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1. It took Solomon another thirteen years to finish building his own palace complex.
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1. But Solomon H8010 was building H1129 his own house H1004 thirteen H7969 H6240 years H8141 , and he finished H3615 H853 all H3605 his house H1004 .
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2. He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.
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2. He built H1129 also H853 the house H1004 of the forest H3293 of Lebanon H3844 ; the length H753 thereof was a hundred H3967 cubits H520 , and the breadth H7341 thereof fifty H2572 cubits H520 , and the height H6967 thereof thirty H7970 cubits H520 , upon H5921 four H702 rows H2905 of cedar H730 pillars H5982 , with cedar H730 beams H3773 upon H5921 the pillars H5982 .
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3. There were four rows of cedar columns supporting forty-five cedar beams, fifteen in each row, and then roofed with cedar.
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3. And it was covered H5603 with cedar H730 above H4480 H4605 upon H5921 the beams H6763 , that H834 lay on H5921 forty H705 five H2568 pillars H5982 , fifteen H2568 H6240 in a row H2905 .
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4. Windows in groupings of three were set high in the walls on either side.
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4. And there were windows H8261 in three H7969 rows H2905 , and light H4237 was against H413 light H4237 in three H7969 ranks H6471 .
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5. All the doors were rectangular and arranged symmetrically.
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5. And all H3605 the doors H6607 and posts H4201 were square H7251 , with the windows H8260 : and light H4237 was against H413 light H4237 in three H7969 ranks H6471 .
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6. He built a colonnaded courtyard seventy-five feet long and forty-five wide. It had a roofed porch at the front with ample eaves.
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6. And he made H6213 a porch H197 of pillars H5982 ; the length H753 thereof was fifty H2572 cubits H520 , and the breadth H7341 thereof thirty H7970 cubits H520 : and the porch H197 was before H5921 H6440 them : and the other pillars H5982 and the thick beam H5646 were before H5921 H6440 them.
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7. He built a court room, the Hall of Justice, where he would decide judicial matters, and paneled it with cedar.
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7. Then he made H6213 a porch H197 for the throne H3678 where H834 H8033 he might judge H8199 , even the porch H197 of judgment H4941 : and it was covered H5603 with cedar H730 from one side of the floor H4480 H7172 to H5704 the other H7172 .
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8. He built his personal residence behind the Hall on a similar plan. Solomon also built another one just like it for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married.
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8. And his house H1004 where H834 H8033 he dwelt H3427 had another H312 court H2691 within H4480 H1004 the porch H197 , which was H1961 of the like H2088 work H4639 . Solomon H8010 made H6213 also a house H1004 for Pharaoh H6547 's daughter H1323 , whom H834 he had taken H3947 to wife , like unto this H2088 porch H197 .
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9. No expense was spared--everything here, inside and out, from foundation to roof was constructed using high-quality stone, accurately cut and shaped and polished.
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9. All H3605 these H428 were of costly H3368 stones H68 , according to the measures H4060 of hewed stones H1496 , sawed H1641 with saws H4050 , within H4480 H1004 and without H4480 H2351 , even from the foundation H4480 H4527 unto H5704 the coping H2948 , and so on the outside H4480 H2351 toward H5704 the great H1419 court H2691 .
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10. The foundation stones were huge, ranging in size from twelve to fifteen feet, and of the very best quality.
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10. And the foundation H3245 was of costly H3368 stones H68 , even great H1419 stones H68 , stones H68 of ten H6235 cubits H520 , and stones H68 of eight H8083 cubits H520 .
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11. The finest stone was used above the foundation, shaped to size and trimmed with cedar.
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11. And above H4480 H4605 were costly H3368 stones H68 , after the measures H4060 of hewed stones H1496 , and cedars H730 .
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12. The courtyard was enclosed with a wall made of three layers of stone and topped with cedar timbers, just like the one in the porch of The Temple of GOD.
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12. And the great H1419 court H2691 round about H5439 was with three H7969 rows H2905 of hewed stones H1496 , and a row H2905 of cedar H730 beams H3773 , both for the inner H6442 court H2691 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and for the porch H197 of the house H1004 .
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13. King Solomon sent to Tyre and asked Hiram (not the king; another Hiram) to come.
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13. And king H4428 Solomon H8010 sent H7971 and fetched H3947 H853 Hiram H2438 out of Tyre H4480 H6865 .
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14. Hiram's mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father was a Tyrian and a master worker in bronze. Hiram was a real artist--he could do anything with bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all the bronze work.
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14. He H1931 was a widow H490 's son H1121 of the tribe H4480 H4294 of Naphtali H5321 , and his father H1 was a man H376 of Tyre H6876 , a worker H2790 in brass H5178 : and he was filled H4390 with H854 wisdom H2451 , and understanding H8394 , and cunning H1847 to work H6213 all H3605 works H4399 in brass H5178 . And he came H935 to H413 king H4428 Solomon H8010 , and wrought H6213 H853 all H3605 his work H4399 .
