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1 Kings 7 (WEBP)

[1] Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
[2] For he built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
[3] It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams that were on the pillars, fifteen in a row.
[4] There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks.
[5] All the doors and posts were made square with beams; and window was facing window in three ranks.
[6] He made the hall of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them.
[7] He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
[8] His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the same construction. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.
[9] All these were of costly stones, even of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.
[10] The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
[11] Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.
[12] The great court around had three courses of cut stone with a course of cedar beams, like the inner court of Yahweh’s house and the porch of the house.
[13] King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre.
[14] He 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 filled with wisdom and understanding and skill to work all works in bronze. He came to King Solomon and performed all his work.
[15] For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.
[16] He made two capitals of molten 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.
[17] There were nets of checker work and wreaths of chain work for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
[18] So he made the pillars; and there were two rows of pomegranates around the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and he did so for the other capital.
[19] The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.
[20] There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network. There were two hundred pomegranates in rows around the other capital.
[21] He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz.
[22] On the tops of the pillars was lily work. So the work of the pillars was finished.
[23] He made the molten sea ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape. Its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.
[24] Under its brim around there were buds which encircled it for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
[25] It stood on 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 on them above, and all their hindquarters were inward.
[26] It was a hand width thick. Its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.
[27] He made the ten bases of bronze. The length of one base was four cubits, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
[28] The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;
[29] and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
[30] Every base had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze; and its four feet had supports. The supports were cast beneath the basin, with wreaths at the side of each.
[31] Its opening within the capital and above was a cubit. Its opening was round like the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening were engravings, and their panels were square, not round.
[32] The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base. The height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
[33] The work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all of cast metal.
[34] There were four supports at the four corners of each base. Its supports were of the base itself.
[35] In the top of the base there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the base its supports and its panels were the same.
[36] On the plates of its supports and on its panels, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, each in its space, with wreaths all around.
[37] He made the ten bases in this way: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.
[38] He made ten basins of bronze. One basin contained forty baths. Every basin measured four cubits. One basin was on every one of the ten bases.
[39] He set the bases, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house. He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward and toward the south.
[40] Hiram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished doing all the work that he worked for King Solomon in Yahweh’s house:
[41] the two pillars; the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
[42] 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 on the pillars;
[43] the ten bases; the ten basins on the bases;
[44] the one sea; the twelve oxen under the sea;
[45] the pots; the shovels; and the basins. All of these vessels, which Hiram made for King Solomon in Yahweh’s house, were of burnished bronze.
[46] The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
[47] Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
[48] Solomon made all the vessels that were in Yahweh’s house: the golden altar and the table that the show bread was on, of gold;
[49] and the lamp stands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
[50] the cups, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, 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, of the temple, of gold.
[51] Thus all the work that King Solomon did in Yahweh’s house was finished. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the vessels—and put them in the treasuries of Yahweh’s house.

1 Kings 7:2 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
1 Kings 7:38 1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters, so 40 baths was about 224 gallons or 840 liters.

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1 Kings 7 (KJVS)

