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Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 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. It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars, fifteen in a row. There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks. All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was facing window in three ranks. He made the porch of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits; with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them. 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. His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch. All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, 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. The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood. The great court around had three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams; like the inner court of Yahweh’s house and the porch of the house. King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre. 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. For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them. 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. 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. So he made the pillars; and there were two rows around on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: and he did so for the other capital. The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits. 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. 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. On the top of the pillars was lily work: so the work of the pillars was finished. He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape. Its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it. 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. 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. 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. He made the ten bases of bronze. The length of one base was four cubits, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height. The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges; 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. Every base had four bronze wheels, and axles of bronze; and the four feet of it had supports. The supports were cast beneath the basin, with wreaths at the side of each. Its mouth within the capital and above was a cubit. Its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were engravings, and their panels were square, not round. 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. The work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel. Their axles, and their rims, and their spokes, and their naves, were all of cast metal. There were four supports at the four corners of each base. Its supports were of the base itself. 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. 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. He made the ten bases in this way: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form. He made ten basins of bronze. One basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on every one of the ten bases one basin. 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. 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: 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; 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; the ten bases; the ten basins on the bases; the one sea; the twelve oxen under the sea; the pots; the shovels; and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in Yahweh’s house, were of burnished bronze. The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them. The weight of the bronze could not be determined. 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; and the lamp stands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; 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. 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.

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    Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

    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.

    It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars, fifteen in a row.

    There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks.

    All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was facing window in three ranks.

    He made the porch of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits; with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them.

    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.

    His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.

    All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, 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.

    The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

    Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.

    The great court around had three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams; like the inner court of Yahweh’s house and the porch of the house.

    King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre.

    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.

    For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.

    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.

    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.

    So he made the pillars; and there were two rows around on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: and he did so for the other capital.

    The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.

    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.

    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.

    On the top of the pillars was lily work: so the work of the pillars was finished.

    He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape. Its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    He made the ten bases of bronze. The length of one base was four cubits, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.

    The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;

    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.

    Every base had four bronze wheels, and axles of bronze; and the four feet of it had supports. The supports were cast beneath the basin, with wreaths at the side of each.

    Its mouth within the capital and above was a cubit. Its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were engravings, and their panels were square, not round.

    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.

    The work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel. Their axles, and their rims, and their spokes, and their naves, were all of cast metal.

    There were four supports at the four corners of each base. Its supports were of the base itself.

    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.

    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.

    He made the ten bases in this way: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.

    He made ten basins of bronze. One basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on every one of the ten bases one basin.

    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.

    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:

    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;

    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;

    the ten bases; the ten basins on the bases;

    the one sea; the twelve oxen under the sea;

    the pots; the shovels; and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in Yahweh’s house, were of burnished bronze.

    The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

    Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

    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;

    and the lamp stands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

    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.

    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.

  • KJV King James Version

    But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

    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.

    And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

    And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.

    And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

    And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

    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.

    And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

    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.

    For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

    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:

    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.

    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.

    And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

    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.

    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.

    And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

    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.

    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.

    After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

    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.

    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.

    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:

    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;

    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;

    And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

    And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

    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.

    In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

    And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

    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,

    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,

    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.

    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.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

    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.

    And it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, that lay on forty and five pillars, fifteen in a row.

    And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks.

    And all the doors with their posts were square in the frame; and light was over against light in three ranks.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

    And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn stones, and cedar-wood.

    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 the LORD, and the court of the porch of the house.

    And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.

    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.

    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.

    And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work; so was the work of the pillars finished.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders; and there were borders between the stays;

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base; the undersetters thereof were of one piece with the base itself.

    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.

    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.

    After this manner he made the ten bases; all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.

    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.

    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.

    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 the LORD:

    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;

    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;

    and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;

    and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;

    and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins; even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of the LORD, were of burnished brass.

    In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

    And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many; the weight of the brass could not be found out.

    And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold;

    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;

    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.

    Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of the LORD 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 the LORD.

