king commanded, and they "hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with 18) wrought stone!. °And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, 'and' prepared 'the' timber and 'the' stones to build the house.

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2And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the 2 house of the LORD. And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof 3 thirty cubits. And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. And for the house he made windows of fixed 5 lattice-work'. °And against the wall of the house he built Istories' round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made 'side16) chambers round about: the nethermost 'story was five cubits broad. and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for on the outside' he made Irebatements in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold' in the walls of the 1 house. And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry: and' there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, 8 while it was in building. The door for the middle side-chambers' was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle chambers, and out of the 9 middle into the third. So he built the house, and finished it; and he' covered the house with beams and

(10 101planks of cedar. And he built 'the stories against all the house, leach' five cubits high and 11they rested on the house with timber of cedar. 11 And the word of the LORD came 12 to Solomon, saying, Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgements, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish' my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy 13 father. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

And

14 So Solomon built the house, and (15 finished it. And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; 12 from the floor of the house luntol the walls of the cieling, he covered them on the inside with wood: and The covered the floor of the house (16) with 'boards' of 18fir. 14 And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from! the floor unto the 15walls: he even built them for it within, for 'an' oracle, 17 even for the most holy place. the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long. 18) And 'there was cedar 'on' the house within, carved with 16knops and open flowers all was cedar; there was no 19) stone seen. And he prepared 'an' oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the 20 covenant of the LORD. And within' the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: "and the covered 21 the altar with cedar. So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold Jacross before the oracle; and he 22) overlaid it with gold. And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the 23 oracle he overlaid with gold. 18 And lin' the oracle he made two 'cherubim1 of olive 'wood', each ten cubits high.

10 Heb. rows.

narrow without.

That is, the most holy place.

18 Or, Icypress

14 See 2 Chr. iii. 8.

15 The Sept. has, beams. 16 Or, gourds

17 Or, he loverlaid the altar falso], which was of cedar

18 See 2 Chr. iii. 10-12.

24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost 25 part of the other were ten cubits. And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure 26 and one 'form'. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was 27) it of the other cherub. And he set the 'cherubim within the inner house: and the wings of the 'cherubim werel stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 And he overlaid the 'cherubim with 29 gold. And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of 'cherubim1 and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. 31 °And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive 'wood': the 1lintel and door posts were a fifth part of (32 the wall. So he made two doors

of olive 'wood'; and he carved upon them carvings of 'cherubim' and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread 'the' gold upon the 'cherubim', and upon 33) the palm trees. So also made he for the entering of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part (34 of the wall; and two doors of fir

Iwood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves 35 of the other door were folding. And he carved thereon 'cherubim' and palm trees and open flowers: and 'he overlaid' them with gold fitted upon the 36 graven work. And he built the

inner court with three rows of 'hewn 37 stone, and a row of cedar beams. In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the 38 month Ziv". And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. 71 'And Solomon was building his

own house thirteen years, and he 2 finished all his house.. For he built 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 lover the forty and five beams, that Iwere upon the pillars; fifteen in a 4 row. And there were prospects! in three rows, and light was lover! 5 against light in three ranks. And

all the doors and posts were square lin prospect and light was over (6 against light in three ranks. And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and la porch before them; and pillars and thick beams' before them. (7 And he made the porch of the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgement: and it was covered with cedar from floor to 'floor. (8)°And his house where he might dwell,

the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also lan! house for Pharaoh's daughter, (whom Solomon had taken to wife,) like unto 9) this porch. All these were of costly stones, leven' of 'hewn stone', 'according to measure', sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside lunto 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, leven

hewn stone, according to measure', (12 and cedar wood'. And the great

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court round about had three rows of hewn stone', and a row of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of the LORD, and the porch of the house.

And king Solomon sent and 'fetched' 14) Hiram out of Tyre. 10He was 'thel son of a widow woman' 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 15 work. For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, 1of eighteen cubits. high apiece and a line of twelve cubits compassed' either of them 16 about. 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 17 cubits. There were 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 chap18 iter. So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars and so did he for the 19) other chapiter. And the chapiters. that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four (20) cubits. And there were chapiters above also upon the two pillars, 'close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about 21 upon the other chapiter. And he set up the pillars at 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 22 the name thereof "Boaz. And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. (23 ° And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to 'brim', round lin compass', and 'the' height 'thereof1 was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. 24) And under the brim of it round about there were knops 'which did compass! it, for ten cubits', compassing the sea round about: the knops were in 25) two rows, cast when it was cast.

