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* And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon , for he had heard that they had anointed him king instead of his father . For Hiram was always a lover of David . * And Solomon sent to Hiram , saying , * You know how David my father could not build a house to the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were around him on every side , until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet . * But now the LORD my God has given me rest all around . [There is ] no foe nor evil happening . * And behold , I purpose to build a house to the name of the LORD my God , as the LORD spoke to David my father , saying , Your son whom I will set on your throne in your place ; he shall build a house to My name . * And now command that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon , and my servants shall be with your servants . And I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you shall say . For you know that not a man among us can cut timber like the Sidonians . * And it happened when Hiram heard the words of Solomon , he rejoiced greatly and said , Blessed [be ] the LORD this day , who has given David a wise son over this great people . * And Hiram sent to Solomon saying , I have heard that for which you sent to me . I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar , and concerning timber of fir . * My servants shall bring [them ] down from Lebanon to the sea . And I will bring them by sea in floats to the place that you shall name . And I will cause them to be left there , and you shall receive them ]. And you shall fulfill my desire in giving food for my household . * And Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees , all his desire . * And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat [for ] food for his household , and twenty measures of pure oil . So Solomon gave to Hiram year by year . * And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom , as He promised him . And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon . And the two of them made a treaty together . * And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel . And the labor force [was ] thirty thousand men . * And he sent them to Lebanon , ten thousand a month , by courses . They were a month in Lebanon , [and ] two months at home . And Adoniram was over the labor force . * And Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens , and eighty thousand woodcutters in the mountains , * besides the chief of Solomon 's overseers who [were ] over the work , thirty-three hundred , who ruled over the people who labored in the work . * And the king commanded , and they brought great stones , costly stones , cut stones , to lay the foundation of the house . * And Solomon 's builders and Hiram 's builders and the Giblites cut out and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house . * And it happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt , in the fourth year of Solomon 's reign over Israel , in the month Zif , which [is the second month , he began to build the house of the LORD . * And the house which King Solomon built for the LORD , its length [was ] sixty [cubits ] and its breadth twenty cubits , and its height thirty cubits . * And the porch before the temple of the house [was ] twenty cubits in length , according to the breadth of the house . Ten cubits [was ] its breadth on the front of the house . * And for the house he made windows of narrow frames . * And against the wall of the house he built floors all around , [against ] the walls of the house all around , of the temple and of the sanctuary . And he made rooms all around . * The lowest story [was ] five cubits broad , and the middle [was ] six cubits broad , and the third [was ] seven cubits broad . For around the outside of the house he made narrowed ledges for the house all around , so as not to lay hold of the walls of the house . * And when it was being built , the house was built of stone made ready beforehand . And there was not heard in the house a hammer or an axe , [or ] any iron tool , while it was being built . * The door for the middle story [was ] in the right side of the house . And they went up with winding stairs into the middle story , and out of the middle into the third . * And he built the house and finished it . And he covered the house [with ] beams and rows of cedar . * And he built the side-stories on all the house , five cubits high . And they rested on the house [with ] timbers of cedar . * And the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying , * [As to ] this house which you are building , if you will walk in My statutes and do My judgments and keep all My commandments , to walk in them , then I will perform My work with you which I spoke to David your father . * And I will live among the sons of Israel , and will not forsake My people Israel . * And Solomon built the house and finished it . * And he built the walls of the house inside with boards of cedar , from the floor of the house and the walls of the ceiling . He covered [them ] on the inside with wood , and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir . * And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house , both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar . He even built [them ] for it inside , for the sanctuary , for the Holy of Holies . * And the house , that [is ], the temple before [it ], was forty cubits . * And the cedar of the house inside [was ] carved with gourds and open flowers . All [was ] cedar ; there was no stone seen . * And he prepared the Holy of Holies in the house inside , to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD . * And the Holy of Holies in the front part [was ] twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in breadth , and twenty cubits in height . And he overlaid it with pure gold , and covered the altar of cedar . * And Solomon overlaid the house inside with pure gold . And he drew chains of gold across before the Holy of Holies . And [he ] overlaid it with gold . * And he overlaid the whole house with gold , until he had finished all the house . Also all of the altar that [belonged ] to the Holy of Holies , he overlaid with gold : * And inside the Holy of Holies he made two cherubs [of ] olive wood , ten cubits high . * And one wing of the cherub [was ] five cubits , and the other wing of the cherub was five cubits ; ten cubits from the ends of its wings even to the ends of its wings . * And the other cherub [was ] ten cubits . Both the cherubs were of one measure and one size . * The height of the one cherub [was ] ten cubits , and so [was ] the other cherub . * And he set the cherubs inside the inner house . And they stretched forth the wings of the cherubs so that the wing of the one touched the [one ] wall