1 Kings 5:1‑18• 1{i}And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father; for Hiram always loved David.{/i}
2{i}And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,{/i}
3{i}Thou knowest that David my father could not build a house unto the name of Jehovah his God, because of the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet.{/i}
4{i}But now Jehovah my God has given me rest on every side: there is neither adversary nor evil event.{/i}
5{i}And behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spoke to David my father saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy stead, he shall build a house unto my name.{/i}
6{i}And now command that they hew me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say; for thou knowest that there is not among us any that are experienced in cutting timber like to the Zidonians.{/i}
7{i}And it came to pass when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be Jehovah this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.{/i}
8{i}And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the things which thou sentest to me for: I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of cypress.{/i}
9{i}My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will convey them by sea in rafts to the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them. And thou shalt accomplish my desire in giving food for my household.{/i}
10{i}So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees according to all his desire.{/i}
11{i}And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat as food for his household, and twenty measures of beaten oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.{/i}
12{i}And Jehovah gave Solomon wisdom as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league.{/i}
13{i}And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.{/i}
14{i}And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, two months at home; and Adoniram was over the levy.{/i}
15{i}And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountains;{/i}
16{i}besides the overseers whom Solomon had set over the work, three thousand three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work.{/i}
17{i}And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.{/i}
18{i}And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Giblites hewed them, and prepared timber and stones to build the house.{/i} (1 Kings 5:1‑18)
1 Kings 7:13‑51• 13{i}And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.{/i}
14{i}He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was full of wisdom and understanding and knowledge, to do all kinds of works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and made all his work.{/i}
15{i}And he formed the two pillars of brass; the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed the second pillar.{/i}
16{i}And he made two capitals of molten brass, 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;{/i}
17{i}and nets of checker-work, 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.{/i}
18{i}And he made pomegranates, namely two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars; and so he did for the other capital.{/i}
19{i}And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work as in the porch, four cubits.{/i}
20{i}And the capitals upon the two pillars, above also, close to the enlargement which was behind the network, had two hundred pomegranates in rows round about, also on the other capital.{/i}
21{i}And he set up the pillars for the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.{/i}
22{i}And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work; and the work of the pillars was finished.{/i}
23{i}And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.{/i}
24{i}And under the brim of it round about there were colocynths, encompassing it, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about; two rows of colocynths, cast when it was cast.{/i}
25{i}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 above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.{/i}
26{i}And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim was like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; it held two thousand baths.{/i}
27{i}And he made ten bases of brass: four cubits was the length of one base, and the breadth four cubits, and the height three cubits.{/i}
28{i}And the work of the bases was this: they had panels, and the panels were between the fillets.{/i}
29{i}And on the panels that were between the fillets were lions, oxen and cherubim; and over the fillets there was a base above; and beneath the lions and oxen were garlands of festoon-work.{/i}
30{i}And every base had four wheels of brass, and axles of brass; and on its four corners were shoulder-pieces: under the laver were shoulder-pieces molten, behind every garland.{/i}
31{i}And the mouth of it within the crown and above was a cubit; and its mouth was rounded, as the work of the base, a cubit and a half; and also upon its mouth was sculpture; but their panels were square, not round.{/i}
32{i}And the four wheels were under the panels; and the supports of the wheels were in the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.{/i}
33{i}And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their supports, and their rims, and their spokes and their naves were all molten.{/i}
34{i}And there were four shoulder-pieces to the four corners of one base; of the base itself were its shoulder-pieces.{/i}
35{i}And in the top of the base there was a circular elevation of half a cubit round about; and on the top of the base its stays and its panels were of the same.{/i}
36{i}And he engraved on the plates of its stays and on its panels cherubim, lions and palm-trees, according to the space upon each; and garlands were round about.{/i}
37{i}After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, one form.{/i}
38{i}And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; every laver was four cubits; upon every one of the ten bases one laver.{/i}
39{i}And he put the bases, five 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 house eastward, over against the south.{/i}
40{i}And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the bowls. So Hiram ended doing all the work that he made for king Solomon for the house of Jehovah:{/i}
41{i}two pillars, and the globes of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars, two; and the two networks, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;{/i}
42{i}and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were upon the pillars;{/i}
43{i}and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;{/i}
44{i}and one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;{/i}
45{i}and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls. And all these things, which Hiram made king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, were of bright brass.{/i}
46{i}In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zaretan.{/i}
47{i}And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed from their exceeding number; the weight of the brass was not ascertained.{/i}
48{i}And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah: the golden altar; and the table of gold, whereon was the showbread;{/i}
49{i}and the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right, and five on the left, before the oracle; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,{/i}
50{i}and the basons, and the knives, and the bowls, and the cups, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, for the folding-doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, of the temple.{/i}
51{i}And all the work was finished that king Solomon made for the house of Jehovah. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; the silver and the gold and the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of Jehovah.{/i} (1 Kings 7:13‑51)
