1 Reyes 7
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1Salomon bâtit sa propre maison pendant treize ans, et il l'acheva entièrement.
2Il bâtit la Maison de la Forêt du Liban. Sa longueur était de cent coudées, sa largeur de cinquante coudées et sa hauteur de trente coudées, sur quatre rangées de colonnes de cèdre, avec des poutres de cèdre sur les colonnes.
3Elle était couverte de cèdre au-dessus des quarante-cinq poutres qui reposaient sur les colonnes, quinze par rangée.
4Il y avait trois rangées de fenêtres, et les fenêtres se faisaient face à chaque étage.
5Toutes les portes et les montants étaient carrés avec des poutres ; et les fenêtres se faisaient face à chaque étage.
6Il fit le portique des colonnes. Sa longueur était de cinquante coudées et sa largeur de trente coudées, avec un portique sur le devant, ainsi que des colonnes et un seuil sur le devant.
7Il fit le portique du trône où il devait juger, le portique du jugement ; et il fut couvert de cèdre d'un bout à l'autre du sol.
8Sa maison où il devait habiter, dans l'autre parvis à l'arrière du portique, était de la même construction. Il fit aussi une maison semblable à ce portique pour la fille du Pharaon, que Salomon avait prise pour femme.
9Toutes ces constructions étaient en pierres de prix, taillées sur mesure, sciées à la scie à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur, depuis les fondations jusqu'au couronnement, et à l'extérieur jusqu'au grand parvis.
10Les fondations étaient en pierres de prix, de grandes pierres, des pierres de dix coudées et des pierres de huit coudées.
11Au-dessus, il y avait des pierres de prix, taillées sur mesure, et du bois de cèdre.
12Le grand parvis tout autour avait trois rangées de pierres taillées et une rangée de poutres de cèdre, comme le parvis intérieur de la maison du SEIGNEUR et le portique de la maison.
13Le roi Salomon envoya chercher Hiram de Tyr.
14Il était le fils d'une veuve de la tribu de Nephthali, et son père était un homme de Tyr, un artisan en bronze ; il était rempli de sagesse, d'intelligence et de savoir-faire pour exécuter toutes sortes d'ouvrages en bronze. Il vint auprès du roi Salomon et exécuta tous ses travaux.
15Il façonna les deux colonnes de bronze, hautes de dix-huit coudées chacune ; et un fil de douze coudées en mesurait la circonférence.
16Il fit deux chapiteaux de bronze fondu pour les placer sur les sommets des colonnes. La hauteur du premier chapiteau était de cinq coudées, et la hauteur du second chapiteau était de cinq coudées.
17Il y avait des treillis en forme de filet et des festons en forme de chaînettes pour les chapiteaux qui étaient sur le sommet des colonnes : sept pour le premier chapiteau et sept pour le second chapiteau.
18Il fit ainsi les colonnes ; et il y avait deux rangées de grenades autour de l'un des treillis, pour couvrir les chapiteaux qui étaient sur le sommet des colonnes ; il fit de même pour le second chapiteau.
19Les chapiteaux qui étaient sur le sommet des colonnes dans le portique étaient en forme de lis, sur quatre coudées.
20Il y avait aussi des chapiteaux sur les deux colonnes, tout près du renflement qui dépassait le treillis. Il y avait deux cents grenades en rangées autour du second chapiteau.
21Il dressa les colonnes au portique du temple. Il dressa la colonne de droite et l'appela Jakin ; et il dressa la colonne de gauche et l'appela Boaz.
22Sur le sommet des colonnes, il y avait un travail en forme de lis. C'est ainsi que fut achevé l'ouvrage des colonnes.
23Il fit la mer de fonte, de dix coudées d'un bord à l'autre, de forme circulaire. Sa hauteur était de cinq coudées ; et un fil de trente coudées en mesurait la circonférence.
24Sous son bord, des coloquintes l'entouraient tout autour, dix par coudée, faisant le tour de la mer. Les coloquintes, disposées en deux rangées, avaient été fondues avec elle en une seule pièce.