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15. First he cast two pillars in bronze, each twenty-seven feet tall and eighteen feet in circumference.
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15. For he cast H6696 H853 two H8147 pillars H5982 of brass H5178 , of eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits H520 high H6967 apiece H5982 H259 : and a line H2339 of twelve H8147 H6240 cubits H520 did compass either of them about H5437 H853 H5982 H8145 .
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16. He then cast two capitals in bronze to set on the pillars; each capital was seven and a half feet high
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16. And he made H6213 two H8147 chapiters H3805 of molten H3332 brass H5178 , to set H5414 upon H5921 the tops H7218 of the pillars H5982 : the height H6967 of the one H259 chapiter H3805 was five H2568 cubits H520 , and the height H6967 of the other H8145 chapiter H3805 was five H2568 cubits H520 :
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17. and flared at the top in the shape of a lily. Each capital was dressed with an elaborate filigree of seven braided chains and a double row of two hundred pomegranates, setting the pillars off magnificently.
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17. And nets H7638 of checker H7639 work H4639 , and wreaths H1434 of chain H8333 work H4639 , for the chapiters H3805 which H834 were upon H5921 the top H7218 of the pillars H5982 ; seven H7651 for the one H259 chapiter H3805 , and seven H7651 for the other H8145 chapiter H3805 .
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18. (SEE 7:17)
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18. And he made H6213 H853 the pillars H5982 , and two H8147 rows H2905 round about H5439 upon H5921 the one H259 network H7639 , to cover H3680 H853 the chapiters H3805 that H834 were upon H5921 the top H7218 , with pomegranates H7416 : and so H3651 did H6213 he for the other H8145 chapiter H3805 .
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19. (SEE 7:17)
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19. And the chapiters H3805 that H834 were upon H5921 the top H7218 of the pillars H5982 were of lily H7799 work H4639 in the porch H197 , four H702 cubits H520 .
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20. (SEE 7:17)
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20. And the chapiters H3805 upon H5921 the two H8147 pillars H5982 had pomegranates also H1571 above H4480 H4605 , over against H4480 H5980 the belly H990 which H834 was by H5676 the network H7639 : and the pomegranates H7416 were two hundred H3967 in rows H2905 round about H5439 upon H5921 the other H8145 chapiter H3805 .
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21. He set the pillars up in the entrance porch to The Temple; the pillar to the south he named Security (Jachin) and the pillar to the north Stability (Boaz).
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21. And he set up H6965 H853 the pillars H5982 in the porch H197 of the temple H1964 : and he set up H6965 the right H3233 H853 pillar H5982 , and called H7121 H853 the name H8034 thereof Jachin H3199 : and he set up H6965 H853 the left H8042 pillar H5982 , and called H7121 H853 the name H8034 thereof Boaz H1162 .
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22. The capitals were in the shape of lilies. When the pillars were finished,
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22. And upon H5921 the top H7218 of the pillars H5982 was lily H7799 work H4639 : so was the work H4399 of the pillars H5982 finished H8552 .
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23. Hiram's next project was to make the Sea--an immense round basin of cast metal fifteen feet in diameter, seven and a half feet tall, and forty-five feet in circumference.
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23. And he made H6213 H853 a molten H3332 sea H3220 , ten H6235 cubits H520 from the one brim H4480 H8193 to H5704 the other H8193 : it was round H5696 all about H5439 , and his height H6967 was five H2568 cubits H520 : and a line H6957 of thirty H7970 cubits H520 did compass H5437 it round about H5439 .
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24. Just under the rim there were two bands of decorative gourds, ten gourds to each foot and a half. The gourds were cast in one piece with the Sea.
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24. And under H4480 H8478 the brim H8193 of it round about H5439 there were knops H6497 compassing H5437 it, ten H6235 in a cubit H520 , compassing H5362 H853 the sea H3220 round about H5439 : the knops H6497 were cast H3332 in two H8147 rows H2905 , when it was cast H3333 .
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25. The Sea was set on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the bulls faced outward supporting the Sea on their hindquarters.
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25. It stood H5975 upon H5921 twelve H8147 H6240 oxen H1241 , three H7969 looking H6437 toward the north H6828 , and three H7969 looking H6437 toward the west H3220 , and three H7969 looking H6437 toward the south H5045 , and three H7969 looking H6437 toward the east H4217 : and the sea H3220 was set above H4480 H4605 upon H5921 them , and all H3605 their hinder parts H268 were inward H1004 .
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26. The Sea was three inches thick and flared at the rim like a cup, or like a lily. It held about 11,500 gallons.
