1 Kings 7:1-22 ▼

1 And his own house Solomon built thirteen years; and he finished all his house.

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

3 And it was covered with cedar above, on the beams that were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in the row.

4 And windows were in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers.

5 And all the doorways and the doorposts were squared framework, and window was opposite window in three tiers.

6 And also he made the Hall of Pillars, fifty cubits its length and thirty cubits its width. And a portico was before their faces with pillars, and a canopy was before their faces.

7 And he made a hall for the throne where he would judge there, the Hall of Justice, and it was covered with the cedar from the floor up to the ceiling.

8 And the house where he dwelt there had another court inside the porch. It was of like workmanship as this and he made a house for the daughter of Pharaoh—whom Solomon had taken—like this porch.

9 All these were of costly stones, cut to size, trimmed with the saw from within and from without, and from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside up to the great court.

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

11 And above were costly stones, hewn according to the measurement, and cedar wood.

12 And the great court was three rows of hewn stones round about and a row of cedar beams, even for the inner court of the house of YHWH and the porch of the house.

13 And King Solomon sent and brought Huram from Tyre.

14 He was the son of a woman, a widow, from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a Tyrian man, a worker in bronze. And he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill in working with all kinds of work in bronze. And he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

15 And he cast two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits compassed the second pillar.

16 And two capitals he made to set on the tops of the pillars, cast bronze, five cubits the height of the one capital, and five cubits the height of the second capital.

17 He made a network of lattice with wreaths of chainwork for the capitals that were on top of the pillars, seven for the one capital and seven for the second capital.

18 And he made the pillars and two rows all around above the one network, to cover the capitals that were on top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the second capital.

19 And the capitals that were on top of the pillars were in the shape of lilies in the hall, four cubits.

20 And the capitals on the two pillars also above, from near the belly that was next to the network. And there were two hundred pomegranates in rows all around on the second capital.

21 And he set up the pillars for the porch of the house. And he set up the pillar on the right and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name Boaz.

22 And the tops of the pillars were the work of lilies. And the work of the pillars was finished.