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1 Kings 7
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1 Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.TOSK1 Kings 7:1
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2 He 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.TOSK1 Kings 7:2
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3 The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.TOSK1 Kings 7:3
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4 There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.TOSK1 Kings 7:4
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5 All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.TOSK1 Kings 7:5
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6 Solomon 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.TOSK1 Kings 7:6
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7 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.TOSK1 Kings 7:7
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8 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.TOSK1 Kings 7:8
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9 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.TOSK1 Kings 7:9
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10 The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.TOSK1 Kings 7:10
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11 Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.TOSK1 Kings 7:11
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12 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.TOSK1 Kings 7:12
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13 Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.TOSK1 Kings 7:13
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14 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.C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:14TTSpirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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15 He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:15TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:16TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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17 For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:17TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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18 Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:18TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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19 And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:19TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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20 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:20TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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21 Thus 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:21TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding Brazen Pillars - Jachin and Boaz (Stability and Strength)
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22 And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:22TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding Brazen Pillars - Jachin and Boaz (Stability and Strength)
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23 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:23TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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24 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:24TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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25 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5C1 Kings 7:14-25TOSK1 Kings 7:25TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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26 It 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:26TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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27 In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:27TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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28 This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights,IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:28TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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29 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:29TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:30TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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31 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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32 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:32TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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33 The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:33TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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34 Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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35 At 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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36 He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:36TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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37 In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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38 He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:38TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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39 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:39TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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40 Additionally, 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:IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:40TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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41 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;IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:41TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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42 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);IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:42TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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43 the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:43TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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44 the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:44TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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45 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:45TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:46TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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47 Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:47TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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48 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;IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:48TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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49 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;IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:49TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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50 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:50TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding
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51 So 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.IP2 Chronicles 3:15-5TOSK1 Kings 7:51TTBrazen Laver (Cleansing for Service) Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding