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| 1But Solomon took thirteen years to build his own palace, and finally finished it. | 1Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house. |
| 2He built his own palace out of timber supplied from the forest of Lebanon. It was 100 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, 20 cubits tall, and was constructed on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams interlocking the pillars. | 2He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred cubits and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and it was built on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars. |
| 3There were 45 pillars paneled with cedar above the side chambers, with rows of fifteen pillars, | 3And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row. |
| 4with three rows of framed windows facing each other in three ranks. | 4There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers. |
| 5All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames, with the doorways facing each other in three tiers. | 5All the doorways and windows had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers. |
| 6There was also a hall of pillars 50 cubits long and 30 cubits wide, and a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of the pillars. | 6And he made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of them. |
| 7He constructed the Judgment Hall for the throne room where he would be ruling, paneling it with cedar from floor to ceiling. | 7And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment. It was finished with cedar from floor to rafters. |
| 8Solomon's personal dwelling quarters, a separate court behind the hall, was of similar workmanship. Solomon also built a house similar to this for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had married. | 8His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter whom he had taken in marriage. |
| 9All of these were made with expensive stones, pre-cut according to specifications, hand-sawed inside and out from the foundation to the coping, including from inside to the great court. | 9All these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the great court. |
| 10The foundation was made of expensive stone, including large stones ten cubits long and stones eight cubits long. | 10The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits. |
| 11Above these were expensive stones cut according to specifications, and cedar. | 11And above were costly stones, cut according to measurement, and cedar. |
| 12So the great court was surrounded by three rows of cut stone, along with a row of cedar beams, just like the inner court of the LORD's Temple and the porch surrounding the Temple. | 12The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the LORD and the vestibule of the house. |
| 13King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre, | 13And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. |
| 14the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, whose father was from Tyre. A bronze worker, he was wise, knowledgeable, and was skilled in all sorts of bronze working. He went to King Solomon and did all of his work. | 14He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work. |
| 15He fashioned two bronze pillars, each one eighteen cubits high, with a circumference of twelve cubits. | 15He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same. |
| 16He also crafted two capitals of cast bronze and set them on top of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. | 16He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. |
| 17A network of latticework on top of the pillars was inlaid with ornamental wreaths and chains, the top of each pillar containing seven groups of ornamental structures. | 17There were lattices of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, a lattice for the one capital and a lattice for the other capital. |
| 18The pillars contained two rows of ornaments shaped like pomegranates around the latticework covering the top of each pillar. | 18Likewise he made pomegranates in two rows around the one latticework to cover the capital that was on the top of the pillar, and he did the same with the other capital. |
| 19The capitals on top of each pillar above the rounded latticework contained four cubits of lily designs, | 19Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits. |
| 20with the capitals on the two pillars covered by 200 pomegranates in rows around both the capitals above and adjoining the rounded latticework. | 20The capitals were on the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There were two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with the other capital. |
| 21That's how he designed the pillars at the portico of the sanctuary. When he set up the right pillar, he named it Jachin. When he set up the left pillar, he named it Boaz. | 21He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz. |
| 22The work on the pillars was finished with a lily design on top of the pillars. | 22And on the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus the work of the pillars was finished. |
| 23Hiram also made a sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in shape and five cubits and 30 cubits in its inner circumference. | 23Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. |
| 24Under the brim, completely encircling it, were two rows of gourds inlaid as part of the original casting, ten to a cubit. | 24Under its brim were gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. |
| 25The sea stood on top of twelve oxen. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east. The sea was set on top of them, and their hind parts faced the center. | 25It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. |
| 26The reservoir, which held about 2,000 baths, stood about a handbreadth thick, and its rim looked like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom. | 26Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths. |
| 27Hiram also made ten bronze water carts. Each one was four cubits wide, four cubits long, and three cubits high. | 27He also made the ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high. |
| 28The carts were designed with borders between cross-pieces, | 28This was the construction of the stands: they had panels, and the panels were set in the frames, |
| 29and on the borders between the cross-pieces were lions, oxen, and cherubim. A pedestal was placed above the cross-pieces, and beneath the lions and oxen there were wreaths hanging down. | 29and on the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work. |
| 30Each cart had four bronze wheels equipped with bronze axles with four support feet. Beneath the basin were cast support structures made like wreaths on each side. | 30Moreover, each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a basin. The supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each. |
| 31The opening to each water cart inside the crown on top was one cubit wide, with engravings on the opening. The borders to the frames surrounding the opening were square, not round. | 31Its opening was within a crown that projected upward one cubit. Its opening was round, as a pedestal is made, a cubit and a half deep. At its opening there were carvings, and its panels were square, not round. |
| 32The four wheels were placed underneath the borders, and the axles for the wheels were on the stand. Each wheel stood one and a half cubits high. | 32And the four wheels were underneath the panels. The axles of the wheels were of one piece with the stands, and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. |
| 33The wheels resembled those of a chariot, with their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs made of cast bronze. | 33The wheels were made like a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. |
| 34Four supports stood at the four corners of each cart, built into the carts themselves. | 34There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands. |
| 35On top of each stand was a circular structure one half of one cubit high, with its braces and support frames integral with it, forming a single piece. | 35And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it. |
| 36Hiram engraved ornamental cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and frames wherever there was space to do so, and encircled the artwork with wreaths. | 36And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths all around. |
| 37He made ten identical water carts by using the same plans, castings, and shapes for all of them. | 37After this manner he made the ten stands. All of them were cast alike, of the same measure and the same form. |
| 38Hiram also fashioned ten bronze basins, each holding about 40 baths, each basin measuring four cubits in diameter, with one basin for each stand. | 38And he made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands. |
| 39He set five of the stands on the right side of the Temple and five on the left side of the Temple. He set the bronze sea on the right side of the Temple eastward facing the south. | 39And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house. |
| 40Hiram also made the basins, shovels, and bowls to complete the work that he performed for King Solomon in the LORD's Temple, | 40Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the LORD: |
| 41including the two pillars and the bowls for the capitals that stood on top of the two pillars, along with the two lattices that covered the two bowls of the capitals that stood on top of the pillars, | 41the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars; |
| 42plus the 400 pomegranates for the two lattices (that is, the two rows of pomegranates for each lattice to cover the two bowls of the capitals that stood on top of the pillars), | 42and the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars; |
| 43the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands, | 43the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands; |
| 44the single bronze sea and the twelve oxen that stood under the sea, | 44and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea. |
| 45and the pots, shovels, and bowls—all of these utensils that Hiram made for King Solomon for the LORD's Temple were made from polished bronze. | 45Now the pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house of the LORD, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished bronze. |
| 46The king had them cast in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan in the Jordan plain. | 46In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. |
| 47Solomon never inventoried the weight of the bronze used, because there were too many utensils, so the weight of the bronze used was never ascertained. | 47And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; the weight of the bronze was not ascertained. |
| 48Solomon made all the furnishings that were placed in the LORD's Temple, including the golden altar and the golden table on which the bread of the Presence was placed, | 48So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence, |
| 49along with the lamp stands (five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary), all made of pure gold, as well as the flower blossoms, lamps, and tongs of gold, | 49the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; |
| 50and the cups, snuffers, bowls, spoons, and the fire pans, all made of pure gold, and hinges for the doors of the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place, and for the gates of the Temple that led to the nave, also of gold. | 50the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave of the temple. |
| 51Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the LORD's Temple was finished. Then Solomon brought in the articles that had been dedicated by his father David, including silver, gold, and other utensils, and he placed them into storage in the treasuries of the LORD's Temple. | 51Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD. |
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