25Elle reposait sur douze bœufs, trois regardant vers le nord, trois regardant vers l'ouest, trois regardant vers le sud et trois regardant vers l'est ; la mer reposait sur eux, et toutes leurs parties arrière étaient tournées vers l'intérieur.
26Son épaisseur était d'un palme. Son bord était travaillé comme le bord d'une coupe, en forme de fleur de lis. Elle contenait deux mille baths.
27Il fit les dix bases en bronze. La longueur d'une base était de quatre coudées, sa largeur de quatre coudées et sa hauteur de trois coudées.
28Voici comment étaient faites les bases : elles avaient des panneaux, et il y avait des panneaux entre les montants ;
29et sur les panneaux qui étaient entre les montants, il y avait des lions, des bœufs et des chérubins ; sur les montants, il y avait un socle au-dessus ; et sous les lions et les bœufs, il y avait des guirlandes en festons.
30Chaque base avait quatre roues de bronze et des essieux de bronze ; et ses quatre pieds avaient des supports. Les supports étaient fondus sous le bassin, avec des guirlandes sur le côté de chacun.
31Son ouverture, à l'intérieur du chapiteau et au-dessus, mesurait une coudée. Son ouverture était ronde, comme l'ouvrage d'un socle, d'une coudée et demie ; et sur son ouverture, il y avait aussi des gravures, et leurs panneaux étaient carrés, et non ronds.
32Les quatre roues se trouvaient sous les panneaux, et les essieux des roues étaient fixés à la base. La hauteur d'une roue était d'une coudée et demie.
33L'ouvrage des roues était semblable à celui d'une roue de char. Leurs essieux, leurs jantes, leurs rayons et leurs moyeux étaient tous en métal fondu.
34Il y avait quatre supports aux quatre coins de chaque base. Ses supports faisaient corps avec la base elle-même.
35Au sommet de la base, il y avait un anneau circulaire d'une demi-coudée de haut ; et au sommet de la base, ses supports et ses panneaux formaient une seule pièce avec elle.
36Sur les plaques de ses supports et sur ses panneaux, il grava des chérubins, des lions et des palmiers, selon l'espace disponible pour chacun, avec des guirlandes tout autour.
37C'est ainsi qu'il fit les dix bases : elles avaient toutes la même fonte, la même mesure et la même forme.
38Il fit dix bassins de bronze. Chaque bassin contenait quarante baths. Chaque bassin mesurait quatre coudées. Il y avait un bassin sur chacune des dix bases.
39Il plaça les bases, cinq sur le côté droit de la maison et cinq sur le côté gauche de la maison. Il plaça la mer sur le côté droit de la maison, vers l'est et vers le sud.
40Hiram fit les cendriers, les pelles et les coupes. Ainsi Hiram acheva de faire tout l'ouvrage qu'il fit pour le roi Salomon dans la maison du SEIGNEUR :
41les deux colonnes ; les deux globes des chapiteaux sur le sommet des colonnes ; les deux treillis pour couvrir les deux globes des chapiteaux sur le sommet des colonnes ;
42les quatre cents grenades pour les deux treillis, deux rangées de grenades par treillis, pour couvrir les deux globes des chapiteaux qui étaient sur les colonnes ;
43les dix bases et les dix bassins sur les bases ;
44la mer unique et les douze bœufs sous la mer ;
45les cendriers, les pelles et les coupes. Tous ces ustensiles que Hiram fit pour le roi Salomon pour la maison du SEIGNEUR étaient en bronze poli.
46Le roi les fit fondre dans la plaine du Jourdain, dans un sol argileux, entre Succoth et Tsarthan.
47Salomon laissa tous ces ustensiles sans les peser, car ils étaient en très grand nombre. Le poids du bronze ne put être évalué.
48Salomon fit tous les ustensiles qui étaient dans la maison du SEIGNEUR : l'autel d'or et la table d'or sur laquelle on mettait le pain de proposition ;
49les chandeliers d'or pur, cinq à droite et cinq à gauche, devant le sanctuaire intérieur ; avec les fleurs, les lampes et les mouchettes en or ;
50les coupes, les couteaux, les bassins, les cuillères et les brasiers, en or pur ; et les gonds, tant pour les portes de la maison intérieure, le lieu très saint, que pour les portes de la maison, du temple, en or.