and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall . And their wings touched one another in the midst of the house . * And he overlaid the cherubs with gold . * And he carved all the walls of the house all around with carved figures of cherubs and palm trees and open flowers , inside and out . * And the floor of the house was overlaid with gold inside and out . * As to the entrance of the holy place he made doors [of ] olive wood . The lintel [and ] side posts were a fifth part , * and the two doors [were of ] olive wood . And he carved on them carvings of cherubs and palm trees and open flowers , and overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubs and on the palm trees . * So also he made side posts for the entrance of the temple from the olive tree , a fourth part . * And the two doors [were of ] fir tree . The two leaves of the one door [were ] folding , and the two leaves of the other door were folding . * And he carved [on them ] cherubs and palm trees and open bowers . And he covered them with gold fitted on the carved work . * And he built the inner court with three rows of cut stone , and a row of cedar beams . * In the fourth year , in the month Zif , the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid . * And in the eleventh year , in the month Bul , which [is ] the eighth month , the house was finished as to all its parts , and as to all its plans . So he was seven years in building it . * And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house . And he finished all his house . * And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon . Its length [was ] a hundred cubits , and its breadth fifty cubits , and its height thirty cubits , on four rows of cedar pillars , with cedar beams on the pillars . * And [it was ] covered with cedar above on the beams [that lay ] on forty-five pillars , fifteen in a row . * And windows [were ] in three rows , and light [was ] against light [in ] three rows . * And all the doors and posts [were ] square , with the windows . And the front of a window [was ] against a window [in ] three rows . * And he made a porch of pillars . Its length [was ] fifty cubits , and its breadth thirty cubits . And the porch [was ] before them , and the pillars and the roof [were ] over them . * And he made a porch of the throne where he judged , the porch of judgment . And [it was ] covered with cedar from floor to floor . * As to his house where he lived , the other court [was ] within the porch , as this work was . Solomon also made a house for Pharaoh 's daughter , whom he had taken , like this porch . * All these [were ] of costly stones , according to the measures of hewn stones , sawed with saws , inside and out , even from the foundation to the coping , and so on the outside toward the great court . * And the foundation [was ] of costly stones , huge stones , stones of ten cubits , and stones of eight cubits . * And above [were ] costly stones , according to the measures of hewn stone and cedar . * And the great court all around [was ] with three rows of hewn stone , 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 sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre . * He [was ] the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali , and his father [was ] a man of Tyre , a worker in bronze . And he was filled with wisdom and understanding , and cunning to work all works in bronze . And he came to King Solomon and did all his work . * For he cast two pillars of bronze , eighteen cubits [was ] the height of the one pillar . And a line of twelve cubits went around the second pillar . * And he made two capitals [of ] melted bronze to set on the tops of the pillars . The height of the one capital [was ] five cubits , and the height of the other capital five cubits . * He made gratings , grating work [with ] twisted threads of chain-work , for the capitals on the top of the pillars ; seven for the one capital , and seven for the other capital . * And he made the pillars . And two rows were all around on the one grating , to cover the capitals on the top with the pomegranates . And so he did for the other capital . * And the capitals on the top of the pillars in the porch [were ] lily-work , four cubits . * And the capitals on the two pillars [had pomegranates ] on the upper part , over against the belly which [was ] by the grating ; and the pomegranates [were ] two hundred in rows all around on the other capital . * And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple . And he set up the right pillar and called its name , Jachin . And he set up the left pillar , and called its name , Boaz . * And on the top of the pillars [was ] lily-work . So the work of the pillars was finished . * And he made a molten sea , ten cubits from brim to brim , all around it . And its height [was ] five cubits , and a line of thirty cubits went around it . * And under its brim [were ] gourds , going around it , ten by the cubit , going all around the sea . The gourds [were ] cast in two rows when it was cast . * It stood on twelve oxen , three facing the north , and three facing the west , and three facing the south , and three facing the east . The sea [was set ] on top of them , and all their hinder parts [were ] inward . * And it [was ] a handbreadth thick , and its brim was fashioned like the brim of a cup , [with ] a bud of a lily . It contained two thousand baths . * And he made ten bases of bronze , four cubits the length of the one base , and four cubits its breadth , and three cubits its height . * And the work of the bases [was ] this [way ]: they had borders , and the borders were between the stays . * And on the borders that [were ] between the ledges [were ] lions , oxen , and cherubs . And a pedestal was on the stays above . And beneath the lions and oxen [were ] wreaths of hanging-work . * And the one base had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze . And its four feet [were ] supports to them ; under the basin were casted supports [with ] wreaths at each side . * And its mouth within and above the capital [was ] a cubit . And its mouth [was ] round [like ] the work of a pedestal , a cubit and half of the cubit . And also on its mouth were carvings ; and their borders were square , not round . * And under the borders [were ] four wheels . And the axletrees of the wheels [were ] in the base . And the height of a wheel [was ] a cubit and a half . * And the work of the wheels [was ] like the work of a chariot wheel , their axletrees , and their rims , and their hub , and their spokes , [were ] all cast . * And [there were ] four supports to the four corners of one base , and the supports were of the very base itself . * And in the top of the base [was ] a round compass of a half a cubit high . And on the top of the base its sides and its borders [were ] from it . * And