Chronological Plan

¹Now Solomon built his own house over the course of thirteen years, and he finished all of his house.

²He built the house of the timber from Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars.

³And it was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.

⁴There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window at three intervals.

⁵And all the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window at three intervals.

⁶Then he made the hall of pillars; its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a threshold in front of them.

⁷And he made the hall of the throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.

⁸And his house where he was to live, the other courtyard inward from the hall, was of this same workmanship. He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had married.

⁹All of these were made of valuable stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the large courtyard.

¹⁰And the foundation was of valuable stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

¹¹And above were valuable stones, cut according to measure, and cedar.

¹²So the large courtyard all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams as well as the inner courtyard of the house of the LORD, and the porch of the house.

¹³Now King Solomon sent word and had Hiram brought from Tyre.

¹⁴He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, an artisan in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom, skill, and knowledge for doing any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work.

¹⁵He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of each pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.

¹⁶He also made two capitals of cast bronze to put 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.

¹⁷There were lattices of latticework and wreaths of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital.

¹⁸So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one lattice to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital.

¹⁹The capitals which were on the tops of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits.

²⁰So there were capitals on the two pillars, also above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the lattice; and the pomegranates totaled two hundred in rows around both capitals.

²¹And he set up the pillars at the porch of the main room: he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz.

²²On the top of the pillars was the lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished.

²³He also he made the Sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in shape, and its height was five cubits, and it was thirty cubits in circumference.

²⁴Under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, completely surrounding the Sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the rest.

²⁵It was standing on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the Sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward.

²⁶And it was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths.

²⁷Then he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits, its width four cubits, and its height was three cubits.

²⁸This was the design of the stands: they had borders, that is, borders between the crossbars,

²⁹and on the borders which were between the crossbars were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the crossbars there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

³⁰Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side.

³¹And its opening inside the crown at the top was a cubit, and its opening was round like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and on its opening also there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round.

³²The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half.

³³The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.

³⁴Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself.

³⁵And on the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it.

³⁶And he engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders cherubim, lions, and palm trees, as there was clear space on each, with wreaths all around.

³⁷He made the ten stands like this: all of them had the same casting, same measure, and same form.

³⁸And he made ten basins of bronze, each holding forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin.

³⁹Then he placed the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the Sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.

⁴⁰Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:

⁴¹the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two lattices to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;

⁴²and the four hundred pomegranates for the two lattices, two rows of pomegranates for each lattice to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars;

⁴³and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands;

⁴⁴and the one Sea and the twelve oxen under the Sea;

⁴⁵and the buckets, the shovels, and the bowls; indeed, all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.

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

⁴⁷However, Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

⁴⁸Solomon also made all the furniture that was in the house of the LORD: the golden altar and the golden table on which was set the bread of the Presence;

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

⁵⁰also the cups, the shears, the bowls, the ladles, and the firepans, 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, for the main room, of gold.

⁵¹So all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the offerings vowed by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

¹Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and ten cubits in height.

²He also made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits.

³Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the Sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece.

⁴It was standing on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the Sea was set on top of them and all their hindquarters turned inward.

⁵It was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold three thousand baths.

⁶He also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left to rinse things for the burnt offering; but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.

⁷Then he made the ten golden lampstands in the way prescribed for them, and he set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

⁸He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred golden bowls.

⁹Then he made the courtyard of the priests and the great courtyard, and doors for the courtyard, and overlaid their doors with bronze.

¹⁰He put the Sea on the right side of the house toward the southeast.

¹¹Huram also made the pails, the shovels, and the bowls. So Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon in the house of God:

¹²the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars,

¹³and the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars.

¹⁴He also made the stands and he made the basins on the stands,

¹⁵and the one Sea with the twelve oxen under it.

¹⁶The pails, the shovels, the forks, and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon, for the house of the LORD.

¹⁷On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

¹⁸So Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

¹⁹Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables with the bread of the Presence on them,

²⁰the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed;

²¹the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, that is, of purest gold;

²²and the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons, and the firepans of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the Most Holy Place and the doors of the house, that is, of the main room, of gold.