51Ainsi fut achevé tout l'ouvrage que le roi Salomon fit pour la maison du SEIGNEUR. Salomon apporta les objets que David son père avait consacrés — l'argent, l'or et les ustensiles — et il les mit dans les trésors de la maison du SEIGNEUR.
Reina-Valera 1909
1DESPUÉS edificó Salomón su propia casa en trece años, y acabóla toda.
2Asimismo edificó la casa del bosque del Líbano, la cual tenía cien codos de longitud, y cincuenta codos de anchura, y treinta codos de altura, sobre cuatro órdenes de columnas de cedro, con vigas de cedro sobre las columnas.
3Y estaba cubierta de tablas de cedro arriba sobre las vigas, que se apoyaban en cuarenta y cinco columnas: cada hilera tenía quince columnas.
4Y había tres órdenes de ventanas, una ventana contra la otra en tres órdenes.
5Y todas las puertas y postes eran cuadrados: y las unas ventanas estaban frente á las otras en tres órdenes.
6También hizo un pórtico de columnas, que tenía de largo cincuenta codos, y treinta codos de ancho; y aqueste pórtico estaba delante de aquellas otras, con sus columnas y maderos correspondientes.
7Hizo asimismo el pórtico del trono en que había de juzgar, el pórtico del juicio, y vistiólo de cedro de suelo á suelo.
8Y en la casa en que él moraba, había otro atrio dentro del pórtico, de obra semejante á esta. Edificó también Salomón una casa para la hija de Faraón, que había tomado por mujer, de la misma obra de aquel pórtico.
9Todas aquellas obras fueron de piedras de precio, cortadas y aserradas con sierras según las medidas, así por de dentro como por de fuera, desde el cimiento hasta los remates, y asimismo por de fuera hasta el gran atrio.
10El cimiento era de piedras de precio, de piedras grandes, de piedras de diez codos, y de piedras de ocho codos.
11De allí arriba eran también piedras de precio, labradas conforme á sus medidas, y obra de cedro.
12Y en el gran atrio alrededor había tres órdenes de piedras labradas, y un orden de vigas de cedro: y así el atrio interior de la casa de Jehová, y el atrio de la casa.
13Y envió el rey Salomón, é hizo venir de Tiro á Hiram,
14Hijo de una viuda de la tribu de Nephtalí, y su padre había sido de Tiro: trabajaba él en bronce, lleno de sabiduría y de inteligencia y saber en toda obra de metal. Este pues vino al rey Salomón, é hizo toda su obra.
15Y vació dos columnas de bronce, la altura de cada cual era de diez y ocho codos: y rodeaba á una y á otra columna un hilo de doce codos.
16Hizo también dos capiteles de fundición de bronce, para que fuesen puestos sobre las cabezas de las columnas: la altura de un capitel era de cinco codos, y la del otro capitel de cinco codos.
17Había trenzas á manera de red, y unas cintas á manera de cadenas, para los capiteles que se habían de poner sobre las cabezas de las columnas: siete para cada capitel.
18Y cuando hubo hecho las columnas, hizo también dos órdenes de granadas alrededor en el un enredado, para cubrir los capiteles que estaban en las cabezas de las columnas con las granadas: y de la misma forma hizo en el otro capitel.
19Los capiteles que estaban sobre las columnas en el pórtico, tenían labor de flores por cuatro codos.
20Tenían también los capiteles de sobre las dos columnas, doscientas granadas en dos órdenes alrededor en cada capitel, encima del vientre del capitel, el cual vientre estaba delante del enredado.
21Estas columnas erigió en el pórtico del templo: y cuando hubo alzado la columna de la mano derecha, púsole por nombre Jachîn: y alzando la columna de la mano izquierda, llamó su nombre Boaz.
22Y puso en las cabezas de las columnas labor en forma de azucenas; y así se acabó la obra de las columnas.