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  • 1 Kings 3:1 (vv1, 8) Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into David’s city, until he had finished…
  • 2 Kings 25:13 (vv23, 27) The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of bronze that were in Yahweh’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in Yahweh’s house, and…
  • Jeremiah 52:21 (vv15, 26) As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four…
  • Joshua 3:16 (v46) the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those…
  • 1 Kings 6:36 (v12) He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.
  • 1 Kings 10:17 (v2) he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of…
  • 2 Chronicles 3:16 (v20) He made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the…
  • 2 Chronicles 3:17 (v21) He set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand…
  • 2 Chronicles 4:2 (v23) Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim. It was round, five cubits high, and thirty cubits in circumference.
  • 2 Chronicles 4:13 (v20) and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals…
  • 2 Chronicles 4:14 (v27) He also made the bases, and he made the basins on the bases;
  • 2 Chronicles 5:1 (v51) Thus all the work that Solomon did for Yahweh’s house was finished. Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even…
  • Psalms 122:5 (v7) For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.
  • Proverbs 20:8 (v7) A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
  • 1 Kings 6:18 (vv19, 24, 26) There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was visible.
  • 1 Kings 6:3 (vv7, 21) The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its…
  • 2 Chronicles 4:8 (vv40, 48) He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold.
  • 2 Chronicles 4:16 (vv14, 45) Huram his father also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for king Solomon, for Yahweh’s house, of bright bronze.
  • Jeremiah 52:17 (vv23, 27) The Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in Yahweh’s house, and the bases and the bronze sea that were in Yahweh’s house in…
  • Genesis 33:17 (v46) Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
  • Exodus 37:10-16 (v48) He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its width was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half. He overlaid…
  • Exodus 39:36 (v48) the table, all its vessels, the show bread,
  • 1 Kings 7:21 (v15) 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,…
  • 1 Chronicles 22:14 (v47) Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for Yahweh’s house one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and…
  • 2 Chronicles 2:14 (v14) the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, in…
  • 2 Chronicles 3:15-17 (v15) Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits height, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five…
  • 2 Chronicles 4:4-5 (v25) It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three…
  • 2 Chronicles 4:5 (v26) It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It received and held three thousand…
  • 2 Chronicles 4:17 (v46) The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
  • 2 Chronicles 9:16 (v2) He made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. The king put them in the House of the…
  • 2 Chronicles 4:11 (vv13–14) Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished doing the work that he did for king Solomon in God’s house:
  • Isaiah 9:7 (vv7, 21) Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold…
  • Exodus 31:2-6 (v14) “Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in…
  • Exodus 38:3 (v45) He made all the vessels of the altar: the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of bronze.
  • Joshua 13:27 (v46) and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan’s bank, to…
  • 2 Samuel 8:7-11 (v51) David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. From Betah and from Berothai, cities…
  • 1 Kings 3:28 (v7) All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do…
  • 1 Kings 7:20 (v42) There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network. There were two hundred pomegranates in…
  • 1 Kings 7:29 (v36) 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…
  • 1 Kings 9:24 (v8) But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built Millo.
  • 1 Chronicles 22:3 (v47) David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and bronze in abundance without weight;
  • 2 Chronicles 4:3 (v24) Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
  • 2 Chronicles 4:7 (v49) He made the ten lamp stands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and…
  • 2 Chronicles 4:11-16 (v40) Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished doing the work that he did for king Solomon in God’s house: the two…
  • Ecclesiastes 2:4-5 (v1) I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards. I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them…
  • Ezekiel 1:16 (v33) The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl. The four of them had one likeness. Their appearance and their work was as it…
  • Ezekiel 1:18 (v33) As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.
  • Matthew 6:33 (v1) But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
  • Revelation 21:19-20 (v10) The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire;…
  • 2 Kings 25:17 (vv17, 18, 20) The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of bronze was on it. The height of the capital was three cubits, with…
  • Exodus 28:14 (vv17–18) and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work. You shall put the braided chains on the settings.
  • Exodus 28:22 (vv17–18) You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
  • Exodus 28:24-25 (vv17–18) You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. The other two ends of the two braided chains…
  • Exodus 38:8 (vv23, 38) He made the basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of…
  • Exodus 39:15-18 (vv17–18) They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold. They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put…
  • 1 Kings 6:32 (vv26, 36) So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold.…
  • 1 Kings 6:35 (vv26, 36) He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
  • 1 Kings 7:12 (vv6, 21) The great court around had three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams; like the inner court of Yahweh’s house and the porch of…
  • 1 Kings 7:25 (vv29, 44) It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three…
  • 1 Kings 7:38 (vv26–27) He made ten basins of bronze. One basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on every one of the ten bases one basin.
  • Ezekiel 1:10 (vv25, 29) As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man. The four of them had the face of a lion on the right side. The four of them…
  • Ezekiel 41:25-26 (vv6, 36) There were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like those made on the walls. There was a threshold of wood…
  • 1 Peter 2:5 (vv11, 29) You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God…
  • Revelation 4:6-7 (vv25, 29) Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle of the throne, and around the throne were four…
  • Genesis 3:24 (v29) So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the…
  • Exodus 24:6 (v40) Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
  • Exodus 25:18 (v29) You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
  • Exodus 25:23-30 (v48) “You shall make a table of acacia wood. Its length shall be two cubits, and its width a cubit, and its height one and a half cubits. You…
  • Exodus 25:29 (v50) You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold.
  • Exodus 25:31-36 (v24) “You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be made of hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its…
  • Exodus 25:31-40 (v49) “You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be made of hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its…
  • Exodus 30:1-5 (v48) “You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood. Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit. It shall…
  • Exodus 30:17-21 (v38) Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “You shall also make a basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, in which to wash. You shall put it between…
  • Exodus 30:18-21 (v23) “You shall also make a basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the…
  • Exodus 30:28 (v38) the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
  • Exodus 35:30–36:2 (v14) Moses said to the children of Israel, “Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. He…
  • Exodus 36:8 (v14) All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and…
  • Exodus 36:38 (v16) and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of bronze.
  • Exodus 37:7 (v29) He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat:
  • Exodus 37:17-22 (v24) He made the lamp stand of pure gold. He made the lamp stand of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were…
  • Exodus 37:17-24 (v49) He made the lamp stand of pure gold. He made the lamp stand of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were…
  • Exodus 37:25-29 (v48) He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its…
  • Exodus 38:17 (v16) The sockets for the pillars were of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. Their capitals were overlaid with…
  • Exodus 38:19 (v16) Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of bronze; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets,…
  • Exodus 38:28 (v16) From the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.
  • Exodus 39:32-43 (v40) Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded…
  • Exodus 39:37 (v49) the pure lamp stand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light,
  • Exodus 39:38 (v48) the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent,
  • Exodus 40:11-12 (v38) You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it. “You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall…
  • Exodus 40:22-23 (v48) He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside of the veil. He set the bread in order on it before…
  • Exodus 40:24-25 (v49) He put the lamp stand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle. He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as…
  • Exodus 40:26 (v48) He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil;
  • Exodus 40:33 (v51) He raised up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
  • Leviticus 8:31 (v45) Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the meat at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the…
  • Leviticus 16:12 (v50) He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it…