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26. And it was a handbreadth H2947 thick H5672 , and the brim H8193 thereof was wrought H4639 like the brim H8193 of a cup H3563 , with flowers H6525 of lilies H7799 : it contained H3557 two thousand H505 baths H1324 .
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27. Hiram also made ten washstands of bronze. Each was six feet square and four and a half feet tall.
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27. And he made H6213 H853 ten H6235 bases H4350 of brass H5178 ; four H702 cubits H520 was the length H753 of one H259 base H4350 , and four H702 cubits H520 the breadth H7341 thereof , and three H7969 cubits H520 the height H6967 of it.
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28. They were made like this: Panels were fastened to the uprights.
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28. And the work H4639 of the bases H4350 was on this H2088 manner : they had borders H4526 , and the borders H4526 were between H996 the ledges H7948 :
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29. Lions, bulls, and cherubim were represented on the panels and uprights. Beveled wreath-work bordered the lions and bulls above and below.
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29. And on H5921 the borders H4526 that H834 were between H996 the ledges H7948 were lions H738 , oxen H1241 , and cherubims H3742 : and upon H5921 the ledges H7948 there was a base H3653 above H4480 H4605 : and beneath H4480 H8478 the lions H738 and oxen H1241 were certain additions H3914 made of thin H4174 work H4639 .
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30. Each stand was mounted on four bronze wheels with bronze axles. The uprights were cast with decorative relief work.
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30. And every H259 base H4350 had four H702 brazen H5178 wheels H212 , and plates H5633 of brass H5178 : and the four H702 corners H6471 thereof had undersetters H3802 : under H4480 H8478 the laver H3595 were undersetters H3802 molten H3332 , at the side H4480 H5676 of every H376 addition H3914 .
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31. Each stand held a basin on a circular engraved support a foot and a half deep set on a pedestal two and a quarter feet square. The washstand itself was square.
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31. And the mouth H6310 of it within H4480 H1004 the chapiter H3805 and above H4605 was a cubit H520 : but the mouth H6310 thereof was round H5696 after the work H4639 of the base H3653 , a cubit H520 and a half H2677 H520 : and also H1571 upon H5921 the mouth H6310 of it were gravings H4734 with their borders H4526 , foursquare H7251 , not H3808 round H5696 .
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32. The axles were attached under the stand and the wheels fixed to them. The wheels were twenty-seven inches in diameter;
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32. And under H4480 H8478 the borders H4526 were four H702 wheels H212 ; and the axletrees H3027 of the wheels H212 were joined to the base H4350 : and the height H6967 of a H259 wheel H212 was a cubit H520 and half H2677 a cubit H520 .
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33. they were designed like chariot wheels. Everything--axles, rims, spokes, and hubs--was of cast metal.
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33. And the work H4639 of the wheels H212 was like the work H4639 of a chariot H4818 wheel H212 : their axletrees H3027 , and their naves H1354 , and their felloes H2839 , and their spokes H2840 , were all H3605 molten H3332 .
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34. There was a handle at the four corners of each washstand, the handles cast in one piece with the stand.
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34. And there were four H702 undersetters H3802 to H413 the four H702 corners H6438 of one H259 base H4350 : and the undersetters H3802 were of H4480 the very base H4350 itself.
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35. At the top of the washstand there was a ring about nine inches deep. The uprights and handles were cast with the stand.
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35. And in the top H7218 of the base H4350 was there a round H5696 compass H5439 of half H2677 a cubit H520 high H6967 : and on H5921 the top H7218 of the base H4350 the ledges H3027 thereof and the borders H4526 thereof were of H4480 the same.
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36. Everything and every available surface was engraved with cherubim, lions, and palm trees, bordered by arabesques.
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36. For on H5921 the plates H3871 of the ledges H3027 thereof , and on H5921 the borders H4526 thereof , he graved H6605 cherubims H3742 , lions H738 , and palm trees H8561 , according to the proportion H4626 of every one H376 , and additions H3914 round about H5439 .
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37. The washstands were identical, all cast in the same mold.
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37. After this H2063 manner he made H6213 H853 the ten H6235 bases H4350 : all H3605 of them had one H259 casting H4165 , one H259 measure H4060 , and one H259 size H7095 .
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38. He also made ten bronze washbasins, each six feet in diameter with a capacity of 230 gallons, one basin for each of the ten washstands.
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38. Then made H6213 he ten H6235 lavers H3595 of brass H5178 : one H259 laver H3595 contained H3557 forty H705 baths H1324 : and every H259 laver H3595 was four H702 cubits H520 : and upon H5921 every one H259 of the ten H6235 bases H4350 one H259 laver H3595 .
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39. He arranged five stands on the south side of The Temple and five on the north. The Sea was placed at the southeast corner of The Temple.