2 Chron. 2:1‑4:22• 1And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of Jehovah, and an house for his kingdom.
2And Solomon told out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
3And 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.
4{i}Behold, I build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God to dedicate it to him, to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual arrangement of the showbread , and for the morning and evening burnt-offerings and on the Sabbaths and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.{/i}
5{i}And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God above all gods.{/i}
6{i}But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, except to burn sacrifice before him?{/i}
7{i}And now send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in iron, and in purple and crimson and blue, and experienced in carving, besides the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.{/i}
8{i}Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants are experienced in cutting timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,{/i}
9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderful great.
10And, 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.
11{i}And Huram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loved his people, he made thee king over them.{/i}
12{i}And Huram said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, that made the heavens and the earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Jehovah and a house for his kingdom.{/i}
13{i}And now, I send a skilful man, endued with understanding, Huram Abi,{/i}
14{i}the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and whose father was a man of Tyre, experienced in working in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in byssus, and in crimson, and for doing any manner of engraving, and for inventing every device which shall be put to him, besides thy skilful men, and the skilful men of my lord David thy father.{/i}
15{i}And now the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants.{/i}
16{i}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.{/i}
17{i}And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account that David his father had taken of them, and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.{/i}
18{i}And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stone-masons in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people to work.{/i}
1Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [Jehovah] appeared unto David his father in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2{i}And he began to build on the second of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.{/i}
3{i}And this was Solomon's foundation for the construction of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.{/i}
4{i}And the porch which was in front was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and the height was a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.{/i}
5{i}And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains.{/i}
6{i}And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.{/i}
7{i}And he covered the house, the beams, the threshold, and its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.{/i}
8{i}And he made the house of the most holy place, the length of which was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.{/i}
9{i}And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he covered the upper chambers with gold.{/i}
10{i}And in the house of the most holy place he made two cherubim of image work, and they overlaid them with gold.{/i}
11{i}And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.{/i}
12{i}And the wing of the other cherub of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits joining the wing of the other cherub.{/i}
13{i}The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.{/i}
14{i}And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and made cherubim upon it.{/i}
15{i}And before the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits long; and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.{/i}
16{i}And he made chains as in the oracle, and he put them on the top of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.{/i}
17{i}And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; and he called the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.{/i}
1{i}And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits.{/i}
2{i}And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.{/i}
3{i}And under it was the similitude of oxen, encompassing it round about, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about, two rows of oxen, cast when it was cast.{/i}
4{i}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 above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.{/i}
5{i}And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; in capacity it held three thousand baths.{/i}
6{i}And he made ten lavers, and put five on the right and five on the left, to wash in them: they rinsed in them what they prepared for the burnt-offering; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.{/i}
7{i}And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance respecting them, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.{/i}
8{i}And he made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left. And he made a hundred golden bowls.{/i}
9{i}And he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors thereof with bronze.{/i}
10{i}And he set the sea on the right side eastward, over against the south.{/i}
11{i}And Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls.{/i}
12{i}two pillars, and the globes and the capitals on the top of the pillars, two; and the two networks, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;{/i}
13{i}and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were upon the pillars.{/i}
14{i}And he made the bases, and he made the lavers on the bases;{/i}
15{i}one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.{/i}
16{i}And the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their instruments did Huram Abiv make king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.{/i}
17{i}In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.{/i}
18{i}And Solomon made all these vessels in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained.{/i}
19Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God: {i}the golden altar; and the tables whereon was the showbread;{/i}
20{i}and the candlesticks with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;{/i}
21{i}and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold (it was perfect gold);{/i}
22{i}and the knives, and the bowls, and the cups, and the censers, of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, the inner folding-doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, of the temple, of gold.{/i} (2 Chron. 2:1‑4:22)