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 30, 31, 33, 35, 38, 39, 45, 46, 48, 50 After he had built the Temple.

After he had built the Temple.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv1–51 1Ki 7:1 But Solomon was building his own house…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51 His own house; the royal palace for himself, and…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On vv1, 13, 48 Never had any man so much of the spirit…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years,....…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 39, 45, 48, 49, 51 Solomon builds several other houses, ver. 1-12. He furnishes…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 15, 21, 27, 38, 40, 46, 51 Solomon builds his own house, and completes it in…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 33, 38, 40, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51 1Ki 7:1. Solomon was building his own house —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51 Thirteen years - The thirteen years, i. e., counting…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51 Thirteen. He was only twelve years and a half;…
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures 1864 · Public Domain On v1 C.—The accomplishment of the building of the palace, and…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv2, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 40, 46, 48, 49 OF THE HOUSE OF LEBANON. (Kg1 7:2-7)
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50 SOLOMON’S PALACE, 1Ki_7:1-12.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 Ch. 1Ki_7:1-12. The building of Solomon’s own house, the…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23, 27, 31, 39, 40, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51 (6) A porch of pillars, although by some authorities…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 SOLOMON"S PALACES AND THE PREPARATION OF THE TEMPLE VESSELS.…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv1, 6, 13, 22, 50 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years.
The Expositor's Bible 1887 · Public Domain On v13 1Ki_7:13-51; 1Ki_8:12-61
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain On vv1, 13 1Ki_7:1. Solomon was building his own house thirteen years—Because…
The Sermon Bible 1900 · Public Domain On v1 1Ki 7:22
J. R. Dummelow 1909 · Public Domain On v1 Solomon's Palace
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On vv1, 5, 21, 48 Eighth month i.e. November.
Arno C. Gaebelein 1922 · Public Domain On v1 CHAPTER 7 The House of Solomon and Pharaoh’s DaughterThe…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On vv1, 13 Solomon’s Palace
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 51 General Information:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv1, 2, 6, 9, 12, 13, 15, 23, 27, 40, 46, 48, 50 7:1-12 Before describing the Temple’s furnishings, the writer mentions…
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