¶ But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years¹, and he finished all his house.

²He 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.

And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams³, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

And there were windows⁴ in three rows, and light was against light⁵ in three ranks.

And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows⁶: and light was against light in three ranks.

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:⁷ and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

Then he made a porch⁸ for the throne⁹ where he might judge, even the porch of judgment¹⁰: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other¹¹.

And his house where he dwelt had another court¹² within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house¹³ for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.

All these were of costly stones¹⁴, 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.

¶ And the foundation¹⁵ was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits¹⁶, and stones of eight cubits.

¹⁷And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

And the great court round about was with three rows¹⁸ of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch¹⁹ of the house.

¶ And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram²⁰ out of Tyre.

He was a widow's son²² of the tribe of Naphtali²³, and his father²⁴ was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled²⁵ with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

For he cast²⁶ two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits²⁷ high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

²⁸And 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:

²⁹And 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.

³⁰And 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.

And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work³¹ in the porch, four cubits.

¶ And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates³² were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.

And he set³³ up the pillars in the porch³⁴ of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin³⁵: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz³⁶.

And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

And he made³⁷ a molten sea³⁸, ten cubits from the one brim to the other³⁹: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

And under the brim of it round about there were knops⁴⁰ compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea⁴¹ round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

⁴²It 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.

And it was an hand breadth⁴³ thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers⁴⁴ of lilies: it contained⁴⁵ two thousand⁴⁶ baths.

And he made ten bases⁴⁷ of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

And the work of the bases was on⁴⁸ this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:

And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions⁴⁹, oxen, and cherubims⁵⁰: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions⁵¹ made of thin work.

¶ And every base had four brasen wheels⁵², and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters⁵³: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

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.

And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base⁵⁴: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

⁵⁵And 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.

And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very 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 ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.

For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims⁵⁶, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion⁵⁷ of every one, and additions round about.

After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

Then made he ten lavers⁵⁸ of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

And he put five bases on the right side⁵⁹ 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.

¶ And Hiram⁶⁰ made the lavers⁶¹, and the shovels⁶², and the basons⁶³. So Hiram⁶⁴ made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:

The two pillars⁶⁵, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks⁶⁶, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;

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 pillars⁶⁷;

And the ten bases⁶⁸, and ten lavers on the bases;

And one sea⁶⁹, and twelve oxen under the sea;

And the pots⁷⁰, 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 brass⁷¹.

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground⁷² between Succoth and Zarthan⁷³.

And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many⁷⁷: neither was the weight of the brass found out⁷⁸.

¶ And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar⁷⁹ of gold, and the table⁸⁰ of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,

And the candlesticks⁸¹ of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle⁸², with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs⁸³ of gold,

¶ And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons⁸⁴, and the censers⁸⁵ 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.

So was ended⁸⁶ all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought⁸⁷ in the things which David his father had dedicated⁸⁸; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.