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2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged
 Solomon his son, saying,
2:2 I go the way of all the earth:  be thou strong therefore, and show
 thyself a man;
2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep
 his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies,
 as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that
 thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
2:4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me,
 saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth
 with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee
 (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and
 what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son
 of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood
 of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about
 his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down
 to the grave in peace.
2:7 But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them
 be of those that eat at thy table:  for so they came to me when I fled
 because of Absalom thy brother.
2:8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite
 of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to
 Mahanaim:  but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the
 LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless:  for thou art a wise man, and
 knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou
 down to the grave with blood.
2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years:  seven
 years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in
 Jerusalem.
2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom
 was established greatly.
2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of
 Solomon.  And she said, Comest thou peaceably?  And he said, Peaceably.
2:14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee.  And she said, Say
 on.
2:15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all
 Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign:  howbeit the kingdom is
 turned about, and is become my brother's:  for it was his from the LORD.
2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not.  And she said unto
 him, Say on.
2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will
 not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for
 Adonijah.  And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her,
 and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's
 mother; and she sat on his right hand.
2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say
 me not nay.  And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother:  for I will not
 say thee nay.
2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy
 brother to wife.
2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou
 ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah?  ask for him the kingdom also; for
 he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and
 for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more
 also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
2:24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set
 me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he
 promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
2:25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and
 he fell upon him that he died.
2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto
 thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death:  but I will not at this
 time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before
 David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my
 father was afflicted.
2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he
 might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of
 Eli in Shiloh.
2:28 Then tidings came to Joab:  for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though
 he turned not after Absalom.  And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the
 LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of
 the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar.  Then Solomon sent Benaiah the
 son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
2:30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus
 saith the king, Come forth.  And he said, Nay; but I will die here.  And
 Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he
 answered me.
2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and
 bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed,
 from me, and from the house of my father.
2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon
 two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my
 father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain
 of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of
 Judah.
2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the
 head of his seed for ever:  but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his
 house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
2:34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew
 him:  and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
2:35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host:
  and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee
 an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any
 whither.
2:37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the
 brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die:  thy
 blood shall be upon thine own head.
2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good:  as my lord the
 king hath said, so will thy servant do.  And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many
 days.
2:39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants
 of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath.  And they told
 Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
2:40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to
 seek his servants:  and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath,
 and was come again.
2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not
 make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a
 certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that
 thou shalt surely die?  and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have
 heard is good.
2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment
 that I have charged thee with?
2:44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which
 thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father:  therefore the
 LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
2:45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be
 established before the LORD for ever.
2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and
 fell upon him, that he died.  And the kingdom was established in the hand
 of Solomon.

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3:1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's
 daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end
 of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of
 Jerusalem round about.
3:2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house
 built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father:
  only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great
 high place:  a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:  and God
 said, Ask what I shall give thee.
3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father
 great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in
 righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept
 for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his
 throne, as it is this day.
3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David
 my father:  and I am but a little child:  I know not how to go out or
 come in.
3:8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen,
 a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people,
 that I may discern between good and bad:  for who is able to judge this thy
 so great a people?
3:10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not
 asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor
 hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself
 understanding to discern judgment;
3:12 Behold, I have done according to thy words:  lo, I have given thee a
 wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before
 thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches,
 and honour:  so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee
 all thy days.
3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my
 commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream.  And he came to
 Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and
 offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast
 to all his servants.
3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and
 stood before him.
3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house;
 and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
3:18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this
 woman was delivered also:  and we were together; there was no stranger
 with us in the house, save we two in the house.
3:19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine
 handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my
 bosom.
3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was
 dead:  but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my
 son, which I did bear.
3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead
 is thy son.  And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living
 is my son.  Thus they spake before the king.
3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and
 thy son is the dead:  and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the
 dead, and my son is the living.
3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword.  And they brought a sword before
 the king.
3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the
 one, and half to the other.
3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for
 her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the
 living child, and in no wise slay it.  But the other said, Let it be
 neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no
 wise slay it:  she is the mother thereof.
3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and
 they feared the king:  for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to
 do judgment.

