was ten cubits, and so was it of 27 the other cherub. And he set the cherubim within the inner house and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the 28 house. And he overlaid the 29 cherubim with gold. And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and 31 without. And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive wood: the 'lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall. 32 So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees. 33 So also made he for the entering of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the 34 wall; and two doors of fir wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were 35 folding. And he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the 36 graven work. And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar 37 beams. In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Ziv. 2 five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing five, cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits and they stood on their feet, and their faces were 'toward 14 the house. And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon. 1 Or, posts 2 Or, cypress 1 Or, inward 3 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished 'throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. 7 And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he 2 finished all his house. For he built 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 3 pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. And it was covered with cedar above over the forty and five 'beams, that were upon the pillars; 4 fifteen in a row. And there were prospects in three rows, and light 5 was over against light in three ranks. And all the doors and posts *were square in prospect and light was over against light in three 6 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; 7 and pillars and thick beams. before them. And he made the porch of the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgement: and it 8 was covered with cedar from floor to floor. And his house where he might dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, (whom Solomon had 9 taken to wife,) like unto this porch. All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the IO Outside unto the great court. And the foundation was of costly stones, II even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. And above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and 12 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 porch of the house. 15 his work. For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, 'of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed 'either 16 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 17 cubits. There were nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillar; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other 18 chapiter. So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars and so did he for the other 19 chapiter. And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, 20 four cubits. And there were chapiters 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 21 upon the other chapiter. 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 22 the name thereof "Boaz. And upon the top of the pillars was lily work so was the work of the pillars finished. 15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five 16 cubits. And he made chains in the oracle, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 And 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 1Jachin, and the name of that on the left 2 Boaz. 4 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. 1 Heb. eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar. 2 Heb. the other pillar. 3 So some ancient authorities. The text has, pomegranates. 4 That is, He shall establish. 5 That is, perhaps, In it is strength. 1 That is, He shall establish. 2 That is, perhaps, In it is strength. 24 .23 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 compassed 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 25 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 26 were inward. And it was an handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: 27 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 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders; and there were borders between the ledges: 29 and on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a pedestal above: and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging 30 work. And every base had four brasen wheels, and axles of brass and the four feet thereof had undersetters: beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side 28 height of it. 1 Or, ten in a cubit 2 Or, panels (and so in ver. 29, &c.) 3 Or, even borders 4 Or, it was in like manner above 5 Heb. shoulders. 2 Also 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 compassed it 3 round about. And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about, 'for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was 4 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. 5 And it was an handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths. 1 Or, ten in a cubit 31 of each. And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: 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 32 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 33 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, 34 were all molten. And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base: the undersetters thereof were of the base 35 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 36 were of the same. 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, 37 with wreaths round about. After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form. 38 And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of 39 the ten bases one laver. And he set the bases, five on the right 2side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. 6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt offering they washed in them: but the sea was for the 7 priests to wash in. And he made the ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. 8 He made also ten tables, and 1 Heb. hands. 2 Heb. shoulder. |