1 Kings, 7

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

1. Solomon took thirteen years to build his own palace.

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.

2. He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon which measured one hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. It was built on three rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars.

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

3. It had a cedar ceiling above the beams that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.

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

4. There were three window frames at either end, each window corresponding to another opposite it.

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

5. All the doorways and windows had square frames and each window corresponded to the one opposite it.

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.

6. The Hall of Pillars measured fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. It had a porch in front with pillars and a canopy over 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.

7. The Hall of the Throne where Solomon was to pronounce judgment, that is, the Hall of Judgment, was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.

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.

8. His own house, where he was to live, and which was in the other court behind the hall, was built in like manner. Solomon also made a house similar to this for Pharaoh's daughter whom he had taken in marriage.

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.

9. All these were made of costly stones, hewn according to measure, sawn on their inner and outer faces even from the foundation to the coping, and from the court of Yahweh's House to the big court.

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

10. The foundation was of huge, costly stones of eighty and ten cubits.

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

11. Above were costly stones, hewn according to measure, and cedar wood.

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.

12. The great court was surrounded by a wall of hewn stones and a course of cedar beams, like the interior court of Yahweh's House and its vestibule.

13. And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

13. King Solomon sent for and brought from Tyre, Hiram,

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.

14. who was the son of a widow of Naphtali's tribe. His father was from Tyre and an artisan in bronze-work, and he himself was very knowledgeable and skilled in all kinds of bronze-work. Hiram came and did all the work that Solomon asked of him.

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.

15. He cast two brazen pillars, both of which measured eighteen cubits high and had a circumference of twelve cubits. Both were hollow and measured four fingers in thickness.

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:

16. He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars, both measuring five cubits high.

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.

17. He also made two pieces of network with a chainlike mesh for each of the capitals on top of the pillars.

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.

18. Likewise, he made pomegranates arranged in two rows encircling each piece of network to cover each capital on top of the pillars.

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

19. The capitals on top of the pillars in the vestibule had a lotus design measuring 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.

20. They were on the two pillars above the nodes and beside the network, encircled by two hundred pomegranates arranged in two rows.

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.

21. Hiram set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple; one to the right called Yakin, and one to the left called Boaz.

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

22. In this way the work on the pillars was completed.

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.

23. Hiram then cast the great round bowl called the "Sea," measuring ten cubits from one brim to the opposite; it was five cubits high and had a circumference of thirty cubits.

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.

24. Under its brim, it was encircled with gourds, ten for each cubit, arranged in two rows and cast along with the Sea.

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.

25. This rested on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east, with their haunches towards the center.

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.

26. It was a handbreadth in thickness, its brim resembling a cup or a lily flower, and had a capacity of 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.

27. Hiram also made ten brazen stands, each measuring four cubits long, four cubits wide and three cubits high;

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

28. and this was how the stands were constructed: they had framed panels

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.

29. on which were lions, oxen and cherubim. On the frames above and below the lions and oxen were wreaths in relief.

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.

30. Each stand had four brazen wheels and axles; its four feet had shoulderings under the basin.

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.

31. Its mouth measured one and a half cubits from where the shoulderings met the top; its mouth was round like a rest for a vessel; and on the mouth there were engravings, too. The crosspieces, however, were rectangular, 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.

32. The four wheels were below the panels; their axles being one piece with the stands. Each wheel was a cubit and a half high.

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.

33. The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal. The four legs of each stand had cast braces supporting a basin and had wreaths on each side.

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

34. These four braces, extending to the corners of each stand, were of one piece with the stand.

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.

35. On top of the stand was a round band half a cubit high, with supports and panels which were of one piece with the stand. This was topped by a crown one cubit high within which was a rounded opening, the way a pedestal is made, a cubit and a half deep. Its opening had carvings and its panels were square and not round.

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.

36. On the surface of its supports, as also on its panels, and wherever there was space, were carvings of cherubim, lions and palm trees, with wreaths all around.

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

37. This was how the ten stands were made - all of them with the same cast, same measurement, and same form.

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.

38. Hiram also made ten brazen basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits. There was a basin for each of the ten stands.

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.

39. He placed five of the stands on the south side of the House, and five on the north side. The Sea he placed at the southeast corner of the temple.

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:

40. Hiram also made the bowls, shovels and basins, and thereby finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon on Yahweh's House.

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;

41. Hence, two pillars, two bowls on the capitals at 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;

42. four hundred pomegranates for two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals at the top of the pillars,

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

43. ten stands, ten basins on the stands,

44. And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

44. the Sea, and twelve oxen underneath 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.

45. Now the bowls, shovels and basins - all these vessels which Hiram made in Yahweh's House for King Solomon - were of burnished bronze.

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

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

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

47. Solomon left all the vessels unweighed since there were so many of them. And so the weight of the bronze was not known.

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],

48. So Solomon made all the vessels that were in Yahweh's House: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of Presence,

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,

49. the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary; the flowers, lamps and 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.

50. the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and firepans of pure gold; and the golden hinges for both the doors of the innermost part of the House, the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the Sanctuary of the House.

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.

51. When all the work that King Solomon did on Yahweh's House was completed, he brought in the things which David his father had dedicated - the silver, the gold, and the vessels - and stored them in the treasures of Yahweh's House.