1Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.stylus1 Kings 9:10, 1 Kings 9:10, 2 Chronicles 8:1, 2 Chronicles 8:1, Ecclesiastes 2:42He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.stylus1 Kings 10:17, 1 Kings 10:17, 2 Chronicles 9:16, 2 Chronicles 9:16, Song of Solomon 7:43The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.stylus1 Kings 6:5, 1 Kings 6:54There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.stylusEzekiel 40:36, 1 Kings 7:5, 1 Kings 6:4, Ezekiel 40:33, Isaiah 54:125All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.stylus6Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.stylusEzekiel 41:25, Ezekiel 41:26, 1 Kings 7:12, Ezekiel 41:25, Ezekiel 41:267In 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.stylusProverbs 20:8, Psalms 122:5, Proverbs 20:8, Psalms 122:5, 1 Kings 3:288And 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.stylus2 Chronicles 8:11, 2 Chronicles 8:11, 1 Kings 3:1, 1 Kings 3:1, 1 Kings 9:249All 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.stylus1 Kings 5:17, 1 Kings 7:10, 1 Kings 7:11, 1 Kings 5:17, 1 Kings 7:1010The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.stylusRevelation 21:19, Revelation 21:20, Revelation 21:19, Revelation 21:20, Isaiah 28:1611Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.stylusEphesians 2:20, Ephesians 2:22, 1 Peter 2:5, Ephesians 2:20, Ephesians 2:2212The 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.stylus1 Kings 6:36, 1 Kings 6:36, John 10:23, 1 Kings 7:6, Acts 3:1113Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.stylus2 Chronicles 4:11, 2 Chronicles 4:11, 2 Chronicles 2:13, 2 Chronicles 2:14, 1 Kings 7:4014He 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.stylus2 Chronicles 2:14, 2 Chronicles 4:16, 2 Chronicles 2:14, 2 Chronicles 4:16, Exodus 31:215He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.stylusJeremiah 52:21, Jeremiah 52:21, 2 Chronicles 3:15, 2 Chronicles 3:17, 1 Kings 7:2116He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.stylus2 Chronicles 4:12, 2 Chronicles 4:13, Exodus 36:38, Exodus 38:28, Exodus 38:1917For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.stylusExodus 28:24, Exodus 28:25, 2 Kings 25:17, Exodus 28:14, Exodus 28:2218Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.stylusExodus 28:24, Exodus 28:25, 2 Kings 25:17, Exodus 28:14, Exodus 39:1519And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.stylus1 Kings 7:22, 1 Kings 6:32, 1 Kings 6:35, 1 Kings 6:18, 1 Kings 7:2220On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.stylus2 Chronicles 3:16, 2 Chronicles 4:13, 2 Chronicles 3:16, 2 Chronicles 4:13, 1 Kings 7:4221Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.stylus2 Chronicles 3:17, 2 Chronicles 3:17, 1 Kings 6:3, 1 Kings 6:3, Isaiah 9:722And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.stylus23He 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.stylus2 Chronicles 4:2, 2 Kings 25:13, 2 Chronicles 4:2, 2 Kings 25:13, Jeremiah 52:1724Below 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.stylus1 Kings 6:18, 1 Kings 6:18, 2 Chronicles 4:3, 2 Chronicles 4:3, Exodus 25:3125The 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.stylusJeremiah 52:20, Jeremiah 52:20, 2 Chronicles 4:4, 2 Chronicles 4:5, 2 Chronicles 4:426It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.stylus2 Chronicles 4:5, 2 Chronicles 4:5, 1 Kings 7:19, Ezekiel 45:14, Jeremiah 52:2127In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.stylus2 Chronicles 4:14, 2 Chronicles 4:14, 2 Kings 25:13, 2 Kings 25:13, Jeremiah 52:1728This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights,stylus29and 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.stylusHebrews 9:5, Ezekiel 41:18, Ezekiel 41:19, Ezekiel 1:10, Hosea 5:1430Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.stylusEzekiel 10:10, Ezekiel 10:13, Ezekiel 1:15, Ezekiel 1:21, Ezekiel 3:1331The 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.stylus32There 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.stylus33The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.stylusEzekiel 1:18, Ezekiel 1:16, Ezekiel 1:18, Ezekiel 1:1634Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.stylus35At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.stylus36He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.stylus1 Kings 7:29, 1 Kings 7:29, Ezekiel 40:31, 1 Kings 6:35, 1 Kings 6:2937In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.stylus38He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.stylusExodus 38:8, Exodus 40:11, Exodus 40:12, 2 Chronicles 4:6, 2 Chronicles 4:2239He 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.stylus2 Chronicles 4:6, 2 Chronicles 4:10, 2 Chronicles 4:6, 2 Chronicles 4:1040Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:stylus2 Chronicles 4:11, 2 Chronicles 4:16, 2 Chronicles 4:11, 2 Chronicles 4:16, 2 Chronicles 4:841the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;stylus2 Chronicles 4:12, 1 Kings 7:15, 1 Kings 7:22, 2 Chronicles 4:12, 1 Kings 7:1542the 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);stylus1 Kings 7:20, 1 Kings 7:2043the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;stylus44the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;stylus1 Kings 7:23, 1 Kings 7:25, 1 Kings 7:23, 1 Kings 7:2545and 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.stylusExodus 27:3, Exodus 27:3, Exodus 38:3, 2 Chronicles 4:16, Exodus 38:346The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.stylusJoshua 3:16, Joshua 3:16, Genesis 33:17, 2 Chronicles 4:17, Genesis 33:1747Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.stylus1 Chronicles 22:14, 1 Chronicles 22:14, 1 Chronicles 22:3, 1 Chronicles 22:3, 1 Chronicles 22:1648Solomon 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;stylusExodus 37:10, Exodus 37:16, 2 Chronicles 4:8, Exodus 37:10, Exodus 37:1649the 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;stylus2 Chronicles 4:7, 2 Chronicles 4:7, Matthew 5:14, Matthew 5:16, Numbers 4:950the 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.stylusLeviticus 16:12, Exodus 27:3, 2 Chronicles 4:21, 2 Chronicles 4:22, Numbers 7:8651So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.stylus2 Chronicles 5:1, 2 Chronicles 5:1, 2 Samuel 8:7, 2 Samuel 8:11, 2 Samuel 8:7