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39. And he put H5414 H853 five H2568 bases H4350 on H5921 the right H4480 H3225 side H3802 of the house H1004 , and five H2568 on H5921 the left H4480 H8040 side H3802 of the house H1004 : and he set H5414 the sea H3220 on the right H3233 side H4480 H3802 of the house H1004 eastward H6924 over against H4480 H4136 the south H5045 .
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40. Hiram then fashioned the various utensils: buckets and shovels and bowls. Hiram completed all the work he set out to do for King Solomon on The Temple of GOD:
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40. And Hiram H2438 made H6213 H853 the lavers H3595 , and the shovels H3257 , and the basins H4219 . So Hiram H2438 made an end H3615 of doing H6213 H853 all H3605 the work H4399 that H834 he made H6213 king H4428 Solomon H8010 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 :
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41. two pillars; two capitals on top of the pillars; two decorative filigrees for the capitals;
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41. The two H8147 pillars H5982 , and the two bowls H1543 of the chapiters H3805 that H834 were on H5921 the top H7218 of the two H8147 pillars H5982 ; and the two H8147 networks H7639 , to cover H3680 H853 the two H8147 bowls H1543 of the chapiters H3805 which H834 were upon H5921 the top H7218 of the pillars H5982 ;
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42. four hundred pomegranates for the two filigrees (a double row of pomegranates for each filigree);
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42. And four H702 hundred H3967 pomegranates H7416 for the two H8147 networks H7639 , even two H8147 rows H2905 of pomegranates H7416 for one H259 network H7639 , to cover H3680 H853 the two H8147 bowls H1543 of the chapiters H3805 that H834 were upon H5921 H6440 the pillars H5982 ;
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43. ten washstands each with its washbasin; one Sea;
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43. And the ten H6235 bases H4350 , and ten H6235 lavers H3595 on H5921 the bases H4350 ;
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44. twelve bulls under the Sea;
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44. And one H259 sea H3220 , and twelve H8147 H6240 oxen H1241 under H8478 the sea H3220 ;
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45. miscellaneous buckets, shovels, and bowls. All these artifacts that Hiram made for King Solomon for The Temple of GOD were of burnished bronze.
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45. And the pots H5518 , and the shovels H3257 , and the basins H4219 : and all H3605 these H428 vessels H3627 , which H834 Hiram H2438 made H6213 to king H4428 Solomon H8010 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , were of bright H4803 brass H5178 .
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46. He cast them in clay in a foundry on the Jordan plain between Succoth and Zarethan.
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46. In the plain H3603 of Jordan H3383 did the king H4428 cast H3332 them , in the clay H4568 ground H127 between H996 Succoth H5523 and Zarthan H6891 .
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47. These artifacts were never weighed--there were far too many! Nobody has any idea how much bronze was used.
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47. And Solomon H8010 left H5117 H853 all H3605 the vessels H3627 unweighed , because they were exceeding H3966 H3966 many H4480 H7230 : neither H3808 was the weight H4948 of the brass H5178 found out H2713 .
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48. Solomon was also responsible for all the furniture and accessories in The Temple of GOD: the gold Altar; the gold Table that held the Bread of the Presence;
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48. And Solomon H8010 made H6213 H853 all H3605 the vessels H3627 that H834 pertained unto the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 : H853 the altar H4196 of gold H2091 , and the table H7979 of gold H2091 , whereupon H834 H5921 the shewbread H3899 H6440 was ,
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49. the pure gold candelabras, five to the right and five to the left in front of the Inner Sanctuary; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;
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49. And the candlesticks H4501 of pure H5462 gold H2091 , five H2568 on the right H4480 H3225 side , and five H2568 on the left H4480 H8040 , before H6440 the oracle H1687 , with the flowers H6525 , and the lamps H5216 , and the tongs H4457 of gold H2091 ,
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50. the pure gold dishes, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; the gold sockets for the doors of the Inner Sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, used also for the doors of the Main Sanctuary.
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50. And the bowls H5592 , and the snuffers H4212 , and the basins H4219 , and the spoons H3709 , and the censers H4289 of pure H5462 gold H2091 ; and the hinges H6596 of gold H2091 , both for the doors H1817 of the inner H6442 house H1004 , the most H6944 holy H6944 place, and for the doors H1817 of the house H1004 , to wit , of the temple H1964 .
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51. That completed all the work King Solomon did on The Temple of GOD. He then brought in the items consecrated by his father David, the silver and the gold and the artifacts. He placed them all in the treasury of GOD's Temple.
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51. So was ended H7999 all H3605 the work H4399 that H834 king H4428 Solomon H8010 made H6213 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 . And Solomon H8010 brought in H935 H853 the things which David H1732 his father H1 had dedicated H6944 ; even H853 the silver H3701 , and the gold H2091 , and the vessels H3627 , did he put H5414 among the treasures H214 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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