1 Reyes 7
Palabra de Dios para Todos
El palacio de Salomón
7 Al rey Salomón le llevó 13 años construir y terminar su propio palacio. 2 Se construyó la casa Bosque del Líbano, que medía 45 metros de largo, 22 metros de ancho y 13 metros y medio de alto. La construyó en una armazón de tres filas[a] de pilares de cedro, unidas a travesaños cortos de cedro. 3 El techo era de cedro arriba de los cuartos que se apoyaban en los 45 pilares que estaban en tres filas de 15 pilares cada una. 4 Había tres filas de tres ventanas cada una. 5 Tanto las entradas como las ventanas tenían marcos cuadrados y había tres filas de tres ventanas cada una. 6 Hizo la Entrada de las Columnas de 22 metros y medio de largo por 13 metros y medio de ancho. Al frente de la entrada hizo un pórtico con una cobertura que sobresalía.
7 Salomón también hizo un lugar para su trono donde dictaba sentencias. También tenía un pórtico y una cobertura que sobresalía. Lo llamaba la cámara del tribunal. La cámara estaba recubierta de cedro desde el piso hasta el cielo raso.
8 La casa donde vivía Salomón estaba dentro de la cámara del tribunal. Fue construida igual que la cámara del tribunal. También hizo el mismo estilo de casa para su esposa, la hija del faraón de Egipto.
9 En toda esta construcción se usaron piedras de mucho valor cortadas y ajustadas a sierra de acuerdo a las medidas necesarias. Tanto el lado exterior como el interior de las piedras estaban trabajados. Se usaron tales piedras desde los cimientos hasta los soportes de los techos. También se usaron desde el exterior hasta el gran patio. 10 Los cimientos estaban hechos con piedras valiosas, que eran muy grandes. Algunas eran de 4 metros, otras de 3. 11 De ahí hacia arriba se colocaban piedras de mucho valor cortadas según las medidas necesarias. 12 De cada lado del gran patio había una pared hecha de tres hileras de piedras cortadas y una hilera de vigas de cedro. De la misma manera se hizo el patio interior del templo del SEÑOR y el vestíbulo del templo.
Hiram trabaja el bronce
(2 Cr 3:15-17; 4:1-10)
13 El rey Salomón le mandó un mensaje a Hiram en Tiro para traerlo a Jerusalén. 14 La mamá de Hiram era una viuda israelita de la tribu de Neftalí, el papá era de Tiro y trabajaba el bronce. Hiram tenía mucha destreza, entendimiento y experiencia en la fabricación de artículos de bronce. Así que el rey Salomón pidió que viniera, e Hiram aceptó ir. El rey Salomón lo puso a cargo de todo el trabajo en bronce, e Hiram hizo todo lo que se le encargó.
15 Hiram hizo dos columnas de bronce, cada una de 8 metros de alto y 5 metros y medio de circunferencia. Las columnas eran huecas con un grosor de 8 centímetros.[b] 16 Hiram también hizo capiteles de bronce de 2 metros y medio de largo y los colocó encima de las columnas. 17 Hizo una red de cadenas colgantes para cubrir la parte superior de las columnas. 18 Hizo dos hileras de globos hechos de bronce parecidos a granadas y las colocó en las redes para cubrir la parte superior de la columna. 19 Los capiteles que estaban encima de las columnas medían 2 metros y tenían forma de flores. 20 Los capiteles de 3 metros de alto estaban encima de las columnas. La red colgaba debajo de los capiteles y ahí estaban las 200 granadas en hileras alrededor de las columnas. 21 Hiram instaló estas dos columnas de bronce en el atrio del templo. Una estaba al lado sur y la otra estaba al lado norte. La columna del lado sur se llamaba Jaquín. La del lado norte se llamaba Boaz. 22 Cuando colocaron los capiteles encima de las columnas, terminaron ese trabajo.
