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* But his own house was Solomon building thirteen years , and then he finished all his house . * He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon : a hundred cubits was its length , and fifty cubits was its breadth , and thirty cubits was its height , upon four rows of cedar pillars , with cedar beams upon the pillars . * And it was covered with cedar above over the beams , that lay on the forty –five pillars , fifteen in a row . * And there were window –spaces in three rows , and windows were opposite each other in three ranks . * And all the entrances and door –posts formed a square in shape : and windows were opposite windows in three ranks . * And he made a porch of pillars : fifty cubits was its length , and thirty cubits its breadth ; and the porch was before them ; and the other pillars with an entablature before them . * Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge , the porch of judgment : and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other . * And his house where he dwelt in another court within the porch , was of the like work : and Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh ’s daughter , whom he had taken for wife , like unto this porch . * All these were of heavy stones , hewn after a fixed measure , sawed with the saw inside and outside , even from the foundation unto the coping , and from the outside unto the great court . * And the foundation was of heavy stones , large stones , stones of ten cubits , and stones of eight cubits . * And above were heavy stones , hewn after a fixed measure , and cedars . * And the great court round about was of three rows of hewn stones , and one 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 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 copper : and he was filled with wisdom , and understanding , and knowledge , to make every work in copper ; and he came to king Solomon , and did all his work . * And he cast two pillars of copper , eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar ; and a line of twelve cubits did encompass the second pillar . * And he made two capitals , to set upon the tops of the pillars , of molten copper ; five cubits was the height of the one capital , and five cubits was the height of the other capital ; * And 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 , so that two rows of pomegranates were round about upon the one net –work , to cover the capitals that were upon the top : and the same he made for the other capital . * And the capitals , that were upon the top of the pillars , furnished with lily –work , those in the porch , were four cubits . * And the capitals upon the two pillars rose also above , close by the rounding which was on the side of the network : and the pomegranates were two hundred , in rows round about , upon either capital . * And he set up the pillars for the porch of the temple ; and he set up the right pillar , and called its name Yachin ; and he set up the left pillar , and called its name Boaz . * And upon the top of the pillars there was lily –work : and so was finished the work of the pillars . * And he made the molten sea , ten cubits from the one brim to the other , rounded all about , and it was five cubits in height : and a line of thirty cubits did encompass it round about . * And colocynth –shaped knobs were under its brim round about encompassing it , ten in a cubit , encircling the sea round about : the colocynths were in two rows , and were cast when it was cast . * It was standing 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 resting above upon them , and all their hinder parts were inward . * And its thickness was a hand ’s breadth , and its brim was wrought like the brim of a cup , with lily –buds : it could contain two thousand baths . * And he made ten bases of copper : four cubits was the length of each one base , and four cubits its breadth , and three cubits its height . * And this was the workmanship of the bases : They had borders , and the borders were between the corner ledges ; * And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions , oxen , and cherubim ; and upon the corner ledges it was thus also above ; and likewise beneath the lions and oxen were pendant wreaths of plated work . * And every base had four copper wheels , and axles of copper ; and its four corners had undersetters ; under the laver were the undersetters cast on ; at the side of each were pendants . * And its mouth was within the capital and above a cubit in height ; but the mouth of this was rounded after the work of the base , a cubit and a half cubit ; and also upon its mouth were carvings ; and their borders were square , not rounded . * And the four wheels were under the borders ; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base : and the height of each one wheel was a cubit and a half cubit . * And the workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot –wheel : their axletrees , and their naves , and their felloes , and their spokes , were all cast . * And there were four undersetters to the four corners of each one base ; the undersetters were of one piece with the base itself . * And on the top of the base was a rounded compass of half a cubit high : and on the top of the base were its side –ledges ; and its borders were of one piece with itself . * And he engraved on the plates of its side –ledges and on its borders , cherubim , lions , and palm –trees : and in the open space of every one were pendant wreaths round about . * After this manner did he make the ten bases : one casting , one measure , one form , was there for all of them . * Then made he ten lavers of copper ; forty baths could each one laver contain ; every laver was four cubits : each one laver was upon each one base of the ten bases . * And he put the bases , five on the right side of the house , and five on the left side of the house : and the sea he set on the right side of the house eastward opposite the south . * And Hiram made the lavers , and the shovels , and the basins ; so Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord . * The two pillars , and the two bowl –shaped capitals that were on the top of the two pillars ; and the two net –works , to cover the two bowl –shaped capitals which were upon the top of the pillars ; * And the four hundred pomegranates for the two net –works , two rows of pomegranates for each one net –work , to cover the two bowl –shaped , capitals that were upon the front of the pillars ; * And the ten bases , and the ten lavers upon the bases ; * And the one sea , and the twelve oxen under the sea ; * And the pots , and the shovels , and the basins ; and all these vessels , which Hiram had made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord , were of polished copper . * In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them , in the clay –ground between Succoth and Zarethan . * And Solomon set down all the vessels , because they were exceedingly many : the weight of the copper was not inquired into . * And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord : The altar of gold , and the table whereupon the show –bread was , of gold , * And the candlesticks , five on the right side , and five on the left , before the debir , of pure gold , with the flowers , and the lamps , and the tongs of gold , * And the bowls , and the knives , and the basins , and the spoons , and the censers of pure gold ; and the hinges , for the doors of the inner house , for the holy of holies , for the doors of the house , and for the temple , of gold . * And so was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord : and Solomon brought in the things sanctified by David his father , the silver , and the gold , and the vessels , he placed in the treasuries of the house of the Lord .

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