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It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> There were four rows of cedar pillars, and great cedar beams rested on the pillars. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The hall had a cedar roof. Above the beams on the pillars were forty-five side rooms,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> arranged in three tiers of fifteen each. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>All the doorways and doorposts<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> had rectangular frames and were arranged in sets of three, facing each other.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Solomon also built the Hall of Pillars, which was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> There was a porch in front, along with a canopy supported by pillars.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Solomon also built the throne room, known as the Hall of Justice, where he sat to hear legal matters. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Solomon&#8217;s living quarters surrounded a courtyard behind this hall, and they were constructed the same way. He also built similar living quarters for Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter, whom he had married.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>From foundation to eaves, all these buildings were built from huge blocks of high-quality stone, cut with saws and trimmed to exact measure on all sides. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Some of the huge foundation stones were 15 feet long, and some were 12 feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> long. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The blocks of high-quality stone used in the walls were also cut to measure, and cedar beams were also used. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The walls of the great courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone, just like the walls of the inner courtyard of the LORD&#8217;s Temple with its entry room.</p><p class="hdg">Furnishings for the Temple</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> to come from Tyre. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He was half Israelite, since his mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. Huram was extremely skillful and talented in any work in bronze, and he came to do all the metal work for King Solomon.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For the tops of the pillars he cast bronze capitals, each 7 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a> tall. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pillars. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a> tall. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Huram set the pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one toward the south and one toward the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">k</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The capitals on the pillars were shaped like water lilies. And so the work on the pillars was finished.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then Huram cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">l</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">m</span></a> all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">n</span></a> all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The walls of the Sea were about three inches<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">o</span></a> thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 11,000 gallons<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">p</span></a> of water.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Huram also made ten bronze water carts, each 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet tall.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">q</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>They were constructed with side panels braced with crossbars. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Both the panels and the crossbars were decorated with carved lions, oxen, and cherubim. Above and below the lions and oxen were wreath decorations. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Each of these carts had four bronze wheels and bronze axles. There were supporting posts for the bronze basins at the corners of the carts; these supports were decorated on each side with carvings of wreaths. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The top of each cart had a rounded frame for the basin. It projected 1 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">r</span></a> above the cart&#8217;s top like a round pedestal, and its opening was 2 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">4</span> feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">s</span></a> across; it was decorated on the outside with carvings of wreaths. The panels of the carts were square, not round. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Under the panels were four wheels that were connected to axles that had been cast as one unit with the cart. The wheels were 2 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">4</span> feet in diameter <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>and were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bronze.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit with the cart. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Around the top of each cart was a rim nine inches wide.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">t</span></a> The corner supports and side panels were cast as one unit with the cart. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Carvings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees decorated the panels and corner supports wherever there was room, and there were wreaths all around. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>All ten water carts were the same size and were made alike, for each was cast from the same mold.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and could hold 220 gallons<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">u</span></a> of water. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>He set five water carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. The great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>He also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls.</p><p class="reg">So at last Huram completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for the Temple of the LORD:</p><p class="b"/><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>the two pillars;</p><p class="li1">the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;</p><p class="li1">the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals;</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitals (two rows of pomegranates for each of the chain networks that decorated the capitals on top of the pillars);</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>the ten water carts holding the ten basins;</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>the Sea and the twelve oxen under it;</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>the ash buckets, the shovels, and the bowls.</p><p class="b"/><p class="m">Huram made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the LORD, just as King Solomon had directed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Solomon also made all the furnishings of the Temple of the LORD:</p><p class="b"/><p class="li1">the gold altar;</p><p class="li1">the gold table for the Bread of the Presence;</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>the lampstands of solid gold, five on the south and five on the north, in front of the Most Holy Place;</p><p class="li1">the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs&#8212;all of gold;</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>the small bowls, lamp snuffers, bowls, ladles, and incense burners&#8212;all of solid gold;</p><p class="li1">the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, with their fronts overlaid with gold.</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_kings/7-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>So King Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated&#8212;the silver, the gold, and the various articles&#8212;and he stored them in the treasuries of the LORD&#8217;s Temple.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">100 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [46 meters] </span><span class="it">long, 50 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [23 meters] </span><span class="it">wide, and 30 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [13.8 meters] </span><span class="it">high.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">45 rafters,</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">45 beams,</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">45 pillars.</span><span class="ft"> The architectural details in 7:2-6 can be interpreted in many different ways.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:5 </span><span class="ft">Greek version reads </span><span class="it">windows.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">50 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [23 meters] </span><span class="it">long and 30 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [13.8 meters] </span><span class="it">wide.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:7 </span><span class="ft">As in Syriac version and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">from floor to floor.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:10 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">10 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [4.6 meters] . . . </span><span class="it">8 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [3.7 meters].</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:13 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Hiram</span><span class="ft"> (also in 7:40, 45); compare 2 Chr 2:13. This is not the same person mentioned in 5:1.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">18 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [8.3 meters] </span><span class="it">tall and 12 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [5.5 meters] </span><span class="it">in circumference.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">5 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [2.3 meters].</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:19 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">4 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [1.8 meters]; also in 7:38.</span><br><span class="fn">k</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:21 </span><span class="it">Jakin</span><span class="ft"> probably means &#8220;he establishes&#8221;; </span><span class="it">Boaz</span><span class="ft"> probably means &#8220;in him is strength.&#8221;</span><br><span class="fn">l</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">10 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [4.6 meters] </span><span class="it">across. . . . 5 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [2.3 meters] </span><span class="it">deep and 30 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [13.8 meters] </span><span class="it">in circumference.</span><br><span class="fn">m</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">20 gourds per meter;</span><span class="ft"> Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">10 per cubit.</span><br><span class="fn">n</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:25 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">12 oxen;</span><span class="ft"> compare 2 Kgs 16:17, which specifies </span><span class="it">bronze oxen.</span><br><span class="fn">o</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:26a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">a handbreadth</span><span class="ft"> [8 centimeters].</span><br><span class="fn">p</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:26b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">2,000 baths</span><span class="ft"> [42 kiloliters].</span><br><span class="fn">q</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:27 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">4 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [1.8 meters] </span><span class="it">long, 4 cubits wide, and 3 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [1.4 meters] </span><span class="it">high.</span><br><span class="fn">r</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:31a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">a cubit</span><span class="ft"> [46 centimeters].</span><br><span class="fn">s</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:31b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">1</span><span class="supit">1</span><span class="it">/</span><span class="subit">2</span><span class="it"> cubits</span><span class="ft"> [69 centimeters]; also in 7:32.</span><br><span class="fn">t</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:35 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">half a cubit wide</span><span class="ft"> [23 centimeters].</span><br><span class="fn">u</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:38 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">40 baths</span><span class="ft"> [840 liters].</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright &copy; 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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