1Kings:7:13-51
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Then King Salomon sent ,
and set one Hiram out of Tyrus .
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He [
was ]
a widow '
s son of the tribe of Naphtali ,
and his father [
was ]
a man of Tyre ,
a worker in brass :
and (
note :)
Thus when God will have his glory set forth ,
he raises up men ,
and gives them excellent gifts for the accomplishment of the same , (
Exo_31
:2-3 ).(:
note )
he was filled with wisdom ,
and understanding ,
and cunning to work all works in brass .
And he came to king Solomon ,
and wrought all his work .
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For he cast two pillars of brasse :
ye height of a pillar was eighteene cubites ,
and a threede of twelue cubites did compasse either of ye pillars .
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And he made two chapiters of molten brasse to set on the tops of the pillars :
the height of one of the chapiters was fiue cubites ,
and the height of the other chapiter was fiue cubites .
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He made grates like networke ,
and wrethen worke like chaynes for the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars ,
euen seuen for the one chapiter ,
and seuen for the other chapiter .
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So he made the pillars and two rowes of pomegranates round about in the one grate to couer the chapiters that were vpon the top ;
thus did he for the other chapiter .
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And the chapiters that [
were ]
upon the top of the pillars [
were ]
of (
note :)
As was seen commonly wrought in costly porches .(:
note )
lily work in the porch ,
four cubits .
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And the chapiters vpon the two pillars had also aboue ,
ouer against the belly within the networke pomegranates :
for two hudreth pomegranates were in the two rankes about vpon either of the chapiters .
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And he set up the pillars in the (
note :)
Which was in the inner court between the temple and the oracle .(:
note )
porch of the temple :
and he set up the right pillar ,
and called the name thereof That is ,
he will stablish ,
that is ,
his promise toward this house .
Jachin :
and he set up the left pillar ,
and called the name thereof That is ,
in strength :
meaning the power of it will continue .
Boaz .
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And vpon the top of the pillars was worke of lilyes :
so was the workemanship of the pillars finished .
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And he made a molten (
note :)
So called for the size of the vessel .(:
note )
sea ,
ten cubits from the one brim to the other : [
it was ]
round all about ,
and his height [
was ]
five cubits :
and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about .
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And vnder the brimme of it were knoppes like wilde cucumers compassing it round about ,
ten in one cubite ,
compassing the sea round about :
and the two rowes of knoppes were cast ,
when it was molten .
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It stoode on twelue bulles ,
three looking towarde the North ,
and three toward the West ,
and three toward the South ,
and three towarde the East :
and the sea stoode aboue vpon them ,
and all their hinder partes were inward .
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And it [
was ]
an hand breadth thick ,
and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup ,
with flowers of lilies :
it contained two thousand (
note :)
Bath and ephah seem to be one measure , (
Eze_45
:11 )
a bath contains about 5 gallons .(:
note )
baths .
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And he made tenne bases of brasse ,
one base was foure cubites long ,
and foure cubites broad ,
and three cubites hie .
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And the worke of the bases was on this maner ,
They had borders ,
and the borders were betweene the ledges :
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And on the borders that were betweene the ledges ,
were lyons ,
bulles and Cherubims :
and vpon the ledges there was a base aboue :
and beneath the lyons and bulles ,
were addicions made of thinne worke .
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And euery base had foure brasen wheeles ,
and plates of brasse :
and the foure corners had vndersetters :
vnder the caldron were vndersetters molten at the side of euery addicion .
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And the (
note :)
The mouth of the great base or frame entered into the chapiter ,
or pillar that bore up the cauldron .(:
note )
mouth of it within the chapiter and above [
was ]
a cubit :
but the mouth thereof [
was ]
round [
after ]
the work of the base ,
a cubit and an half :
and also upon the mouth of it [
were ]
gravings with their borders ,
foursquare ,
not round .
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And vnder the borders were foure wheeles ,
and the axeltrees of the wheeles ioyned to the base :
and the height of a wheele was a cubite and halfe a cubite .
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And the facion of the wheeles was like the facion of a charet wheele ,
their axeltrees ,
and their naues and their felloes ,
and their spokes were all molten .
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And foure vndersetters were vpon the foure corners of one base :
and the vndersetters thereof were of the base it selfe .
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And in the top of the base [
was there ]
a round (
note :)
Which was called the pillar ,
chapiter or small base ,
in which the cauldron stood .(:
note )
compass of half a cubit high :
and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [
were ]
of the same .
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And vpon the tables of the ledges thereof ,
and on the borders thereof he did graue Cherubims ,
lions and palmetrees ,
on the side of euery one ,
and addicions round about .
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Thus made he the tenne bases ,
They had all one casting ,
one measure ,
and one syse .
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Then made he (
note :)
To keep waters for the use of the sacrifices .(:
note )
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 .
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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 (
note :)
That is ,
of the temple or sanctuary .(:
note )
house eastward over against the south .
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And Hiram made caldrons ,
and besomes , &
amp ;
basens , &
amp ;
Hiram finished all the worke that he made to King Salomon for the house of ye Lord :
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To wit ,
two pillars and two bowles of the chapiters that were on the toppe of the two pillars ,
and two grates to couer the two bowles of the chapiters which were vpon the toppe of the pillars ,
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And foure hundreth pomegranates for the two grates ,
euen two rowes of pomegranates for euery grate to couer the two bowles of the chapiters ,
that were vpon the pillars ,
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And the ten bases ,
and ten caldrons vpon the bases ,
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And the sea ,
and twelue bulles vnder that sea ,
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And the pots ,
and the shovels ,
and the basons :
and all these vessels ,
which (
note :)
By this name also Hiram the king of Tyrus was called .(:
note )
Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD , [
were of ]
bright brass .
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In the plaine of Iorden did the King cast them in clay betweene Succoth and Zarthan .
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And Salomon left to weigh all the vessels because of the exceeding aboundance ,
neyther could the weight of the brasse be counted .
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And Solomon made all the vessels that [
pertained ]
unto the house of the LORD :
the (
note :)
This was done according to the form that the Lord prescribed to Moses in Exodus .(:
note )
altar of gold ,
and the table of gold ,
whereupon the shewbread [
was ],
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And the candlestickes ,
fiue at the right side ,
and fiue at the left ,
before the oracle of pure gold ,
and the flowres ,
and the lampes ,
and the snuffers of golde ,
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And the bowls , (
note :)
Some take this for some musical instrument .(:
note )
and the snuffers ,
and the basons ,
and the spoons ,
and the censers [
of ]
pure gold ;
and the hinges [
of ]
gold , [
both ]
for the doors of the inner house ,
the most holy [
place ,
and ]
for the doors of the house , [
to wit ],
of the temple .
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So was finished all the worke that King Salomon made for the house of the Lorde ,
and Salomon brought in the things which Dauid his father had dedicated :
the siluer and the golde and the vessels ,
and layed them among the treasures of the house of the Lord .
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