[1] But Solomon was building () his own house thirteen years , and he finished () all his house .
[2] He built () also the house of the forest of Lebanon ; the length thereof [was] an 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 .
[3] And [it was] covered () with cedar above upon the beams , that [lay] on forty five pillars , fifteen [in] a row .
[4] And [there were] windows [in] three rows , and light [was] against light [in] three ranks .
[5] And all the doors and posts [were] square (), with the windows : and light [was] against light [in] three ranks .
[6] And he made () a porch of pillars ; the length thereof [was] fifty cubits , and the breadth thereof thirty cubits : and the porch [was] before them: and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] before them.
[7] Then he made () a porch for the throne where he might judge (), [even] the porch of judgment : and [it was] covered () with cedar from one side of the floor to the other .
[8] And his house where he dwelt () [had] another court within the porch , [which] was of the like work . Solomon made () also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter , whom he had taken () [to wife], like unto this porch .
[9] All these [were of] costly stones , according to the measures of hewed stones , sawed () with saws , within and without , even from the foundation unto the coping , and [so] on the outside toward the great court .
[10] And the foundation () [was of] costly stones , even great stones , stones of ten cubits , and stones of eight cubits .
[11] And above [were] costly stones , after the measures of hewed stones , and cedars .
[12] And the great court round about [was] with three rows of hewed stones , and a row of cedar beams , both for the inner court of the house of the LORD , and for the porch of the house .
[13] And king Solomon sent () and fetched () Hiram out of Tyre .
[14] 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 filled () with wisdom , and understanding , and cunning to work () all works in brass . And he came () to king Solomon , and wrought () all his work .
[15] For he cast () two pillars of brass , of eighteen cubits high apiece : and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about ().
[16] And he made () two chapiters [of] molten () brass , to set () upon the tops of the pillars : the height of the one chapiter [was] five cubits , and the height of the other chapiter [was] five cubits :
[17] [And] nets of checker work , and wreaths of chain work , for the chapiters which [were] upon the top of the pillars ; seven for the one chapiter , and seven for the other chapiter .
[18] And he made () the pillars , and two rows round about upon the one network , to cover () the chapiters that [were] upon the top , with pomegranates : and so did () he for the other chapiter .
[19] And the chapiters that [were] upon the top of the pillars [were] of lily work in the porch , four cubits .
[20] And the chapiters upon the two pillars [had pomegranates] also above , over against the belly which [was] by the network : and the pomegranates [were] two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter .
[21] And he set up () the pillars in 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 .
[22] And upon the top of the pillars [was] lily work : so was the work of the pillars finished ().
[23] And he made () a molten () 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 .
[24] And under the brim of it round about [there were] knops compassing () it, ten in a cubit , compassing () the sea round about : the knops [were] cast in two rows , when it was cast ().
[25] 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] above upon them, and all their hinder parts [were] inward .
[26] 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 baths .
[27] And he made () 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.
[28] And the work of the bases [was] on this [manner]: they had borders , and the borders [were] between the ledges :
[29] And on the borders that [were] between the ledges [were] lions , oxen , and cherubims : and upon the ledges [there was] a base above : and beneath the lions and oxen [were] certain additions made of thin work .
[30] And every base had four brasen wheels , and plates of brass : and the four corners thereof had undersetters : under the laver [were] undersetters molten (), at the side of every addition .
[31] And the 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 .
[32] And under the borders [were] four wheels ; and the axletrees of the wheels [were joined] to the base : and the height of a wheel [was] a cubit and half a cubit .
[33] And the work of the wheels [was] like the work of a chariot wheel : their axletrees , and their naves , and their felloes , and their spokes , [were] all molten ().
[34] And [there were] four undersetters to the four corners of one base : [and] the undersetters [were] of the very base itself.
[35] 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 ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same.
[36] For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved () cherubims , lions , and palm trees , according to the proportion of every one , and additions round about .
[37] After this [manner] he made () the ten bases : all of them had one casting , one measure , [and] one size .
[38] Then made () he 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 .
[39] 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 house eastward over against the south .
[40] And Hiram made () the lavers , and the shovels , and the basons . So Hiram made () an end of doing () all the work that he made () king Solomon for the house of the LORD :
[41] The two pillars , and the [two] bowls of the chapiters that [were] on the top of the two pillars ; and the two networks , to cover () the two bowls of the chapiters which [were] upon the top of the pillars ;
[42] And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks , [even] two rows of pomegranates for one network , to cover () the two bowls of the chapiters that [were] upon the pillars ;
[43] And the ten bases , and ten lavers on the bases ;
[44] And one sea , and twelve oxen under the sea ;
[45] And the pots , and the shovels , and the basons : and all these vessels , which Hiram made () to king Solomon for the house of the LORD , [were of] bright () brass .
[46] In the plain of Jordan did the king cast () them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan .
[47] And Solomon left () all the vessels [unweighed], because they were exceeding many : neither was the weight of the brass found out ().
[48] And Solomon made () all the vessels that [pertained] unto the house of the LORD : the altar of gold , and the table of gold , whereupon the shewbread [was],
[49] And the candlesticks of pure () gold , five on the right [side], and five on the left , before the oracle , with the flowers , and the lamps , and the tongs [of] gold ,
[50] And the bowls , 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 .
[51] So was ended () all the work that king Solomon made () for the house of the LORD . And Solomon brought in () the things which David his father had dedicated ; [even] the silver , and the gold , and the vessels , did he put () among the treasures of the house of the LORD .