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4:1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the
 priest,
4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of
 Ahilud, the recorder.
4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host:  and Zadok and
 Abiathar were the priests:
4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son
 of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
4:6 And Ahishar was over the household:  and Adoniram the son of Abda
 was over the tribute.
4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals
 for the king and his household:  each man his month in a year made
 provision.
4:8 And these are their names:  The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
4:9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and
 Elonbethhanan:
4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the
 land of Hepher:
4:11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the
 daughter of Solomon to wife:
4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and
 all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to
 Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair
 the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the
 region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls
 and brazen bars:
4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon
 to wife:
4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
4:18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country
 of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the
 only officer which was in the land.
4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in
 multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of
 the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt:  they brought presents, and
 served Solomon all the days of his life.
4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour,
 and threescore measures of meal,
4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred
 sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from
 Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river:  and he
 had peace on all sides round about him.
4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under
 his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and
 twelve thousand horsemen.
4:27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that
 came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month:  they lacked
 nothing.
4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto
 the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and
 largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the
 east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and
 Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol:  and his fame was in all nations
 round about.
4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs:  and his songs were a thousand
 and five.
4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even
 unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall:  he spake also of beasts,
 and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all
 kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

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5:1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard
 that they had anointed him king in the room of his father:  for Hiram was
 ever a lover of David.
5:2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
5:3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the
 name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side,
 until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there
 is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my
 God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will
 set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
5:6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon;
 and my servants shall be with thy servants:  and unto thee will I give hire
 for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint:  for thou
 knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like
 unto the Sidonians.
5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he
 rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath
 given unto David a wise son over this great people.
5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which
 thou sentest to me for:  and I will do all thy desire concerning timber
 of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea:  and I
 will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint
 me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive
 them:  and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my
 household.
5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his
 desire.
5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to
 his household, and twenty measures of pure oil:  thus gave Solomon to Hiram
 year by year.
5:12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him:  and there was
 peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
5:13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was
 thirty thousand men.
5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses:  a month
 they were in Lebanon, and two months at home:  and Adoniram was over
 the levy.
5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and
 fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
5:16 Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work,
 three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought
 in the work.
5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones,
 and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the
 stonesquarers:  so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

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6:1 And 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 Zif, which is the second
 month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
6:2 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 thirty cubits.
6:3 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.
6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,
 against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of
 the oracle:  and he made chambers round about:
6:6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six
 cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad:  for without in the
 wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams
 should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready
 before it was brought thither:  so that there was neither hammer nor ax
 nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: 
 and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of
 the middle into the third.
6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams
 and boards of cedar.
6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: 
 and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
6:11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
6:12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk
 in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to
 walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto
 David thy father:
6:13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my
 people Israel.
6:14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both
 the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling:  and he covered
 them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with
 planks of fir.
6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor
 and the walls with boards of cedar:  he even built them for it within,
 even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits
 long.
6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open
 flowers:  all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of
 the covenant of the LORD.
6:20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and
 twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof:  and he
 overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of
 cedar.
6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold:  and he made a
 partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with
 gold.
6:22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all
 the house:  also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with
 gold.
6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten
 cubits high.
6:24 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 part of the other were ten cubits.
6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits:  both the cherubims were of
 one measure and one size.
6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the
 other cherub.
6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house:  and they stretched
 forth the wings of the cherubims, 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.
6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved
 figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
6:30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree:  the
 lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them
 carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them
 with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a
 fourth part of the wall.
6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree:  the two leaves of the one door
 were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers:  and
 covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row
 of cedar beams.
6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in
 the month Zif:
6:38 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.

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7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished
 all his house.
7:2 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.
7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on
 forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light
 in three ranks.
7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows:  and light
 was against light in three ranks.
7:6 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.
7:7 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.
7:8 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.
7:9 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.
7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of
 ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and
 cedars.
7:12 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.
7:13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
7:14 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.
7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece:  and
 a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
7:16 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:
7:17 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.
7:18 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.
7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of
 lily work in the porch, four cubits.
7:20 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.
7:21 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.
7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work:  so was the work of
 the pillars finished.
7:23 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.
7:24 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.
7:25 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.
7:26 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.
7:27 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.
7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner:  they had borders,
 and the borders were between the ledges:
7:29 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.
7:30 And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass:  and the
 four corners thereof had undersetters:  under the laver were undersetters
 molten, at the side of every addition.
7:31 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.
7:32 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.
7:33 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.
7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: 
 and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
7:35 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.
7:36 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.
7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases:  all of them had one
 casting, one measure, and one size.
7:38 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.
7:39 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.
7:40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins.  So Hiram
 made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house
 of the LORD:
7:41 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;
7:42 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;
7:43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
7:44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins:  and all these vessels,
 which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of
 bright brass.
7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground
 between Succoth and Zarthan.
7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were
 exceeding many:  neither was the weight of the brass found out.
7:48 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 showbread
 was,
7:49 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,
7:50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, 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.
7:51 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.