1 ¶ But Solomon built his own house in thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all of it.

2 H e also built the house of the forest of Lebanon, which was one hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

He 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.

3 A nd it was covered with cedar above upon the beams that lay on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

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

4 A nd there were windows in three orders, one against another in three orders.

There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers.

5 A nd all the doors and posts were square, with some windows opposite the other windows in three orders.

All the doorways and windows were square cut, and window was opposite window in three tiers.

6 A nd he made a porch of pillars, which was fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, and the porch was before those others, with its corresponding pillars and thick beams.

He 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.

7 T hen he made a porch for the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

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

8 A nd his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of like work. Solomon also made a house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.

His 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.

9 A ll these works were of costly stones, cut and sawed with saws according to the measurements, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court.

All 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.

10 A nd the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones of eight and ten cubits.

11 A nd above were also costly stones, hewed according to their measurements, and work of cedar.

And above were costly stones hewn according to measure, and cedar timbers.

12 A nd the great court round about had three orders of hewed stones and an order of cedar beams, and likewise the inner court of the house of the LORD and the porch of the house.

Also 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.

13 ¶ And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre,

King Solomon brought Hiram from Tyre.

14 w ho was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been of Tyre. A worker in brass, full of wisdom and intelligence and knowledge in all work of brass. And he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

He 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.

15 H e made two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece, and a line of twelve cubits did compass each of them about.

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

16 A nd he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set 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.

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

17 A nd nets of checker work and wreaths of chain work for the chapiters which were to be placed upon the top of the pillars, seven for the one chapiter and seven for the other chapiter.

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

18 A nd when he had made the pillars, he also made two orders of pomegranates round about upon the network to cover the chapiters that were upon the heads of the pillars with the pomegranates, and so did he for the other chapiter.

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

19 A nd the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were in the form of lilies like those seen in the porch, for four cubits.

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

20 A nd the chapiters upon the two pillars had two hundred pomegranates in two orders round about in each chapiter, on top of the belly of the chapiter, this belly being in front of the network.

The 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.

21 A nd he stood up the pillars in the porch of the temple. And when he had set up the right pillar, he called the name of it Jachin; and in standing up the left pillar, he called its name Boaz.

Hiram 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.

22 A nd upon the top of the pillars was lily work, and so the work of the pillars was finished.

On the tops of the pillars was lily work. So the work of the pillars was finished.

23 L ikewise, he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other; it was perfectly round, and its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

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

24 A nd under the brim of it round about there were knops like gourds compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about in two orders, which were made when it was cast.

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

25 I t stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north and three looking toward the west and three looking toward the Negev and three looking toward the east; and upon them the sea rested, and all their hinder parts were inward.

It 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.

26 A nd it was a hand breadth thick, and its lip was made like the lip of a cup, with flowers of lilies; it contained two thousand baths.

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

27 H e also made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of each base and four cubits the width and three cubits the height.

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

28 A nd the work of the bases was like this: they had borders, and the borders were between mouldings;

This is the way the bases were made: they had panels between the ledges.

29 a nd upon the borders that were between the mouldings were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the mouldings of the base, above and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of bevelled work.

On 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.

30 A nd each base had four brasen wheels and cardinals of brass, and in its four corners it had shoulderpieces, which were molten at the side of each addition, to be under the laver.

And 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.

31 I ts mouth entered into the chapiter (in the joint that came out of the base) one cubit above, and its mouth was rounded like the workmanship (of the same joint) in the base, of a cubit and a half. There were also engravings upon the mouth of it with their borders, which were square, not round.

Its 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.

32 A nd under the borders were the four wheels, and the axletrees of the wheels came forth from the same base. The height of each wheel was one and a half cubits.

Under 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.

33 A nd the workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel, their axletrees and their rims and their spokes and their hubs were all molten.

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

34 L ikewise, the four shoulderpieces to the four corners of each base, and the shoulderpieces were of the very base itself.

There were four supports to the four corners of each base; the supports were part of the base itself.

35 A nd in the top of the base there was a rounded compass of half a cubit high and on the top of the base, its mouldings and borders which were part of it.

On 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.

36 F or on the tables of the mouldings and on the borders thereof, he made cherubim, lions, and palm trees, in front of the additions of each one round about.

And 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.

37 A fter this manner he made ten bases cast in the same manner, of the same size and of the same shape.

Thus he made the ten bases. They all had one casting, one measure, and one form.

38 T hen he also made ten lavers of brass; each laver contained forty baths, and each laver measured four cubits; and he set a laver upon each one of the ten bases.

Then 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.

39 A nd he put five bases 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 to the east towards the Negev.

He 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.

40 H iram made the lavers and the shovels and the basins likewise. So Hiram finished all the work that he made King Solomon for the house of the LORD:

Hiram 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:

41 T hat is, the two pillars and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the head of the pillars,

The 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;

42 a nd four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two orders of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the heads of the pillars,

And 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;

43 a nd the ten bases and ten lavers upon the bases,

The ten bases and the ten lavers on the bases;

44 a nd one sea and twelve oxen under the sea,

One Sea, and the twelve oxen under it;

45 a nd the pots and the shovels and the basins and all the other vessels, which Hiram made to King Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

The 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.

46 A nd the king caused them all to be cast in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

In the Jordan plain the king cast them, in clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

47 A nd Solomon did not inquire the weight of the brass of all the vessels because they were exceeding many.

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

48 ¶ And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: an altar of gold, and a table upon which the showbread was, also of gold,

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

49 a nd the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right hand, and five on the left, in front of the oracle, with the flowers and the lamps and the tongs of gold,

The 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;

50 l ikewise the bowls and the snuffers and the basins and the spoons and the censers of pure gold, also the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the holy of holies, and for the doors of the house of the temple.

The 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.

51 S o all the work that King Solomon made for the house of the LORD was complete. And Solomon brought in the things which David, his father, had dedicated, even the silver and the gold and the vessels, and he kept it all in the treasury of the house of the LORD.

So 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.