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1 Kings 7
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
And king Solomon sent, and took Chiram out of Tyre,
Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.
the son of a widow woman; and he [was] of the tribe of Nephthalim, and his father [was] a Tyrian; a worker in brass, and accomplished in art and skill and knowledge to work every work in brass: and he was brought in to king Solomon, and he wrought all the works.
He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high (note: The house was approximately 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high (45.7 meters long, 22.9 meters wide, and 13.7 meters high).), with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
And he cast the two pillars for the porch of the house: eighteen cubits [was] the height of [each] pillar, and a circumference of fourteen cubits encompassed it, even the thickness of the pillar: the flutings [were] four fingers [wide], and thus [was] the other pillar [formed].
The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.
And he made two molten chapiters to put on the heads of the pillars: five cubits [was] the height of one chapiter, and five cubits [was] the height of the other chapiter.
There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.
And he made two ornaments of net-work to cover the chapiters of the pillars; even a net for one chapiter, and a net for the other chapiter.
All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.
And hanging work, two rows of brazen pomegranates, formed with net-work, hanging work, row upon row: and thus he framed [the ornaments] for the second chapiter.
Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide (note: The colonnade was approximately 75 feet long and 45 feet wide (22.9 meters long and 13.7 meters wide).), with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
And he set up the pillars of the porch of the temple: and he set up the one pillar, and called its name Jachum: and he set up the second pillar, and called its name Boloz.
In 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 (note: Syriac and Vulgate; Hebrew from floor to floor).
And on the heads of the pillars he made lily-work against the porch, of four cubits,
And 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.
and a chamber over both the pillars, and above the sides an addition [equal to] the chamber in width.
All 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.
And he made the sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other, the same was completely circular round about: its height [was] five cubits, and its circumference thirty-three cubits.
The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
And stays underneath its rim round about compassed it ten cubits round;
Above these were costly stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.
and its rim [was ] as the work of the rim of a cup, a lily-flower, and the thickness of it [was ] a span.
The 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.
And [there were] twelve oxen under the sea; three looking to the north, and three looking to the west, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the east: and all their hinder parts [were] inward, and the sea [was] above upon them.
Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram (note: Hebrew Hiram, a variant of Huram; also in verses 40 and 45; see 2 Chronicles 4:11. Note that this is not Hiram king of Tyre mentioned in 1 Kings 5:1.) from Tyre.
And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits [was] the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height [was] six cubits.
He 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.
And this work of the bases [was] formed with a border to them, and [there was] a border between the ledges.
He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
And upon their borders between the projections [were] lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below [were] the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.
He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
And [there were] four brazen wheels to one base; and [there were] brazen bases, and their four sides [answering to them], side pieces under the bases.
For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.
And [there were] axles in the wheels under the base. And the height of one wheel [was] a cubit and a half.
Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.
And the work of the wheels [was] as the work of chariot wheels: their axles, and their felloes, and [the rest of] their work, [were] all molten.
And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
The four side-pieces were at the four corners of each base; its shoulders [were formed] of the base.
On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
And on the top of the base half a cubit [was] the size of it, [there was] a circle on the top of the base, and [there was] the top of its spaces and its borders: and it was open at the top of its spaces.
Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin (note: Jachin probably means He establishes.), and the pillar to the north he named Boaz (note: Boaz probably means in Him is strength.).
And its borders [were] cherubs, and lions, and palm-trees, upright, each [was] joined in front [and] within and round about.
And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.
According to the same form he made all the ten bases, [even] one order and one measure to all.
He 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.
And he made ten brazen lavers, each laver containing forty baths, [and] measuring four cubits, each laver [placed] on a several base throughout the ten bases.
Below 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.
And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and the sea was placed on the right side of the house eastward in the direction of the south.
The 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.
And Chiram made the caldrons, and the pans, and the bowls; and Chiram finished making all the works that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of the Lord:
It was a handbreadth thick (note: A handbreadth is approximately 2.9 inches or 7.4 centimeters.), and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths (note: 2,000 baths is approximately 11,600 gallons or 44,000 liters; LXX does not include this sentence.).
two pillars and the wreathen works of the pillars on the heads of the two pillars; and the two net-works to cover both the wreathen works of the flutings that were upon the pillars.
In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high (note: The stands were approximately 6 feet in length and width, and 4.5 feet high (1.8 meters in length and width, and 1.4 meters high).).
The four hundred pomegranates for both the net-works, two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover both the wreathen works of the bases belonging to both pillars.
This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights,
And the ten bases, and the ten lavers upon the bases.
and 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.
And one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea.
Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.
And the caldrons, and pans, and bowls, and all the furniture, which Chiram made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord: and [there were] eight and forty pillars of the house of the king and of the house of the Lord: all the works of the king which Chiram made were entirely of brass.
The 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.
There was no reckoning of the brass of which he made all these works, from the very great abundance, there was no end of the weight of the brass.
There 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.
In the country round about Jordan did he cast them, in the clay land between Socchoth and Sira.
The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
And king Solomon took the furniture which [Chiram] made for the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the golden table of shewbread.
Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.
And [he put] the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, [being] of pure gold, and the lamp-stands, and the lamps, and the snuffers of gold.
At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high (note: Half a cubit is approximately 9 inches or 22.9 centimeters high.). The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.
And [there were made] the porches, and the nails, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the golden censers, of pure gold: and the panels of the doors of the innermost part of the house, [even] the holy of holies, and the golden doors of the temple.
He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.
So the work of the house of the Lord which Solomon wrought was finished; and Solomon brought in the holy things of David his father, and all the holy things of Solomon; he put the silver, and the gold, and the furniture, into the treasures of the house of the Lord.
In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.
And Solomon built a house for himself in thirteen years.
He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths (note: 40 baths is approximately 232 gallons or 880 liters.) and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
And he built the house with the wood of Libanus; its length [was] a hundred cubits, and its breadth [was] fifty cubits, and its height [was] of thirty cubits, and [it was made] with three rows of cedar pillars, and the pillars had side-pieces of cedar.
He 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.
And he formed the house with chambers above on the sides of the pillars, and the number of the pillars [was each] row forty and five,
Additionally, Huram made the pots (note: Many Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate (see also verse 45 and 2 Chronicles 4:11); many other Hebrew manuscripts basins), shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:
and [there were] three chambers, and space against space in three rows.
the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers [were] square, and from door to door [was a correspondence] in three rows.
the 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);
And [he made] the porch of the pillars, [they were] fifty [cubits] long and fifty broad, the porch joining them in front; and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] in front of the house by the porches.
the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;
And [there was] the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of judgment.
the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
And their house where he would dwell, [had] one court communicating with these according to this work; and [he built] the house for the daughter of Pharao whom Solomon had taken, according to this porch.
and 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.
All these [were] of costly stones, sculptured at intervals within even from the foundation even to the top, and outward to the great court,
The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan (note: Zarethan is a variant of Zeredah; see 2 Chronicles 4:17.).
founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits [long].
Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones, and with cedars.
Solomon 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;
[There were] three rows of hewn [stones] round about the great hall, and a row of sculptured cedar:
the 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;
and Solomon finished all his house.
the 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.