1Ki 7 | ABEn | STEP | And [ 2 constructed 1 Solomon] his own house for thirteen years. And he [ 2 completed 1 wholly] his house.

1 Kings 7

CHAPTER 7 Solomon Constructs His Own House

1 And [²constructed ¹Solomon] his own house for thirteen years. And he [²completed ¹wholly] his house. 2 And he constructed the house of the forest of Lebanon. A hundred cubits was its length, and fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height upon four rows of columns of cedars, and protrusions of cedars for the columns. 3 And he decorated with fretwork in cedar the house above upon the sides of the columns. And the number of the columns was forty and five -- [⁵row ⁴in one ¹ten ²and ³seven]. 4 And [²ridges ¹three], with place upon place thrice. 5 And all the doorways and the places were four-cornered being arched over, from the doorway upon the door thrice. 6 And the columned porch of the columns was fifty cubits in length, and thirty cubits in width, being joined together by a columned porch in front of them. And columns and thick beams were at the front to them. 7 And the columned porch of the throne where he judged there, was a columned porch for the judgment seat. And it was decorated with fretwork in cedars from floor unto upper room. 8 And his house in which he shall sit there, [²courtyard ¹one] is expanding to these according to this work. And [²built ³a house ¹Solomon] (for the daughter of Pharaoh whom Solomon took) according to this columned porch. 9 These all from out of [²stones ¹valuable] being chiseled, at an interval inside from the foundation unto the moldings, and outside to the [²courtyard ¹great], 10 in the laying a foundation with [³stones ²valuable ¹great]; stones ten cubits and eight cubits in size. 11 And on top were [²stones ¹valuable] according to the same measure -- hewn stones and cedars, 12 of the [²courtyard ¹great] round about with three rows of hewn stones, and a row being chiseled of cedar, even to the [²courtyard ³of the house ⁴of the lord ¹inner], and to the columned porch of the house.

