1 S olomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all of it.

And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house.

2 H e built also the Forest of Lebanon House; its length was a hundred cubits, its breadth fifty, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

And he buildeth the house of the forest of Lebanon; a hundred cubits its length, and fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar-beams on the pillars;

3 A nd it was covered with cedar above the side chambers that were upon the forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

and covered with cedar above, on the sides that on the forty and five pillars, fifteen in the row.

4 T here were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers.

And windows in three rows, and sight over-against sight three times.

5 A ll the doorways and windows were square cut, and window was opposite window in three tiers.

And all the openings and the side-posts square -- windows; and sight over-against sight three times.

6 H e also made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front, and pillars and a cornice before them.

And the porch of the pillars he hath made; fifty cubits its length, and thirty cubits its breadth, and the porch before them, and pillars and a thick place before them.

7 H e made the porch for the throne where he was to judge, the Porch of Judgment; it was covered with cedar from floor to ceiling.

And the porch of the throne where he judgeth -- the porch of judgment -- he hath made, and covered with cedar from the floor unto the floor.

8 H is house where he was to dwell had another court behind the Porch of Judgment of similar work. Solomon also made a house like this porch for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.

As to his house where he dwelleth, the other court within the porch -- as this work it hath been; and a house he maketh for the daughter of Pharaoh -- whom Solomon hath taken -- like this porch.

9 A ll were of costly stones hewn according to measure, sawed with saws back and front, even from foundation to coping, and from the outside to the great court.

All these of precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, sawn with a saw, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and at the outside, unto the great court.

10 T he foundation was of costly stones, even great stones of eight and ten cubits.

And the foundation of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;

11 A nd above were costly stones hewn according to measure, and cedar timbers.

and above precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, and cedar;

12 A lso the great encircling court had three courses of hewn stone and a course of cedar beams, like was around the inner court of the house of the Lord and the porch of the house.

and the great court round about three rows of hewn work, and a row of cedar-beams, even for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and for the porch of the house.

13 K ing Solomon brought Hiram from Tyre.

And king Solomon sendeth and taketh Hiram out of Tyre --

14 H e was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. He was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill to do any kind of work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

he son of a woman, a widow, of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father a man of Tyre, a worker in brass, and he is filled with the wisdom and the understanding, and the knowledge to do all work in brass -- and he cometh unto king Solomon, and doth all his work.

15 H e fashioned the two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference.

And he formeth the two pillars of brass; eighteen cubits the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass the second pillar.

16 H e made two capitals of molten bronze to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of each capital was five cubits.

And two chapiters he hath made to put on the tops of the pillars, cast in brass; five cubits the height of the one chapiter, and five cubits the height of the second chapiter.

17 N ets of checkerwork and wreaths of chainwork for the capitals were on the tops of the pillars, seven for each capital.

Nets of net-work, wreaths of chain-work for the chapiters that on the top of the pillars, seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the second chapiter.

18 S o Hiram made the pillars. There were two rows of pomegranates encircling each network to cover the capitals that were upon the top.

And he maketh the pillars, and two rows round about on the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that on the top, with the pomegranates, and so he hath made for the second chapiter.

19 T he capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.

And the chapiters that on the top of the pillars of lily-work in the porch, four cubits;

20 T he capitals were upon the two pillars and also above the rounded projection beside the network. There were 200 pomegranates in two rows round about, and so with the other capital.

and the chapiters on the two pillars also above, over-against the protuberance that beside the net; and the pomegranates two hundred, in rows round about on the second chapiter.

21 H iram set up the pillars of the porch of the temple; he set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz.

And he raiseth up the pillars for the porch of the temple, and he raiseth up the right pillar, and calleth its name Jachin, and he raiseth up the left pillar, and calleth its name Boaz;

22 O n the tops of the pillars was lily work. So the work of the pillars was finished.

and on the top of the pillars lily-work; and the work of the pillars completed.

23 H e made a round molten Sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, five cubits high and thirty cubits in circumference.

And he maketh the molten sea, ten by the cubit from its edge unto its edge; round all about, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it round about;

24 U nder its brim were gourds encircling the Sea, ten to a cubit; the gourds were in two rows, cast in one piece with it.

and knops beneath its brim round about are compassing it, ten by the cubit, going round the sea round about; in two rows the knops, cast in its being cast.

25 I t stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three west, three south, and three east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their rears pointed inward.

It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea upon them above, and all their hinder parts inward.

26 I t was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held 2, 000 baths.

And its thickness an handbreadth, and its edge as the work of the edge of a cup, flowers of lilies; two thousand baths it containeth.