he engraved cherubs , lions , and palm trees on the plates of its sides , and on its borders , as the place of each , with wreaths all around . * So he made the ten bases , one casting , one measure , one form was to them all . * And he made ten basins of bronze . One basin contained forty baths . The one basin was four cubits , one basin on the one base , to the ten bases . * And 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 , eastward , across from the south . * And Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls . So Hiram finished doing all the work that he did for ] King Solomon [for ] the house of the LORD . * Two pillars , and the bowls of the capitals on the top of the two pillars , and the two gratings to cover the two bowls of the capitals on the top of the pillars , * and the four hundred pomegranates for the two gratings ; two rows of pomegranates for each grating , to cover the two bowls of the capitals which [were ] on the face of the pillars , * and the ten bases , and ten basins on the bases , * and one sea , and twelve oxen under the sea , * and the pots , and the shovels , and the basins . All these vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD [were of ] burnished bronze . * The king cast them in the plain of Jordan , in the thick soil of the ground between Succoth and Zarethan . * And Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed ] because [they were ] exceeding many ; the weight of the bronze was not searched out . * And Solomon made all the vessels in the house of the LORD : the altar of gold , and the table of gold on which [was ] the Bread of the Presence ; * and the lampstands of pure gold , five on the right and five on the left , in front of the Holy of Holies , with the flowers and the lamps and the tongs [of ] gold , * and the bowls , and the snuffers , and the basins , and the spoons , and the fire-pans [of ] pure gold , and the hinges of gold for the doors of the inner house , the Holy of Holies , and for the doors of the house , the temple . * So all the work that King Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished . And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated : the silver , and the gold , and the vessels , he had put into the treasuries of the house of the LORD . * And Solomon gathered the elders of Israel , and all the heads of the tribes , the chief of the fathers of the sons of Israel , to King Solomon in Jerusalem , so that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David , which [is ] Zion . * And all the men of Israel were gathered to king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim , which [is ] the seventh month . * And all the elders of Israel came in , and the priests took up the ark . * And they brought up the ark of the LORD , and the tabernacle of the congregation , and all the holy vessels which [were ] in the tabernacle ; even those the priests and the Levites brought up . * And King Solomon , and all the congregation of Israel who had assembled to him , [were ] with him before the ark sacrificing sheep and oxen which could not be counted nor numbered for multitude . * And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD into its place , into the holy place of the house , into the Holy of Holies , under the wings of the cherubs . * For the cherubs spread forth [their ] two wings over the place of the ark . And the cherubs covered the ark and the staves of it above . * And they drew out the staves , so that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy [place ], in front of the Holy of Holies . And they were not seen outside . And there they are until today . * There [was ] nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb , when the LORD made [a covenant ] with the sons of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt . * And it happened when the priests had come out of the Holy of Holies , the cloud filled the house of the LORD . * And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud , for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD . * And Solomon said , The LORD said that He would dwell in the thick darkness . * I have surely built a house of loftiness for You , a settled place for You to abide in forever . * And the king turned his face around and blessed all the congregation of Israel . And all the congregation of Israel stood . * And he said , Blessed [be ] the LORD God of Israel , who spoke with His mouth to David my father , and has fulfilled [it ] by His hand , saying , * From the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt , I did not choose any city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house , so that My name might be in it . But I chose David to be over My people Israel . * And it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel . * And the LORD said to my father David , Because it was in your heart to build a house to My name , you did well that it was in your heart . * Only , you shall not build the house , but your son who shall come out of your loins , he shall build the house to My name . * And the LORD has performed His word which He spoke , and I have risen up instead of my father David . And I sit on the throne of Israel , as the LORD promised . And I have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel . * And [I have ] set there a place for the ark , in which [is ] the covenant of the LORD which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt . * And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel , and spread forth his hands toward the heavens . * And he said , LORD God of Israel , [there is ] no God like You , in Heaven above or on earth beneath , who keeps covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their heart , * who have kept with Your servant David my father what You promised him . You also spoke with Your mouth , and have fulfilled with Your hand , as [it is ] today . * And now , LORD God of Israel , keep with Your servant David , my father , what You promised him , saying , There shall not be cut off from you a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel -- if your sons take heed to their way so that they walk before Me as you have walked before Me . * And now , O God of Israel , I pray You , let Your word be proved to be true , the word which You spoke to Your servant David my father . * But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold , the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You . How much less this house which I have built ? * Yet , O , LORD my God , You have turned toward the prayer of Your servant and to his request , to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today ; * for Your eyes to be open toward this house night and day , toward the place of which You have said , My name shall be there ; to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place . * And You shall listen to the cry of Your servant , and of Your people Israel , when they shall pray toward this place , and hear in Heaven Your dwelling-place , and when You hear , forgive ! * If any man sins against his neighbor , and if an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear , and if the oath comes before Your altar in this house , * then hear in Heaven , and do , and judge Your servants , to declare the wicked [to be ] wicked , to bring his way on his head , and to declare the righteous to be righteous , to give him according to his righteousness . * When Your people Israel are crushed before the enemy because they have sinned against You , and shall turn again to You and confess Your name , and pray , and cry to You in this house , * then hear in Heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel , and bring them again into the land which You gave to their fathers . * When the heavens are restrained , and there is no rain because they have sinned against You , if they pray toward this place and confess Your name , and turn from their sin when You afflict them , * then hear in Heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants , and of Your people Israel , for You shall teach them the good way in which they should walk , and give rain on Your land which You have given to Your people for an inheritance . * If there is famine in the land , if there is plague , blasting , mildew , locusts ; if there are stripping locusts ; if their enemy encircles them in the land of their cities , whatever plague , whatever sickness , * any prayer , any supplication from any man of all Your people Israel , who shall each know the plague of his own heart , and shall spread forth his hands toward this house , * then hear in Heaven Your dwelling-place , and forgive , and do , and give to every man according to all his ways , whose heart You know . For You , You only , know the hearts of all the sons of Adam . * Do this so that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You have given to our fathers . * And concerning a stranger who [is ] not of Your people Israel , but who comes out of a far country for Your name 's sake ; * for they shall hear of Your great name and of Your strong hand and of Your stretched-out arm ; and if he shall come and pray toward this house , * hear in Heaven Your dwelling-place , and do according to all that the stranger calls to You for , so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name , to fear You , as Your people Israel [do ], and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name . * If Your people go out to battle against their enemy , wherever You shall send them , and shall pray to the LORD toward the city which You have chosen , and the house that I have built for Your name , * then hear in Heaven their prayer and their cry , and maintain their cause . * If they sin against You (for [there is ] no man who does not sin ), and if You are angry with them , and have delivered them up before the enemy , and they have been led away captive to the land of the enemy , far or near , * yet if they shall think within themselves in the land where they are carried captives , and repent , and pray to You in the land of their captors saying , We have sinned and have done perversely , we have done wickedly , * and [so ] return to You with all their heart , and with all their soul , in the land of their enemies who led them away captive , and if they pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers , to the city which You have chosen , and the house which I have built for Your name , * then hear their prayer and their cry in Heaven Your dwelling-place , and maintain their cause , * and forgive Your people who have sinned against You , even all their sins which they have done against You , and give them pity before their captors , so that they may have pity on them . * For they [are ] Your people , and Your inheritance , which You brought out of Egypt , from the middle of the furnace of iron , * for Your eyes shall be open to the prayer of Your servant , and to the prayer of Your people Israel , to listen to them in all that they call for to You . * For You have separated them from among all the people of the earth [to be ] Your inheritance , as You spoke by the hand of Moses Your servant , when You brought our fathers out of Egypt , O Lord GOD . * And it happened as Solomon finished praying all this prayer and petition to the LORD , he rose from before the altar of the LORD , from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven . * And he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice . saying , * Blessed [be ] the LORD , who has given rest to His people Israel , according to all that He promised . There has not failed one word of all His good promise which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant . * May the LORD our God be with us as He was with our fathers . Let Him not leave us nor forsake us , * to incline our hearts to Himself , to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments which He commanded our fathers . * And let these my words , with which I have prayed before the LORD , be near the LORD our God day and night , so that He may maintain the cause of His servant , and the cause of His people Israel of each day in its day , * for all the people of the earth know that Jehovah [is ] God ; [there is ] no other . * And let your heart be perfect with the LORD our God , to walk in His statutes , and to keep His commandments , as at this day . * And the king , and all Israel with him , offered sacrifice before the LORD . * And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings , which he offered to the LORD , twenty-two thousand oxen , and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep . So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD . * On that day the king sanctified the middle of the court before the house of the LORD . For there he had offered the burnt offering , and the food offering , and the fat of the peace offerings ; because the bronze altar before Jehovah [was too small to contain the burnt offering , and the food offering , and the fat of the peace offerings . * And at that time Solomon held a feast , and all Israel with him , a great congregation -- from the entering in of Hamath to the river of Egypt -- before the LORD our God , seven days and seven days , fourteen days . * On the eighth day he sent the people away . And they blessed the king and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the good that the LORD had done for David His servant , and for Israel His people . * And it happened as Solomon finished the building of the house of the LORD , and the king 's house , and all Solomon 's desire which he was pleased to do ,

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