Book 10 : NEVIIM - I KINGS - Chapter 007
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And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and
he finished all his house
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For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon: the length
thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the
height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams
upon the pillars
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And it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers,
that lay on forty and five pillars, fifteen in a row
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And there were beams in three rows; and light was over
against light in three ranks
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And all the doors with their posts were square in the
frame; and light was over against light in three ranks
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And he made the porch of pillars: the length thereof was
fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them;
and pillars and thick beams before them
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And he made the porch of the throne where he might judge,
even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor
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And his house where he might dwell, in the other court,
within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's
daughter, whom Solomon had taken to wife, like unto this porch
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All these were of costly stones, according to the measures
of hewn stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation
unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court
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And the foundation was of costly stones, even great
stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits
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And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn
stones, and cedar-wood
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And the great court round about had three rows of hewn
stone, and a row of cedar beams, like as the inner court of the house of HaShem,
and the court of the porch of the house
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And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre
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He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and
his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom
and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. And he came to king
Solomon, and wrought all his work
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Thus he fashioned the two pillars of brass, of eighteen
cubits high each; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it about; and so the
other pillar
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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
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He also made nets of checker-work, and 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
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And he made the pillars; and there were two rows round
about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the
pomegranates; and so did he for the other capital
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And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in
the porch were of lily-work, four cubits
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And there were capitals above also upon the two pillars,
close by the belly which was beside the network; and the pomegranates were two
hundred, in rows round about upon each capital
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And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple; and
he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin; and he set up
the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz
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And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work; so was the
work of the pillars finished
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And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to
brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of
thirty cubits did compass it round about
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And under the brim of it round about there were knops
which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about; the knops
were in two rows, cast when it was cast
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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 upon them above, and all their
hinder parts were inward
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And it was a hand-breadth thick; and the brim thereof was
wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held two thousand
baths
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And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the
length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the
height of it
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And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had
borders; and there were borders between the stays
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and on the borders that were between the stays were lions,
oxen, and cherubim; and upon the stays it was in like manner above; and beneath
the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work
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And every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass;
and the four feet thereof had undersetters; beneath the laver were the
undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each
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And the mouth of it within the crown and above was a cubit
high; and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and
a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings; and their borders were
foursquare, not round
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And the four wheels were underneath the borders; and the
axletrees of the wheels were in the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit
and half a cubit
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And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot
wheel; their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves,
were all molten
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And there were four undersetters at the four corners of
each base; the undersetters thereof were of one piece with the base itself
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And in the top of the base was there a round compass of
half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the borders
thereof were of one piece therewith
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And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the borders
thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of
each, with wreaths round about
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After this manner he made the ten bases; all of them had
one casting, one measure, and one form
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And he made 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 set 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, toward the south
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And Hiram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins.
So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in
the house of HaShem
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the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that
were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of
the capitals that were on the top of the pillars
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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 top of the pillars
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and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases
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and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea
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and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins; even all
these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of HaShem, were
of burnished brass
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In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the
clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan
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And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they
were exceeding many; the weight of the brass could not be found out
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And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of
HaShem: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold
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and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on
the left, before the Sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps,
and the tongs, of gold
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and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the
pans, and the fire-pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the
inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of
the temple, of gold
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Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house
of HaShem was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father
had dedicated, the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the
treasuries of the house of HaShem
Book 10 : NEVIIM - I KINGS - Chapter 007
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