| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 1It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. | 1Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction. |
| 2He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. | 2One of Solomon’s buildings was called the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. There were four rows of cedar pillars, and great cedar beams rested on the pillars. |
| 3It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns--forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. | 3The hall had a cedar roof. Above the beams on the pillars were forty-five side rooms, arranged in three tiers of fifteen each. |
| 4Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other. | 4On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other. |
| 5All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other. | 5All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames and were arranged in sets of three, facing each other. |
| 6He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof. | 6Solomon also built the Hall of Pillars, which was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front, along with a canopy supported by pillars. |
| 7He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling. | 7Solomon 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. |
| 8And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married. | 8Solomon’s living quarters surrounded a courtyard behind this hall, and they were constructed the same way. He also built similar living quarters for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. |
| 9All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces. | 9From 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. |
| 10The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight. | 10Some of the huge foundation stones were 15 feet long, and some were 12 feet long. |
| 11Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. | 11The blocks of high-quality stone used in the walls were also cut to measure, and cedar beams were also used. |
| 12The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the LORD with its portico. | 12The 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’s Temple with its entry room. Furnishings for the Temple |
| 13King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram, | 13King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram to come from Tyre. |
| 14whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him. | 14He 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. |
| 15He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. | 15Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference. |
| 16He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits high. | 16For the tops of the pillars he cast bronze capitals, each 7 1/2 feet tall. |
| 17A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. | 17Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains. |
| 18He made pomegranates in two rows encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars. He did the same for each capital. | 18He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pillars. |
| 19The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high. | 19The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet tall. |
| 20On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around. | 20The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework. |
| 21He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz. | 21Huram 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. |
| 22The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed. | 22The capitals on the pillars were shaped like water lilies. And so the work on the pillars was finished. |
| 23He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. | 23Then Huram cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7 1/2 feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference. |
| 24Below the rim, gourds encircled it--ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea. | 24It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin. |
| 25The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. | 25The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen, all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them. |
| 26It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths. | 26The walls of the Sea were about three inches thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 11,000 gallons of water. |
| 27He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high. | 27Huram also made ten bronze water carts, each 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 1/2 feet tall. |
| 28This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights. | 28They were constructed with side panels braced with crossbars. |
| 29On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim--and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work. | 29Both the panels and the crossbars were decorated with carved lions, oxen, and cherubim. Above and below the lions and oxen were wreath decorations. |
| 30Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side. | 30Each 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. |
| 31On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half. Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round. | 31The top of each cart had a rounded frame for the basin. It projected 1 1/2 feet above the cart’s top like a round pedestal, and its opening was 2 1/4 feet across; it was decorated on the outside with carvings of wreaths. The panels of the carts were square, not round. |
| 32The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. | 32Under the panels were four wheels that were connected to axles that had been cast as one unit with the cart. The wheels were 2 1/4 feet in diameter |
| 33The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal. | 33and were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bronze. |
| 34Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand. | 34There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit with the cart. |
| 35At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand. | 35Around the top of each cart was a rim nine inches wide. The corner supports and side panels were cast as one unit with the cart. |
| 36He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around. | 36Carvings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees decorated the panels and corner supports wherever there was room, and there were wreaths all around. |
| 37This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape. | 37All ten water carts were the same size and were made alike, for each was cast from the same mold. |
| 38He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. | 38Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and could hold 220 gallons of water. |
| 39He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple. | 39He 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. |
| 40He also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the LORD: | 40He also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls. So at last Huram completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for the Temple of the LORD: |
| 41the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; | 41the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals; |
| 42the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars); | 42the 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); |
| 43the ten stands with their ten basins; | 43the ten water carts holding the ten basins; |
| 44the Sea and the twelve bulls under it; | 44the Sea and the twelve oxen under it; |
| 45the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls. All these objects that Huram made for King Solomon for the temple of the LORD were of burnished bronze. | 45the ash buckets, the shovels, and the bowls. Huram made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the LORD, just as King Solomon had directed. |
| 46The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan. | 46The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan. |
| 47Solomon left all these things unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined. | 47Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured. |
| 48Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the LORD's temple: the golden altar; the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; | 48Solomon also made all the furnishings of the Temple of the LORD: the gold altar; the gold table for the Bread of the Presence; |
| 49the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary); the gold floral work and lamps and tongs; | 49the lampstands of solid gold, five on the south and five on the north, in front of the Most Holy Place; the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs—all of gold; |
| 50the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple. | 50the small bowls, lamp snuffers, bowls, ladles, and incense burners—all of solid gold; the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, with their fronts overlaid with gold. |
| 51When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated--the silver and gold and the furnishings--and he placed them in the treasuries of the LORD's temple. | 51So King Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the various articles—and he stored them in the treasuries of the LORD’s Temple. |
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