Young’s Literal Translation

1 Kings 7 (YLT)

[1] And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house.
[2] And he buildeth the house of the forest of Lebanon; a hundred cubits is its length, and fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar-beams on the pillars;
[3] and it is covered with cedar above, on the sides that are on the forty and five pillars, fifteen in the row.
[4] And windows are in three rows, and sight is over-against sight three times.
[5] And all the openings and the side-posts are square-windows; and sight is over-against sight three times.
[6] And the porch of the pillars he hath made; fifty cubits its length, and thirty cubits its breadth, and the porch is before them, and pillars and a thick place are before them.
[7] And the porch of the throne where he judgeth-the porch of judgment-he hath made, and it is covered with cedar from the floor unto the floor.
[8] As to his house where he dwelleth, the other court is within the porch-as this work it hath been; and a house he maketh for the daughter of Pharaoh-whom Solomon hath taken-like this porch.
[9] All these are of precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, sawn with a saw, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and at the outside, unto the great court.
[10] And the foundation is of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;
[11] and above are precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, and cedar;
[12] and the great court round about is three rows of hewn work, and a row of cedar-beams, even for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and for the porch of the house.
[13] And king Solomon sendeth and taketh Hiram out of Tyre-
[14] he is son of a woman, a widow, of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father a man of Tyre, a worker in brass, and he is filled with the wisdom and the understanding, and the knowledge to do all work in brass-and he cometh unto king Solomon, and doth all his work.
[15] And he formeth the two pillars of brass; eighteen cubits is the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass the second pillar.
[16] And two chapiters he hath made to put on the tops of the pillars, cast in brass; five cubits the height of the one chapiter, and five cubits the height of the second chapiter.
[17] Nets of net-work, wreaths of chain-work are for the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars, seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the second chapiter.
[18] And he maketh the pillars, and two rows round about on the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that are on the top, with the pomegranates, and so he hath made for the second chapiter.
[19] And the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars are of lily-work in the porch, four cubits;
[20] and the chapiters on the two pillars also above, over-against the protuberance that is beside the net; and the pomegranates are two hundred, in rows round about on the second chapiter.
[21] And he raiseth up the pillars for the porch of the temple, and he raiseth up the right pillar, and calleth its name Jachin, and he raiseth up the left pillar, and calleth its name Boaz;
[22] and on the top of the pillars is lily-work; and the work of the pillars is completed.
[23] And he maketh the molten sea, ten by the cubit from its edge unto its edge; it is round all about, and five by the cubit is its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it round about;
[24] and knops beneath its brim round about are compassing it, ten by the cubit, going round the sea round about; in two rows are the knops, cast in its being cast.
[25] It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea is upon them above, and all their hinder parts are inward.
[26] And its thickness is an handbreadth, and its edge as the work of the edge of a cup, flowers of lilies; two thousand baths it containeth.
[27] And he maketh the ten bases of brass; four by the cubit is the length of the one base, and four by the cubit its breadth, and three by the cubit its height.
[28] And this is the work of the base: they have borders, and the borders are between the joinings;
[29] and on the borders that are between the joinings are lions, oxen, and cherubs, and on the joinings a base above, and beneath the lions and the oxen are additions-sloping work.
[30] And four wheels of brass are to the one base, and axles of brass; and its four corners have shoulders-under the laver are the molten shoulders, beside each addition.
[31] And its mouth within the chapiter and above is by the cubit, and its mouth is round, the work of the base, a cubit and half a cubit; and also on its mouth are carvings and their borders, square, not round.
[32] And the four wheels are under the borders, and the spokes of the wheels are in the base, and the height of the one wheel is a cubit and half a cubit.
[33] And the work of the wheels is as the work of the wheel of a chariot, their spokes, and their axles, and their felloes, and their naves; the whole is molten.
[34] And four shoulders are unto the four corners of the one base; out of the base are its shoulders.
[35] And in the top of the base is the half of a cubit in the height all round about; and on the top of the base its spokes and its borders are of the same.
[36] And he openeth on the tablets of its spokes, and on its borders, cherubs, lions, and palm-trees, according to the void space of each, and additions round about.
[37] Thus he hath made the ten bases; one casting, one measure, one form, have they all.
[38] And he maketh ten lavers of brass; forty baths doth the one laver contain, four by the cubit is the one laver, one laver on the one base is to the ten bases;
[39] and he putteth the five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house, and the sea he hath put on the right side of the house, eastward-over-against the south.
[40] And Hiram maketh the lavers, and the shovels, and the bowls; and Hiram completeth to do all the work that he made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah;
[41] pillars two, and bowls of the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars two, and the nets two, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars;
[42] and the pomegranates four hundred for the two nets, two rows of pomegranates for the one net, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that are on the front of the pillars;
[43] and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;
[44] and the one sea, the twelve oxen under the sea,
[45] and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls; and all these vessels, that Hiram hath made to king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, are of brass-polished.
[46] In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zarthan.
[47] And Solomon placeth the whole of the vessels; because of the very great abundance, the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.
[48] And Solomon maketh all the vessels that are in the house of Jehovah: the altar of gold, and the table-on which is the bread of the Presence-of gold,
[49] and the candlesticks, five on the right, and five on the left, before the oracle, of refined gold, and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,
[50] and the basins, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of refined gold, and the hinges for the doors of the inner-house, for the holy of holies, for the doors of the house of the temple, of gold.
[51] And it is complete-all the work that king Solomon hath made for the house of Jehovah, and Solomon bringeth in the sanctified things of David his father; the silver, and the gold, and the vessels he hath put in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.