| New Living Translation | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction. | 1Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace. |
| 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. | 2He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams. |
| 3The hall had a cedar roof. Above the beams on the pillars were forty-five side rooms, arranged in three tiers of fifteen each. | 3The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row. |
| 4On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other. | 4There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers. |
| 5All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames and were arranged in sets of three, facing each other. | 5All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers. |
| 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. | 6Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico. |
| 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. | 7In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling. |
| 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. | 8And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. |
| 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. | 9All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard. |
| 10Some of the huge foundation stones were 15 feet long, and some were 12 feet long. | 10The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long. |
| 11The blocks of high-quality stone used in the walls were also cut to measure, and cedar beams were also used. | 11Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. |
| 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 | 12The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD. |
| 13King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram to come from Tyre. | 13Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre. |
| 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. | 14He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work. |
| 15Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference. | 15He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. |
| 16For the tops of the pillars he cast bronze capitals, each 7 1/2 feet tall. | 16He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high. |
| 17Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains. | 17For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital. |
| 18He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pillars. | 18Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars. |
| 19The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet tall. | 19And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high. |
| 20The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework. | 20On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital. |
| 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. | 21Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz. |
| 22The capitals on the pillars were shaped like water lilies. And so the work on the pillars was finished. | 22And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed. |
| 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. | 23He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference. |
| 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. | 24Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea. |
| 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. | 25The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center. |
| 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. | 26It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths. |
| 27Huram also made ten bronze water carts, each 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 1/2 feet tall. | 27In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high. |
| 28They were constructed with side panels braced with crossbars. | 28This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights, |
| 29Both the panels and the crossbars were decorated with carved lions, oxen, and cherubim. Above and below the lions and oxen were wreath decorations. | 29and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work. |
| 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. | 30Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side. |
| 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. | 31The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round. |
| 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 | 32There were four wheels under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand; each wheel was a cubit and a half in diameter. |
| 33and were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bronze. | 33The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal. |
| 34There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit with the cart. | 34Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from 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. | 35At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand. |
| 36Carvings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees decorated the panels and corner supports wherever there was room, and there were wreaths all around. | 36He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around. |
| 37All ten water carts were the same size and were made alike, for each was cast from the same mold. | 37In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape. |
| 38Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and could hold 220 gallons of water. | 38He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands. |
| 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. | 39He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple. |
| 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: | 40Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: |
| 41the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals; | 41the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop 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); | 42the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars); |
| 43the ten water carts holding the ten basins; | 43the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands; |
| 44the Sea and the twelve oxen under it; | 44the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea; |
| 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. | 45and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze. |
| 46The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan. | 46The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan. |
| 47Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured. | 47Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined. |
| 48Solomon also made all the furnishings of the Temple of the LORD: the gold altar; the gold table for the Bread of the Presence; | 48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence; |
| 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; | 49the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs; |
| 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. | 50the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the 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. | 51So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD. |
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