The Columned Porch

13 And [³sent ¹king ²Solomon] and took Hiram from out of Tyre, 14 the son [²woman ¹of a widow], and this one was from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a Tyrian man, a fabricator of brass, and being accomplished of the wisdom of the craft, and of understanding, and full of knowledge to do all the work in brass. And he was brought to king Solomon, and he did every work. 15 And he cast in a furnace the two columns for the columned porch of the house -- eighteen cubits was the height of the column, and the perimeter had a two and ten cubits cord encircling it. And so was the [²column ¹second]. 16 And [²two ³capitals ¹he made] to put upon the heads of the [²columns ¹molten] of brass -- five cubits was the height of the [²capital ¹one], and five cubits was the height of the [²capital ¹second]. 17 And he made latticed works to cover the capitals of the columns; seven to the capital -- to the one; and seven to the capital -- to the second. 18 And [²work ¹a hanging] -- two rows of pomegranates of brass being made of lattice works, [²work ¹a hanging], row upon row. And thus he did for the [²capital ¹second]. 19 And capitals upon the heads of the columns, a work of lily for the columned porch -- four cubits; and a ridge upon both of the columns, and on top of the sides of the capital. 20 And the pomegranates were two hundred in rows upon the [²capital ¹second]. 21 And he set up the columns of the columned porch of the temple. And he set up the [²column ¹right], and he called the name of it -- Jachin. And he set up the [²column ¹left], and called the name of it -- Boaz. 22 And upon the tops of the columns was a work of lily. And [⁵was finished ¹the ²work ³of the ⁴columns]. 23 And he made the [²sea ¹cast] -- ten by a cubit from its rim unto its rim, globular, round about the same, five by a cubit was its height. And a measuring meeting together thirty cubits encircled it. 24 And supports from beneath its rim round about encircled it. Ten by a cubit raising up the sea round about. Two rows of supports cast in the foundry furnace of them. 25 And twelve oxen were underneath the sea -- the three looking to the north, and the three looking to the west, and the three looking to the south, and the three looking to the east. And the sea was upon them on top. 26 And all the posteriors were to the inside, and the thickness of it was a palm, and the rim of it was as [²work ¹a rim] of a cup with [²bud ¹a lily]. [²of two ³thousand ⁴coos ¹It had a capacity]. 27 And he made ten bases of brass -- four cubits was the length of the [²base ¹one], and four cubits the width of it, and three cubits was the height of it. 28 And this is the work of the base joining it, and joining between the protruding parts. 29 And upon the joineries between the protruding parts were lions and oxen and cherubim. And upon the protruding parts so also from above and from below the lions and the oxen places [²work ¹of a descending]. 30 And four wheels of brass were to the [²base ¹one] and the fastenings of brass and [²four ³parts ¹its], of their protrusion supports from beneath the bathing tubs, and protrusion supports pouring from the other side a man being situated before. And the mouth of it within the top and upward one cubit. 31 And the mouth of it was globular, a thing made thus -- a cubit and half a cubit. And upon its mouth were carvings. And their small pillars were four-cornered, not globular. 32 And four wheels were underneath the small pillars. And hands were in the wheels in the base. And the height of the [²wheel ¹one] was a cubit and a half. 33 And the work of the wheels was as the work [²wheels ¹of chariot]. And their hands and their backs and their matters were all casted. 34 And four protrusion supports were upon the four corners of the [²base ¹one]. From out of the base were its shoulders. 35 And upon the head of the base a half a cubit [³size ¹was its ²globular] round about upon the head of the base. And the hands of it and its joineries were of it; and it opened upon the beginnings of its hands. 36 And its joinery was cherubim, and lions, and [²palms ¹standing], each being next to the other in front of it inside, round about. 37 According to this he made ten bases, [²order ¹with one] and [²measure ¹one] to all. 38 And he made ten pots of brass, [²of forty ³coos ¹having the capacity] to the one pot, measuring four cubits. And [²pot ¹one] was upon the [²base ¹one] for the ten bases. 39 And he put the ten bases, five on the protrusion support of the house at the right sides, and five on the protrusion support of the house at the left sides; and the sea on the protrusion support of the house at the right sides, according to the east from the side of the south. 40 And Hiram made the kettles, and the tongs, and the bowls. And Hiram completed making all the works which he made for king Solomon in the house of the lord -- 41 [²columns ¹two] and the twisted works of the carvings, the ones being upon the heads of the [²columns ¹two]; and [²latticed works ¹two], to cover both the twisted works of the carvings, the ones being upon the columns; 42 and the pomegranates -- four hundred to both the latticed works; two rows of pomegranates to the [²latticed work ¹one], to cover all over both the twisted works, the ones being upon both of the columns; 43 and the ten bases, and the [²pots ¹ten] upon the bases; 44 and the [²sea ¹one], and the twelve oxen underneath the sea; 45 and the kettles, and the tongs, and the bowls. And all the items which Hiram made for king Solomon for the house of the lord [²of brass ¹were entirely]. 46 In the adjacent area of the Jordan [³cast them ¹the ²king] in the thick earth between Succoth and between Zarthan. 47 And [⁴put away ¹Solomon ²the ³king] all the items, because of [²multitude ¹the exceeding] which there was no weight of the brass. 48 And Solomon made all the items in the house of the lord -- the [²altar ¹gold], and the table (upon which are the bread loaves of the [²place setting ¹gold]). 49 And the [²lamp-stands ¹five] at the right sides, and five at the left sides, in front of the dabir [²of gold ¹being completely made]; and the oil lamp bowls, and the lamps, and the oil funnels were of gold; 50 and the thresholds, and the nails, and the bowls, and the saucers, and the incense pans [²of gold ¹were joined]. And the doorways of the doors of the [²house ¹innermost], of the holy of holies, and the doors of the house of the temple were of gold. 51 And [⁶was fulfilled ¹all ²the ³work ⁴which ⁵Solomon did] for the house of the lord. And Solomon carried in the holy things of David his father, the silver and the gold; and the equipment he put into the treasury of the house of the lord.