23 Entonces Hiram hizo de bronce un tanque grande de agua, de forma circular. La circunferencia del tanque era de 13 metros y medio, su diámetro era de 4 metros y medio y tenía una altura de 2.25 metros. 24 Debajo del borde del tanque grande de agua había hileras de calabazas, hechas de bronce y formando una sola pieza con el tanque, diez por cada medio metro. 25 El tanque grande de agua descansaba sobre doce toros mirando hacia afuera. Tres miraban al norte, tres al oriente, tres al sur y tres al occidente. 26 El grosor de las paredes del tanque grande era de 8 centímetros[c]; su borde en forma de copa se asemejaba a un capullo de lirio. El tanque grande tenía una capacidad de 44 000 litros[d].
27 Hiram también hizo diez plataformas movibles de bronce; cada una medía 2 metros de largo, 2 metros de ancho, y 1 metro de alto. 28 Las plataformas eran unas tablas cuadradas puestas en un armazón. 29 Cada tabla y armazón llevaba figuras en bronce de leones, toros y querubines. En la parte de arriba y abajo de estas figuras había diseños de flores tallados en bronce. 30 Las plataformas tenían cuatro ruedas de bronce con ejes también de bronce y en cada esquina de la plataforma había soportes para un tanque de agua. Los soportes tenían diseños de flores tallados en bronce. 31 Había un armazón arriba de cada tanque de agua que se extendía 45 centímetros arriba del tanque de agua. La apertura para cada tanque de agua era de 67 centímetros de diámetro. 32 Debajo del armazón estaban las cuatro ruedas que medían 67 centímetros de diámetro; los ejes y ruedas formaban una sola pieza con cada plataforma movible. 33 Las ruedas eran como las ruedas de un carruaje y todo lo que estaba en las ruedas era de bronce: los ejes, las orillas, los rayos y cubos.
34 Los cuatro soportes estaban en las esquinas de las plataformas y eran de una sola pieza con la plataforma. 35 Una banda de bronce terminaba la plataforma movible en la parte superior y era de una sola pieza con la plataforma. 36 Los lados de cada plataforma movible y el armazón llevaban figuras de querubines, leones y palmeras talladas en bronce. Estas figuras estaban talladas por todas partes en las plataformas donde había espacio en la superficie de las plataformas movibles. 37 Hiram hizo iguales todas las diez plataformas de bronce fundido.
38 Hiram también hizo diez tanques de agua para las diez plataformas movibles, uno para cada plataforma. Cada tanque de agua medía 2 metros de diámetro y tenía una capacidad de 880 litros[e]. 39 Hiram ubicó cinco de las plataformas al lado sur del templo cinco las otras cinco al lado norte. Puso el tanque de agua grande en la esquina sur oriental del templo. 40 Hiram también hizo calderas, palas y ollas, y terminó el trabajo que el rey Salomón quería que hiciera en el templo del SEÑOR:
41 las 2 columnas;
los 2 capiteles redondos que estaban encima de ellas;
las 2 rejillas que decoraban los capiteles;
42 las 400 granadas en dos filas para cada una de las rejillas que decoraban lo alto de las columnas;
43 las 10 plataformas movibles y los 10 tanques que iban sobre las plataformas;
44 el tanque grande de agua apoyado sobre los 12 toros;
45 las ollas, las palas y los tazones.
Hiram hizo de bronce pulido todos estos objetos que el rey Salomón quería para el templo del SEÑOR. 46 Según la orden del rey todo se hizo fundir en moldes de arcilla cerca del río Jordán entre Sucot y Saretán. 47 Había tantas cosas de bronce que a Salomón no le interesó averiguar el peso total del bronce que se usó.
48 Salomón mandó hacer todos los demás objetos que había en el templo del SEÑOR:
el altar de oro;
la mesa de oro en la que se ofrecía el pan que se consagraba a Dios;
49 los candelabros de oro puro, cinco al lado sur y cinco al lado norte, delante del Lugar Santísimo;
flores, lámparas y tenazas de oro;
50 ollas, despabiladeras, tazones, recipientes y útiles para llevar brasas, de oro puro;
bisagras de oro para las puertas que daban al Lugar Santísimo y para las del salón principal del templo.