23Hizo asimismo un mar de fundición, de diez codos del un lado al otro, perfectamente redondo: su altura era de cinco codos, y ceñíalo alrededor un cordón de treinta codos.
24Y cercaban aquel mar por debajo de su labio en derredor unas bolas como calabazas, diez en cada codo, que ceñían el mar alrededor en dos órdenes, las cuales habían sido fundidas cuando él fué fundido.
25Y estaba asentado sobre doce bueyes: tres miraban al norte, y tres miraban al poniente, y tres miraban al mediodía, y tres miraban al oriente; sobre éstos se apoyaba el mar, y las traseras de ellos estaban hacia la parte de adentro.
26El grueso del mar era de un palmo, y su labio era labrado como el labio de un cáliz, ó de flor de lis: y cabían en él dos mil batos.
27Hizo también diez basas de bronce, siendo la longitud de cada basa de cuatro codos, y la anchura de cuatro codos, y de tres codos la altura.
28La obra de las basas era esta: tenían unas cintas, las cuales estaban entre molduras:
29Y sobre aquellas cintas que estaban entre las molduras, figuras de leones, y de bueyes, y de querubines; y sobre las molduras de la basa, así encima como debajo de los leones y de los bueyes, había unas añadiduras de bajo relieve.
30Cada basa tenía cuatro ruedas de bronce con mesas de bronce; y en sus cuatro esquinas había unos hombrillos, los cuales nacían de fundición á cada un lado de aquellas añadiduras, para estar debajo de la fuente.
31Y la boca del pie de la fuente entraba un codo en el remate que salía para arriba de la basa; y era su boca redonda, de la hechura del mismo remate, y éste de codo y medio. Había también sobre la boca entalladuras con sus cintas, las cuales eran cuadradas, no redondas.
32Las cuatro ruedas estaban debajo de las cintas, y los ejes de las ruedas nacían en la misma basa. La altura de cada rueda era de un codo y medio.
33Y la hechura de las ruedas era como la hechura de las ruedas de un carro: sus ejes, sus rayos, y sus cubos, y sus cinchos, todo era de fundición.
34Asimismo los cuatro hombrillos á las cuatro esquinas de cada basa: y los hombrillos eran de la misma basa.
35Y en lo alto de la basa había medio codo de altura redondo por todas partes: y encima de la basa sus molduras y cintas, las cuales eran de ella misma.
36E hizo en las tablas de las molduras, y en las cintas, entalladuras de querubines, y de leones, y de palmas, con proporción en el espacio de cada una, y alrededor otros adornos.
37De esta forma hizo diez basas fundidas de una misma manera, de una misma medida, y de una misma entalladura.
38Hizo también diez fuentes de bronce: cada fuente contenía cuarenta batos, y cada una era de cuatro codos; y asentó una fuente sobre cada una de las diez basas.
39Y puso las cinco basas á la mano derecha de la casa, y las otras cinco á la mano izquierda: y asentó el mar al lado derecho de la casa, al oriente, hacia el mediodía.
40Asimismo hizo Hiram fuentes, y tenazas, y cuencos. Así acabó toda la obra que hizo á Salomón para la casa de Jehová:
41Es á saber, dos columnas, y los vasos redondos de los capiteles que estaban en lo alto de las dos columnas; y dos redes que cubrían los dos vasos redondos de los capiteles que estaban sobre la cabeza de las columnas;
42Y cuatrocientas granadas para las dos redes, dos órdenes de granadas en cada red, para cubrir los dos vasos redondos que estaban sobre las cabezas de las columnas;
43Y las diez basas, y las diez fuentes sobre las basas;
44Y un mar, y doce bueyes debajo del mar;
45Y calderos, y paletas, y cuencos; y todos los vasos que Hiram hizo al rey Salomón, para la casa de Jehová, de metal acicalado.
46Todo lo hizo fundir el rey en la llanura del Jordán, en tierra arcillosa, entre Succoth y Sarthán.
47Y dejó Salomón sin inquirir el peso del metal de todos los vasos, por la grande multitud de ellos.
