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* And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years , and he finished all his house . * For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon : the length thereof was a 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 covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers , that lay on forty and five pillars , fifteen in a row . * And there were beams in three rows ; and light was over against light in three ranks . * And all the doors with their posts were square in the frame ; and light was over against light in three ranks . * And he made the porch of pillars : the length thereof was fifty cubits , and the breadth thereof thirty cubits ; and a porch before them ; and pillars and thick beams before them . * And he made the porch of the throne where he might judge , even the porch of judgment ; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor . * And his house where he might dwell , in the other court , within the porch , was of the like work . He made also a house for Pharaoh 's daughter , whom Solomon had taken to wife , like unto this porch . * All these were of costly stones , according to the measures of hewn stones , sawed with saws , within and without , even from the foundation unto the coping , and so on the outside unto the great court . * And the foundation was of costly stones , even great stones , stones of ten cubits , and stones of eight cubits . * And above were costly stones , after the measure of hewn stones , and cedar-wood . * And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stone , and a row of cedar beams , like as the inner court of the house of the LORD , and the court of the porch of the house . * And king Solomon sent and fetched 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 brass ; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill , to work all works in brass . And he came to king Solomon , and wrought all his work . * Thus he fashioned the two pillars of brass , of eighteen cubits high each ; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it about ; and so the other pillar . * And he made two capitals of molten brass , to set upon the tops of the pillars ; the height of the one capital was five cubits , and the height of the other capital was five cubits . * He also made nets of checker-work , and wreaths of chain-work , for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars : seven for the one capital , and seven for the other capital . * And he made the pillars ; and there were two rows round about upon the one network , to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pomegranates ; and so did he for the other capital . * And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work , four cubits . * And there were capitals above also upon the two pillars , close by the belly which was beside the network ; and the pomegranates were two hundred , in rows round about upon each capital . * And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple ; and he set up the right pillar , and called the name thereof Jachin ; and he set up the left pillar , and called the name thereof Boaz . * And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work ; so was the work of the pillars finished . * And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim , round in compass , and the height thereof was five cubits ; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about . * And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it , for ten cubits , compassing the sea round about ; the knops were in two rows , cast when it was cast . * It stood upon twelve oxen , three looking toward the north , and three looking toward the west , and three looking toward the south , and three looking toward the east ; and the sea was set upon them above , and all their hinder parts were inward . * And it was a hand-breadth thick ; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup , like the flower of a lily ; it held two thousand baths . * And he made the 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 there were borders between the stays ; * and on the borders that were between the stays were lions , oxen , and cherubim ; and upon the stays it was in like manner above ; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work . * And every base had four brazen wheels , and axles of brass ; and the four feet thereof had undersetters ; beneath the laver were the undersetters molten , with wreaths at the side of each . * And the mouth of it within the crown and above was a cubit high ; and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal , a cubit and a half ; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings ; and their borders were foursquare , not round . * And the four wheels were underneath the borders ; and the axletrees of the wheels were in 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 felloes , and their spokes , and their naves , were all molten . * And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base ; the undersetters thereof were of one piece with the 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 stays thereof and the borders thereof were of one piece therewith . * And on the plates of the stays thereof , and on the borders thereof , he graved cherubim , lions , and palm-trees , according to the space of each , with wreaths round about . * After this manner he made the ten bases ; all of them had one casting , one measure , and one form . * And he made ten lavers of brass : one laver contained forty baths ; and every laver was four cubits ; and upon every one of the ten bases one laver . * And he set the bases , five 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 , toward the south . * And Hiram made the pots , and the shovels , and the basins . So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of the LORD : * the two pillars , and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars ; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars ; * and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks , two rows of pomegranates for each network , to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars ; * and the ten bases , and the ten lavers on the bases ; * and the one sea , and the twelve oxen under the sea ; * and the pots , and the shovels , and the basins ; even all these vessels , which Hiram made for king Solomon , in the house of the LORD , were of burnished brass . * In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them , in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan . * And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed , because they were exceeding many ; the weight of the brass could not be found out . * And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD : the golden altar , and the table whereupon the showbread was , of gold ; * and the candlesticks , five on the right side , and five on the left , before the Sanctuary , of pure gold ; and the flowers , and the lamps , and the tongs , of gold ; * and the cups , and the snuffers , and the basins , and the pans , and the fire-pans , of pure gold ; and the hinges , both for the doors of the inner house , the most holy place , and for the doors of the house , that is , of the temple , of gold . * Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in 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 , and put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD .

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