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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 upon them above, and all their hind26 er parts were inward. And it was Jan handbreadth thick; and the brim

1 Heb. eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar.

Heb. the other pillar.

So some ancient authorities. The

text has, pomegranates.

4 See 2 Chr. iii. 17.

thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of la lily: it 27 held two thousand baths. And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and *28) three cubits the height of it. And the work of the bases was on this manner they had borders; 10and 'there' were borders between the ledges: 29 and on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and 'cherubim; and upon the ledges 11there was a 'pedestal above: and beneath the lions and oxen were 30 wreaths of hanging work. °And

every base had four brasen wheels, and axles of brass: and the four Ifeet' thereof had 12undersetters: 'beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the 31 side of leach'. And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: 'and' the mouth thereof was round after the work of la pedestal', a cubit and 'an' half and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, 'and' their borders were foursquare, not 32) round. And the four wheels were lunderneath the borders; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was 33) a cubit and half a cubit. And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten. (34 °And there were four undersetters lat the four corners of leach base: the undersetters thereof were of the 35 base itself. 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 stays thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. 36 And on the plates of the stays! thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved 'cherubim', lions, and palm trees, according to the space of leach, with wreaths! round about. 37 014After this manner he made the ten bases all of them had one casting, 38) one measure, and one 'form'. 0151 And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every

laver was four cubits: and upon every 39) one of the ten bases one laver. And

he set the bases, five on the right 1side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house 40 eastward, 'toward the south. °And 2Hiram made the slavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon (41 in the house of the LORD: the two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars; (42 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters 43 that were upon the pillars; and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on 44 the bases; and the one sea, and

'the twelve oxen under the sea; 45 and the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: leven' all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of the LORD, were 46 of 'burnished brass. In the plain

of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and 47 Zarethan". °And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out. 48) And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD: the golden' altar, and the table whereupon the shewbread was, 49) of gold; and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; 'and' the flowers, and the lamps, and the 50) tongs, of gold; and the cups', and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, 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, to wit, of the temple, of gold. 51) Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of the LORD was finished'. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, even the

1 Heb. shoulder.

2 Heb. Hirom.

3 Many ancient authorities read, pots. Heb. upon the face of the pillars.

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silver, and the gold, and the vessels, land' put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the 'fathers' houses of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, 'to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which 2 is Zion. And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, 4 and the priests took up the ark. And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tent' of 'meeting', and all the holy vessels that were in the 'Tent'; even these did the priests and the * 5 Levites bring up. And king Solo

mon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 °And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto 'its! place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the (7 wings of the cherubim'. For the 'cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the Icherubim covered the ark and the 8 staves thereof above. "And the staves were so long! that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen without and 9 there they are, unto this day. There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of 10 Egypt. And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house (11 of the LORD, so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason' of the cloud for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

8 Or, they drew out the staves, so that &c.

9 Or, where 10 See 2 Chr. vi. 1, &c.

14 for thee to dwell in for ever.

And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel 15 stood. And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, 16 saying, Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. 17 Now! it was in the heart of David

my father to build 'an' house for the name of the LORD, the God of Is18 rael. But the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an' house for my name, thou didst well that it was 19 in thine heart: nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for 20 my name. And the LORD hath lestablished his word that he spake ; 'for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of 21) the LORD, the God of Israel. And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

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And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread 23 forth his hands toward heaven: and he said, O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and mercy 1with thy servants, that walk before thee 24 with all their heart: who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise' him: 'yea', thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it 25) is this day. Now therefore, 'O' LORD,

the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, "There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only thy children take heed to their way, Ito walk before me as thou hast

26 walked before me. "Now therefore', O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. 27) But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that 28 I have builded! Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth 29 before thee this day: that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray 30 toward this place. And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yeal, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place; and 31 when thou hearest, forgive. If la! man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear! 32 before thine altar in this house: then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own' head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. 33 °When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; if they turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication 34 unto thee in this house: then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest 35 unto their fathers. "When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, 36 when thou dost afflict them: then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and 'send' rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people 37) for an inheritance. If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpiller; if their enemy besiege

sin

4 Or, because 5 Or, lanswerest

trespass.. the