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* Solomon was building his own house thirteen years , and he finished his entire house . * 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 , and it was built upon three rows of cedar pillars , with cedar beams upon the pillars . * And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were upon the forty-five pillars , fifteen in each row . * There were window frames in three rows , and window opposite window in three tiers . * All the doorways and windows had square frames , and window was opposite window in three tiers . * And he made the Hall of Pillars ; its length was fifty cubits , and its breadth thirty cubits ; there was a porch in front with pillars , and a canopy before them . * And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment , even the Hall of Judgment ; it was finished with cedar from floor to rafters . * His own house where he was to dwell , in the other court back of the hall , was of like workmanship . Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh 's daughter whom he had taken in marriage . * All these were made of costly stones , hewn according to measure , sawed with saws , back and front , even from the foundation to the coping , and from the court of the house of the LORD to the great court . * The foundation was of costly stones , huge stones , stones of eight and ten cubits . * And above were costly stones , hewn according to measurement , and cedar . * The great court had three courses of hewn stone round about , and a course of cedar beams ; so had the inner court of the house of the LORD , and the vestibule of the house . * And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre . * He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naph 'tali , and his father was a man of Tyre , a worker in bronze ; and he was full of wisdom , understanding , and skill , for making any work in bronze . He came to King Solomon , and did all his work . * He cast two pillars of bronze . Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar , and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference ; it was hollow , and its thickness was four fingers ; the second pillar was the same . * He also made two capitals of molten bronze , 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 . * Then he made two nets of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals upon the tops of the pillars ; a net for the one capital , and a net for the other capital . * Likewise he made pomegranates ; in two rows round about upon the one network , to cover the capital that was upon the top of the pillar ; and he did the same with the other capital . * Now the capitals that were upon the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work , four cubits . * The capitals were upon the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the network ; there were two hundred pomegranates , in two rows round about ; and so with the other capital . * He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple ; he set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin ; and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Bo 'az . * And upon the tops of the pillars was lily-work . Thus the work of the pillars was finished . * Then he made the molten sea ; it was round , ten cubits from brim to brim , and five cubits high , and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference . * Under its brim were gourds , for thirty cubits , compassing the sea round about ; the gourds were in two rows , cast with it when it was cast . * It stood upon twelve oxen , three facing north , three facing west , three facing south , and three facing east ; the sea was set upon them , and all their hinder parts were inward . * Its thickness was a handbreadth ; and its brim was made like the brim of a cup , like the flower of a lily ; it held two thousand baths . * He also made the ten stands of bronze ; each stand was four cubits long , four cubits wide , and three cubits high . * This was the construction of the stands : they had panels , and the panels were set in the frames * and on the panels that were set in the frames were lions , oxen , and cherubim . Upon the frames , both above and below the lions and oxen , there were wreaths of beveled work . * Moreover each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze ; and at the four corners were supports for a laver . The supports were cast , with wreaths at the side of each . * Its opening was within a crown which projected upward one cubit ; its opening was round , as a pedestal is made , a cubit and a half deep . At its opening there were carvings ; and its panels were square , not round . * And the four wheels were underneath the panels ; the axles of the wheels were of one piece with the stands ; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half . * The wheels were made like a chariot wheel ; their axles , their rims , their spokes , and their hubs , were all cast . * There were four supports at the four corners of each stand ; the supports were of one piece with the stands . * And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high ; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it . * And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels , he carved cherubim , lions , and palm trees , according to the space of each , with wreaths round about . * After this manner he made the ten stands ; all of them were cast alike , of the same measure and the same form . * And he made ten lavers of bronze ; each laver held forty baths , each laver measured four cubits , and there was a laver for each of the ten stands . * And he set the stands , five on the south side of the house , and five on the north side of the house ; and he set the sea on the southeast corner of the house . * Hiram also made the pots , the shovels , and the basins . So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the LORD : * the two pillars , the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars , and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops 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 pillars ; * the ten stands , and the ten lavers upon the stands ; * and the one sea , and the twelve oxen underneath the sea . * Now the pots , the shovels , and the basins , all these vessels in the house of the LORD , which Hiram made for King Solomon , were of burnished bronze . * In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them , in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan . * And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed , because there were so many of them ; the weight of the bronze was not found out . * So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD : the golden altar , the golden table for the bread of the Presence , * the lampstands of pure gold , five on the south side and five on the north , before the inner sanctuary ; the flowers , the lamps , and the tongs , of gold ; * the cups , snuffers , basins , dishes for incense , and firepans , of pure gold ; and the sockets of gold , for the doors of the innermost part of the house , the most holy place , and for the doors of the nave of the temple . * Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the LORD was finished . And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated , the silver , the gold , and the vessels , and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD .

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