48Entonces hizo Salomón todos los vasos que pertenecían á la casa de Jehová: un altar de oro, y una mesa sobre la cual estaban los panes de la proposición, también de oro;
49Y cinco candeleros de oro purísimo á la mano derecha, y otros cinco á la izquierda, delante del oráculo; con las flores, y las lámparas, y despabiladeras de oro;
50Asimismo los cántaros, vasos, tazas, cucharillas, é incensarios, de oro purísimo; también de oro los quiciales de las puertas de la casa de adentro, del lugar santísimo, y los de las puertas del templo.
51Así se acabó toda la obra que dispuso hacer el rey Salomón para la casa de Jehová. Y metió Salomón lo que David su padre había dedicado, es á saber, plata, y oro, y vasos, y púsolo todo en guarda en las tesorerías de la casa de Jehová.
King James Version
1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, 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.
3And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
4And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
5And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
6And 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.
7Then 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.
8And 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.
9All 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.
10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
11And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
12And 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.
13And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
14He 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.
15For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
16And 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:
17And 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.
18And 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.
19And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
20And 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.
21And 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.
22And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
23And 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.
24And 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.
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 above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
26And 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.
27And 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.
28And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
29And 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.
30And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
31And 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.
32And 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.
33And 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.
34And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
35And 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.
36For 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.
37After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
38Then 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.
39And 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.
40And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:
41The 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;
42And 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;
43And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
44And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
45And the pots, 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 brass.
46In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
47And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
48And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
49And 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,
50And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, 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.
51So 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.
World English Bible
1Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
2For he built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
3It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams that were on the pillars, fifteen in a row.
4There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks.
5All the doors and posts were made square with beams; and window was facing window in three ranks.
6He made the hall of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them.
7He 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.
8His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the same construction. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.
9All these were of costly stones, even of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.
10The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
11Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.
12The great court around had three courses of cut stone with a course of cedar beams, like the inner court of the LORD’s house and the porch of the house.
13King Solomon sent and brought 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 bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill to work all works in bronze. He came to King Solomon and performed all his work.
15For he fashioned the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits encircled either of them.
16He made two capitals of molten bronze to set on 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 on 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 of pomegranates around the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and he did so for the other capital.
19The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.
20There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network. There were two hundred pomegranates in rows around the other capital.
21He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz.
22On the tops of the pillars was lily work. So the work of the pillars was finished.
23He made the molten sea ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape. Its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.
24Under its brim around there were buds which encircled it for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
25It stood on 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 on them above, and all their hindquarters were inward.
26It was a hand width thick. Its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.
27He made the ten bases of bronze. The length of one base was four cubits, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
28The work of the bases was like this: 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 on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
30Every base had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze; and its four feet had supports. The supports were cast beneath the basin, with wreaths at the side of each.
31Its opening within the capital and above was a cubit. Its opening was round like the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening were engravings, and their panels were square, not round.
32The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base. The height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
33The work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all of cast metal.
34There were four supports at the four corners of each base. Its supports were of the base itself.
35In the top of the base there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the base its supports and its panels were the same.
36On the plates of its supports and on its panels, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, each in its space, with wreaths all around.
37He made the ten bases in this way: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.
38He made ten basins of bronze. One basin contained forty baths. Every basin measured four cubits. One basin was on every one of the ten bases.
39He set the bases, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house. He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward and toward the south.
40Hiram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished doing all the work that he worked for King Solomon in the LORD’s house:
41the two pillars; the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
42the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
43the ten bases; the ten basins on the bases;
44the one sea; the twelve oxen under the sea;
45the pots; the shovels; and the basins. All of these vessels, which Hiram made for King Solomon for the LORD’s house, were of burnished bronze.
46The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
47Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
48Solomon made all the vessels that were in the LORD’s house: the golden altar and the table that the show bread was on, of gold;
49and the lamp stands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
50the cups, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans, 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, of the temple, of gold.
51Thus all the work that King Solomon did in the LORD’s house was finished. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the vessels—and put them in the treasuries of the LORD’s house.