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* And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD , and an house for his kingdom . * And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens , and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain , and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them . * And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre , saying , As thou didst deal with David my father , and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein , even so deal with me . * Behold , I build an house to the name of the LORD my God , to dedicate it to him , and to burn before him sweet incense , and for the continual shewbread , and for the burnt offerings morning and evening , on the sabbaths , and on the new moons , and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God . This is an ordinance for ever to Israel . * And the house which I build is great : for great is our God above all gods . * But who is able to build him an house , seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him ? who am I then , that I should build him an house , save only to burn sacrifice before him ? * Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold , and in silver , and in brass , and in iron , and in purple , and crimson , and blue , and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem , whom David my father did provide . * Send me also cedar trees , fir trees , and algum trees , out of Lebanon : for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon ; and , behold , my servants shall be with thy servants , * Even to prepare me timber in abundance : for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great . * And , behold , I will give to thy servants , the hewers that cut timber , twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat , and twenty thousand measures of barley , and twenty thousand baths of wine , and twenty thousand baths of oil . * Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing , which he sent to Solomon , Because the LORD hath loved his people , he hath made thee king over them . * Huram said moreover , Blessed be the LORD God of Israel , that made heaven and earth , who hath given to David the king a wise son , endued with prudence and understanding , that might build an house for the LORD , and an house for his kingdom . * And now I have sent a cunning man , endued with understanding , of Huram my father 's , * The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan , and his father was a man of Tyre , skilful to work in gold , and in silver , in brass , in iron , in stone , and in timber , in purple , in blue , and in fine linen , and in crimson ; also to grave any manner of graving , and to find out every device which shall be put to him , with thy cunning men , and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father . * Now therefore the wheat , and the barley , the oil , and the wine , which my lord hath spoken of , let him send unto his servants : * And we will cut wood out of Lebanon , as much as thou shalt need : and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa ; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem . * And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel , after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them ; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred . * And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens , and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain , and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work . * Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah , where the LORD appeared unto David his father , in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite . * And he began to build in the second day of the second month , in the fourth year of his reign . * Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God . The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits , and the breadth twenty cubits . * And the porch that was in the front of the house , the length of it was according to the breadth of the house , twenty cubits , and the height was an hundred and twenty : and he overlaid it within with pure gold . * And the greater house he cieled with fir tree , which he overlaid with fine gold , and set thereon palm trees and chains . * And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty : and the gold was gold of Parvaim . * He overlaid also the house , the beams , the posts , and the walls thereof , and the doors thereof , with gold ; and graved cherubims on the walls . * And he made the most holy house , the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house , twenty cubits , and the breadth thereof twenty cubits : and he overlaid it with fine gold , amounting to six hundred talents . * And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold . And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold . * And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work , and overlaid them with gold . * And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long : one wing of the one cherub was five cubits , reaching to the wall of the house : and the other wing was likewise five cubits , reaching to the wing of the other cherub . * And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits , reaching to the wall of the house : and the other wing was five cubits also , joining to the wing of the other cherub . * The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits : and they stood on their feet , and their faces were inward . * And he made the vail of blue , and purple , and crimson , and fine linen , and wrought cherubims thereon . * Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high , and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits . * And he made chains , as in the oracle , and put them on the heads of the pillars ; and made an hundred pomegranates , and put them on the chains . * And he reared up the pillars before the temple , one on the right hand , and the other on the left ; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin , and the name of that on the left Boaz . * Moreover he made an altar of brass , twenty cubits the length thereof , and twenty cubits the breadth thereof , and ten cubits the height thereof . * Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim , round in compass , and five cubits the height thereof ; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about . * And under it was the similitude of oxen , which did compass it round about : ten in a cubit , compassing the sea round about . Two rows of oxen were 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 above upon them , and all their hinder parts were inward . * And the thickness of it was an handbreadth , and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup , with flowers of lilies ; and it received and held three thousand baths . * He made also ten lavers , and put five on the right hand , and five on the left , to wash in them : such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them ; but the sea was for the priests to wash in . * And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form , and set them in the temple , five on the right hand , and five on the left . * He made also ten tables , and placed them in the temple , five on the right side , and five on the left . And he made an hundred basons of gold . * Furthermore he made the court of the priests , and the great court , and doors for the court , and overlaid the doors of them with brass . * And he set the sea on the right side of the east end , over against the south . * And Huram made the pots , and the shovels , and the basons . And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God ; * To wit , the two pillars , and the pommels , and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars , and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars ; * And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths ; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath , to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars . * He made also bases , and lavers made he upon the bases ; * One sea , and twelve oxen under it . * The pots also , and the shovels , and the fleshhooks , and all their instruments , did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass . * In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them , in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah . * Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance : for the weight of the brass could not be found out . * And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God , the golden altar also , and the tables whereon the shewbread was set ; * Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps , that they should burn after the manner before the oracle , of pure gold ; * And the flowers , and the lamps , and the tongs , made he of gold , and that perfect gold ; * And the snuffers , and the basons , and the spoons , and the censers , of pure gold : and the entry of the house , the inner doors thereof for the most holy place , and the doors of the house of the temple , were of gold . * Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished : and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated ; and the silver , and the gold , and all the instruments , put he among the treasures of the house of God . * Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel , and all the heads of the tribes , the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel , unto Jerusalem , to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David , which is Zion . * Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month . * And all the elders of Israel came ; and the Levites took up the ark . * And they brought up the ark , and the tabernacle of the congregation , and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle , these did the priests and the Levites bring up . * Also king Solomon , and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark , sacrificed sheep and oxen , which could not be told nor numbered for multitude . * And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place , to the oracle of the house , into the most holy place , even under the wings of the cherubims : * For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark , and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above . * And they drew out the staves of the ark , that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle ; but they were not seen without . And there it is unto this day . * There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb , when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel , when they came out of Egypt . * And it came to pass , when the priests were come out of the holy place : (for all the priests that were present were sanctified , and did not then wait by course : * Also the Levites which were the singers , all of them of Asaph , of Heman , of Jeduthun , with their sons and their brethren , being arrayed in white linen , having cymbals and psalteries and harps , stood at the east end of the altar , and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets :) * It came even to pass , as the trumpeters and singers were as one , to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD ; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick , and praised the LORD , saying , For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud , even the house of the LORD ; * So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God . * Then said Solomon , The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness .

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