51 Así que el rey Salomón terminó el trabajo que quería hacer para el templo del SEÑOR. Entonces reunió todo lo que su papá David había consagrado, la plata, el oro y los objetos. Llevó todo eso y lo depositó en los tesoros del templo del SEÑOR.
Footnotes
- 7:2 tres filas Según LXX. Ver 7:3. TM no tiene 3.
- 7:15 Las columnas […] 8 centímetros Según LXX. TM no tiene esta frase.
- 7:26 8 centímetros Textualmente un palmo menor. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas.
- 7:26 44 000 litros Textualmente 2000 batos. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas.
- 7:38 880 litros Textualmente 40 batos. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas.
1 Kings 7
English Standard Version
Solomon Builds His Palace
7 Solomon was (A)building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.
2 He built (B)the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred cubits[a] and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and it was built on four[b] rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row. 4 There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers. 5 All the doorways and windows[c] had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
6 And he made (C)the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and (D)a canopy in front of them.
7 And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment. (E)It was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.[d]
8 His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court at the back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter (F)whom he had taken in marriage.
9 All these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the great court. 10 The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits. 11 And above were costly stones, cut according to measurement, and cedar. 12 (G)The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the Lord and (H)the vestibule of the house.
The Temple Furnishings
13 And King Solomon sent and brought (I)Hiram from Tyre. 14 He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And (J)he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.
15 (K)He cast (L)two pillars of bronze. (M)Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.[e] 16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and (N)the height of the other capital was five cubits. 17 There were lattices of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, a lattice[f] for the one capital and a lattice for the other capital. 18 Likewise he made pomegranates[g] in two rows around the one latticework to cover the capital that was on the top of the pillar, and he did the same with the other capital. 19 Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits. 20 The capitals were on the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There were (O)two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with the other capital. 21 (P)He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz. 22 And on the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus the work of the pillars was finished.
23 (Q)Then he made (R)the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 24 Under its brim were (S)gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. 25 It stood on (T)twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. 26 Its thickness was a handbreadth,[h] and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.[i]
27 He also made the (U)ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high. 28 This was the construction of the stands: they had panels, and the panels were set in the frames, 29 and on the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work. 30 Moreover, each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a basin. The supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each. 31 Its opening was within a crown that projected upward one cubit. Its opening was round, as a pedestal is made, a cubit and a half deep. At its opening there were carvings, and its panels were square, not round. 32 And the four wheels were underneath the panels. The axles of the wheels were of one piece with the stands, and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 The wheels were made like a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. 34 There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands. 35 And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it. 36 And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths all around. 37 After this manner he made (V)the ten stands. All of them were cast alike, of the same measure and the same form.
38 And he made (W)ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands. 39 And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
40 (X)Hiram also made (Y)the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the Lord: 41 the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two (Z)latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars; 42 and the (AA)four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars; 43 the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands; 44 and (AB)the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.
45 Now (AC)the pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house of the Lord, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished bronze. 46 In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between (AD)Succoth and (AE)Zarethan. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; (AF)the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.
48 So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: (AG)the golden altar, (AH)the golden table for (AI)the bread of the Presence, 49 (AJ)the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; (AK)the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; 50 the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and (AL)fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, (AM)the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave of the temple.
