1And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years , and he finished all his house . 2For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon ; the length thereof was a 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 . 3And it was covered with cedar above over the forty and five beams , that were upon the pillars ; fifteen in a row . 4And there were beams in three rows , and window was over against window in three ranks . 5And all the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks . 6And he made the porch of pillars ; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them ; and pillars and a threshold before them . 7And he made the porch of the throne where he was to judge , even the porch of judgment : and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor . 8And his house where he was to dwell , the other court within the porch, was of the like work . He made also a house for Pharaoh ’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken to wife), like unto this porch. 9All these were of costly stones , even of hewn stone , according to measure , sawed with saws , within and without , even from the foundation unto the coping , and so on the outside unto the great court . 10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11And above were costly stones , even hewn stone , according to measure , and cedar-wood. 12And the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone , and a course of cedar beams ; like as the inner court of the house of Jehovah , and the porch of the house .
The Furnishings of the Temple
13And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre . 14He was the son of a widow 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 skill , to work all works in brass . And he came to king Solomon , and wrought all his work . 15For he fashioned the two pillars of brass , eighteen cubits high apiece : and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about . 16And he made two capitals of molten brass , to set upon the tops of the pillars : the height of the one capital was five cubits , and the height of the other capital was five cubits . 17There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars ; seven for the one capital , and seven for the other capital . 18So he made the pillars ; and there were two rows round about upon the one network , to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars : and so did he for the other capital . 19And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits. 20And there were capitals 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 upon the other capital . 21And 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 the name thereof Boaz . 22And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished .
The Construction of the Palace
23And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim , round in compass , and the height thereof was five cubits ; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about . 24And 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 two rows , cast when it was cast . 25It 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 hinder parts were inward . 26And it was a handbreadth thick : and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup , like the flower of a lily : it held two thousand baths . 27And he made the 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 . 28And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges ; 29and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen , and cherubim ; and upon the ledges there was a pedestal above ; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work . 30And every base had four brazen wheels , and axles of brass ; and the four feet thereof had undersetters : beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each . 31And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal , a cubit and a half ; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings , and their panels were foursquare , not round . 32And the four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base : and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. 33And 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 . 34And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base : the undersetters thereof were of the base itself. 35And in the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high ; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the panels thereof were of the same . 36And on the plates of the stays thereof , and on the panels thereof , he graved cherubim , lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each , with wreaths round about . 37After this manner he made the ten bases : all of them had one casting , one measure , and one form . 38And he made 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 .
The Summary of Solomon's Building Projects
39And he set the bases , five 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 , toward the south . 40And Hiram made the lavers , and the shovels , and the basins . So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of Jehovah : 41the two pillars , and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars ; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars ; 42and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks ; two rows of pomegranates for each network , to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars ; 43and the ten bases , and the ten lavers on the bases ; 44and the one sea , and the twelve oxen under the sea ; 45and the pots , and the shovels , and the basins : even all these vessels , which Hiram made for king Solomon , in the house of Jehovah , were of burnished brass . 46In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan . 47And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed , because they were exceeding many : the weight of the brass could not be found out . 48And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah : the golden altar , and the table whereupon the showbread was , of gold ; 49and 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 tongs , of gold ; 50and the cups , and the snuffers , and the basins , 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 . 51Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of Jehovah was finished . And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated , even the silver , and the gold , and the vessels , and put them in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah .