;

49And he put the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, being of pure gold, and the lamp-stands, and the lamps, and the snuffers of gold.the 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 there were made the porches, and the nails, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the golden censers, of pure gold: and the panels of the doors of the innermost part of the house, even the holy of holies, and the golden doors of the temple.the 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.

51So the work of the house of the Lord which Solomon wrought was finished; and Solomon brought in the holy things of David his father, and all the holy things of Solomon; he put the silver, and the gold, and the furniture, into the treasures of the house of the Lord.So 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.

1 Kings 7

Solomon’s Palace Complex

The Pillars and Capitals

The Molten Sea

The Ten Bronze Stands

The Ten Bronze Basins

Completion of the Bronze Works

Completion of the Gold Furnishings

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