51 Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in (AN)the things that David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 7:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
- 1 Kings 7:2 Septuagint three
- 1 Kings 7:5 Septuagint; Hebrew posts
- 1 Kings 7:7 Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew floor
- 1 Kings 7:15 Targum, Syriac (compare Septuagint and Jeremiah 52:21); Hebrew and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of the second pillar
- 1 Kings 7:17 Septuagint; Hebrew seven; twice in this verse
- 1 Kings 7:18 Two manuscripts (compare Septuagint); Hebrew pillars
- 1 Kings 7:26 A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters
- 1 Kings 7:26 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
1 Kings 7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Solomon’s Palace Complex
7 Solomon completed his entire palace complex after 13 years of construction.(A) 2 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon.(B) It was 150 feet[a] long, 75 feet[b] wide, and 45 feet[c] high on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars. 3 It was paneled above with cedar at the top of the chambers that rested on 45 pillars, 15 per row. 4 There were three rows of window frames, facing each other[d] in three tiers.[e](C) 5 All the doors and doorposts had rectangular frames, the openings facing each other[f] in three tiers.[g] 6 He made the hall of pillars 75 feet[h] long and 45 feet[i] wide. A portico was in front of the pillars, and a canopy with pillars[j] was in front of them. 7 He made the Hall of the Throne where he would judge(D)—the Hall of Judgment. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.[k] 8 Solomon’s own palace where he would live, in the other courtyard behind the hall, was of similar construction. And he made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, his wife.[l](E)
9 All of these buildings were of costly stones, cut to size and sawed with saws on the inner and outer surfaces, from foundation to coping and from the outside to the great courtyard. 10 The foundation was made of large, costly stones 12 and 15 feet[m] long. 11 Above were also costly stones, cut to size, as well as cedar wood. 12 Around the great courtyard, as well as the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the portico of the temple, were three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.(F)
13 King Solomon had Hiram[n](G) brought from Tyre. 14 He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze craftsman. Hiram had great skill,(H) understanding, and knowledge to do every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.(I)
The Bronze Pillars
15 He cast two hollow bronze pillars:(J) each 27 feet[o] high and 18 feet[p] in circumference.[q](K) 16 He also made two capitals(L) of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars; 7½ feet[r] was the height of the first capital, and 7½ feet[s] was also the height of the second capital. 17 The capitals on top of the pillars had gratings of latticework, wreaths[t] made of chainwork—seven for the first capital and seven for the second.
18 He made the pillars with two encircling rows of pomegranates on the one grating to cover the capital on top; he did the same for the second capital. 19 And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, six feet[u] high. 20 The capitals on the two pillars were also immediately above the rounded surface next to the grating, and 200 pomegranates(M) were in rows encircling each[v] capital. 21 He set up the pillars at the portico(N) of the sanctuary: he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin;[w] then he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz.[x](O) 22 The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. Then the work of the pillars was completed.(P)
The Reservoir
23 He made the cast metal reservoir,[y](Q) 15 feet[z] from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7½ feet[aa] high and 45 feet[ab] in circumference. 24 Ornamental gourds(R) encircled it below the brim, 10 every half yard,[ac] completely encircling the reservoir.(S) The gourds were cast in two rows when the reservoir was cast. 25 It stood on 12 oxen,(T) three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The reservoir was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center. 26 The reservoir was three inches[ad] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom. It held 11,000 gallons.[ae]
The Bronze Water Carts
27 Then he made 10 bronze water carts.[af](U) Each water cart was six feet[ag] long, six feet[ah] wide, and 4½ feet[ai] high. 28 This was the design of the carts: They had frames; the frames were between the cross-pieces, 29 and on the frames between the cross-pieces were lions, oxen, and cherubim.(V) On the cross-pieces there was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging[aj] work. 30 Each cart(W) had four bronze wheels with bronze axles. Underneath the four corners of the basin were cast supports, each next to a wreath. 31 And the water cart’s opening inside the crown on top was 18 inches[ak] wide. The opening was round, made as a pedestal 27 inches[al] wide. On it were carvings, but their frames were square, not round. 32 There were four wheels under the frames, and the wheel axles were part of the water cart; each wheel was 27 inches[am] tall. 33 The wheels’ design was similar to that of chariot wheels: their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal. 34 Four supports were at the four corners of each water cart; each support was one piece with the water cart. 35 At the top of the cart was a band nine inches[an] high encircling it; also, at the top of the cart, its braces and its frames were one piece with it. 36 He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees(X) on the plates of its braces and on its frames, wherever each had space, with encircling wreaths. 37 In this way he made the 10 water carts using the same casting, dimensions, and shape for all of them.