27 H iram made ten bronze bases; their length and breadth were four cubits, and the height three cubits.

And he maketh the ten bases of brass; four by the cubit the length of the one base, and four by the cubit its breadth, and three by the cubit its height.

28 T his is the way the bases were made: they had panels between the ledges.

And this the work of the base: they have borders, and the borders between the joinings;

29 O n the panels between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a pedestal above. Beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

and on the borders that between the joinings lions, oxen, and cherubs, and on the joinings a base above, and beneath the lions and the oxen additions -- sloping work.

30 A nd every base had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a laver. Beneath the laver the supports were cast, with wreaths at the side of each.

And four wheels of brass to the one base, and axles of brass; and its four corners have shoulders -- under the laver the molten shoulders, beside each addition.

31 I ts mouth within the capital projected upward a cubit, and its mouth was round like the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half. Also upon its mouth were carvings, and their borders were square, not round.

And its mouth within the chapiter and above by the cubit, and its mouth round, the work of the base, a cubit and half a cubit; and also on its mouth carvings and their borders, square, not round.

32 U nder the borders were four wheels, and the axles of the wheels were one piece with the base. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half.

And the four wheels under the borders, and the spokes of the wheels in the base, and the height of the one wheel a cubit and half a cubit.

33 T he wheels were made like a chariot wheel: their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.

And the work of the wheels as the work of the wheel of a chariot, their spokes, and their axles, and their felloes, and their naves; the whole molten.

34 T here were four supports to the four corners of each base; the supports were part of the base itself.

And four shoulders unto the four corners of the one base; out of the base its shoulders.

35 O n the top of the base there was a circular elevation half a cubit high, and on the top of the base its stays and panels were of one piece with it.

And in the top of the base the half of a cubit in the height all round about; and on the top of the base its spokes and its borders of the same.

36 A nd on the surface of its stays and its panels Hiram carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.

And he openeth on the tablets of its spokes, and on its borders, cherubs, lions, and palm-trees, according to the void space of each, and additions round about.

37 T hus he made the ten bases. They all had one casting, one measure, and one form.

Thus he hath made the ten bases; one casting, one measure, one form, have they all.

38 T hen he made ten lavers of bronze; each laver held forty baths and measured four cubits, and there was one laver on each of the ten bases.

And he maketh ten lavers of brass; forty baths doth the one laver contain, four by the cubit the one laver, one laver on the one base to the ten bases;

39 H e put the bases five on the south side of the house and five on the north side; and he set the Sea at the southeast corner of the house.

and he putteth the five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house, and the sea he hath put on the right side of the house, eastward -- over-against the south.

40 H iram made the lavers, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the Lord:

And Hiram maketh the lavers, and the shovels, and the bowls; and Hiram completeth to do all the work that he made for king Solomon, the house of Jehovah;

41 T he two pillars; and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the two pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls;

pillars two, and bowls of the chapiters that on the top of the pillars two, and the nets two, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that on the top of the pillars;

42 A nd the 400 pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;

and the pomegranates four hundred for the two nets, two rows of pomegranates for the one net, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that on the front of the pillars;

43 T he ten bases and the ten lavers on the bases;

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

44 O ne Sea, and the twelve oxen under it;

and the one sea, the twelve oxen under the sea,

45 T he pots, the shovels, and the basins. All these vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the Lord were of burnished bronze.

and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls; and all these vessels, that Hiram hath made to king Solomon the house of Jehovah, of brass -- polished.

46 I n the Jordan plain the king cast them, in clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zarthan.

47 S olomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were so many; the weight of the bronze was not found out.

And Solomon placeth the whole of the vessels; because of the very great abundance, the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.

48 S olomon made all the other vessels of the Lord’s house: the altar of gold; the table of gold for the showbread;

And Solomon maketh all the vessels that in the house of Jehovah: the altar of gold, and the table -- on which the bread of the Presence -- of gold,

49 T he lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the Holy of Holies; with the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold;

and the candlesticks, five on the right, and five on the left, before the oracle, of refined gold, and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,

50 T he cups, snuffers, basins, spoons, firepans—of pure gold; and the hinges of gold for the doors of the innermost room, the Holy of Holies, and for the doors of the Holy Place.

and the basins, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of refined gold, and the hinges for the doors of the inner-house, for the holy of holies, for the doors of the house of the temple, of gold.

51 S o all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was completed. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the vessels—and put them in the treasuries of the Lord’s house.

And it is complete -- all the work that king Solomon hath made the house of Jehovah, and Solomon bringeth in the sanctified things of David his father; the silver, and the gold, and the vessels he hath put in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.