Bronze Basins and Other Utensils
38 Then he made 10 bronze basins(Y)—each basin holding 220 gallons[ao] and each was six feet[ap] wide—one basin for each of the 10 water carts. 39 He set five water carts on the right side of the temple and five on the left side. He put the reservoir near the right side of the temple toward the southeast.(Z) 40 Then Hiram made(AA) the basins, the shovels, and the sprinkling basins.
Completion of the Bronze Works
So Hiram finished all the work that he was doing for King Solomon on the Lord’s temple: 41 two pillars;(AB) bowls for the capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars;(AC) 42 the 400 pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals’ bowls on top of the pillars(AD)); 43 the 10 water carts;(AE) the 10 basins on the water carts;(AF) 44 the reservoir;(AG) the 12 oxen underneath the reservoir;(AH) 45 and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling basins.(AI) All the utensils that Hiram made for King Solomon at the Lord’s temple were made of burnished bronze. 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth(AJ) and Zarethan.(AK) 47 Solomon left all the utensils unweighed because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.(AL)
Completion of the Gold Furnishings
48 Solomon also made all the equipment in the Lord’s temple: the gold altar; the gold table that the bread of the Presence was placed on;(AM) 49 the pure gold lampstands in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left;(AN) the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs; 50 the pure gold ceremonial bowls, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles,[aq] and firepans;(AO) and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the most holy place) and for the doors of the temple sanctuary.
51 So all the work King Solomon did in the Lord’s temple was completed.(AP) Then Solomon brought in the consecrated things of his father David(AQ)—the silver, the gold, and the utensils—and put them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.(AR)
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 7:2 Lit 100 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:2 Lit 50 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:2 Lit 30 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:4 Lit frames, window to window
- 1 Kings 7:4 Lit three times; = at 3 different places
- 1 Kings 7:5 Lit frames, opposing window to window
- 1 Kings 7:5 Lit three times; = at 3 different places
- 1 Kings 7:6 Lit 50 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:6 Lit 30 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:6 Hb obscure
- 1 Kings 7:7 Syr, Vg; MT reads floor
- 1 Kings 7:8 Lit daughter he had taken
- 1 Kings 7:10 Lit ten cubits and eight cubits
- 1 Kings 7:13 = Huram in 2Ch 4:11
- 1 Kings 7:15 Lit 18 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:15 Lit 12 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:15 LXX adds and the thickness of the pillar was four fingers hollowed and similarly the second pillar
- 1 Kings 7:16 Lit five cubits
- 1 Kings 7:16 Lit five cubits
- 1 Kings 7:17 Lit tassels
- 1 Kings 7:19 Lit four cubits
- 1 Kings 7:20 Lit encircling the second
- 1 Kings 7:21 = He Will Establish
- 1 Kings 7:21 = In Him Is Strength
- 1 Kings 7:23 Lit sea
- 1 Kings 7:23 Lit 10 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:23 Lit five cubits
- 1 Kings 7:23 Lit 30 cubits
- 1 Kings 7:24 Lit 10 per cubit
- 1 Kings 7:26 Lit a handbreadth
- 1 Kings 7:26 Lit 2,000 baths
- 1 Kings 7:27 Lit bronze stands
- 1 Kings 7:27 Lit four cubits
- 1 Kings 7:27 Lit four cubits
- 1 Kings 7:27 Lit three cubits
- 1 Kings 7:29 Or hammered-down
- 1 Kings 7:31 Lit a cubit
- 1 Kings 7:31 Lit one and a half cubits
- 1 Kings 7:32 Lit was one and a half cubits
- 1 Kings 7:35 Lit half a cubit
- 1 Kings 7:38 Lit 40 baths
- 1 Kings 7:38 Lit four cubits
- 1 Kings 7:50 Or dishes, or spoons; lit palms
1 Kings 7
King James Version
7 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
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.
3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
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.
13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, 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.
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.
22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
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.
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.
37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
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.
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.
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:
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;
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;
43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under 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.
46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
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,
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,
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.
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.
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