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1. King Solomon also built a palace for himself. It took 13 years to build Solomon's palace.
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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 also built the building called the "Forest of Lebanon." It was 100 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. It had four rows of cedar columns. On top of each column was a cedar capital.
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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 cedar beams going across the rows of columns. There were 15 beams for each section of columns. There was a total of 45 beams. On top of these beams there were cedar boards for the ceiling.
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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. There were three rows of windows across from each other on the side walls.
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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. There were three doors at each end. All the door openings and frames were square.
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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. Solomon also built the Porch of Columns. It was 50 cubits long and 30 cubits wide. Along the front of the porch, there was a covering supported by columns.
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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 also built a throne room where he judged people. He called this the Judgment Hall. The room was covered with cedar from floor to ceiling.
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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. Behind the Judgment Hall was a courtyard. The palace where Solomon lived was built around that courtyard and looked like the Judgment Hall. He also built the same kind of palace for his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt.
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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. All of these buildings were made with expensive blocks of stone. The stones were cut to the right size with a saw and then smoothed on front and back. These expensive stones went from the foundation all the way up to the top layer of the wall. Even the wall around the yard was made with expensive blocks of stone.
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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 foundations were made with large, expensive stones. Some of the stones were 10 cubits long and the others were 8 cubits long.
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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. On top of these stones there were other expensive stones and cedar beams.
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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. There were walls around the palace yard, the Temple yard, and the porch of the Temple. The walls were built with three rows of stone and one row of cedar timbers.
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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 for a man named Huram who lived in Tyre and brought him to Jerusalem.
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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. Huram's mother was an Israelite from the tribe of Naphtali. His dead father was from Tyre. Huram made things from bronze. He was a very skilled and experienced builder. So King Solomon asked him to come, and Huram accepted. King Solomon put him in charge of all the bronze work, and Huram did all the work he was given to do.
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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. Huram made two bronze columns for the porch. Each column was 18 cubits tall and 12 cubits around. The columns were hollow and their metal walls were 3 inches thick.
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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 also made two bronze capitals that were 5 cubits tall. He put these capitals on top of the columns.
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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. He made two nets of chain to cover the capitals on top of the two columns.
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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. Then he made two rows of bronze pomegranates. He put the bronze pomegranates on the nets of each column to cover the capitals at the top of the columns.
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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. The capitals on top of the columns were shaped like flowers.
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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. The capitals were on top of the columns, above the bowl-shaped net. There were 200 pomegranates in rows all around the capitals.
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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. Huram put these two bronze columns at the porch of the Temple. One column was put on the south side of the entrance and one was put on the north side of it. The column on the south was named Jakin. The column on the north was named 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. They put the flower-shaped capitals on top of the columns, and the work on the two columns was 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. Then Huram melted bronze and poured it into a huge mold to make a tank, which was called "The Sea." The tank was about 30 cubits around. It was 10 cubits across and 5 cubits deep.
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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. There was a rim around the outer edge of the tank. Under this rim there were two rows of bronze gourds all around the tank. The bronze gourds were made in one piece as part of the tank.
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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 tank rested on the backs of 12 bronze bulls. All 12 of the bulls were looking out, away from the tank. Three were looking north, three east, three south, and three west.
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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 sides of the tank were 3 inches thick. The rim around the tank was like the rim of a cup or like the petals on a flower. The tank held about 11,000 gallons of water
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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. Then Huram made ten bronze carts. Each cart was 4 cubits long, 4 cubits wide, and 3 cubits high.
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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. The carts were made with square panels set in frames.
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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. On the panels and frames were bronze bulls, lions, and Cherub angels. There were designs of flowers hammered into the bronze above and below the bulls and lions.
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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 cart had four bronze wheels with bronze axles. At the corners there were bronze supports for a large bowl. The supports had designs of flowers hammered into the bronze.
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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. There was a frame around the top with an opening for the bowl. The frame was 1 cubit tall, and the opening was 1?cubits in diameter. There were designs carved into the bronze on the frame. The frame was square, not round.
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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. There were four wheels under the frame. The wheels were 1?cubits in diameter. The axles between the wheels were made as one piece with the cart.
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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. The wheels were like the wheels on a chariot. Everything on the wheels�the axles, the rims, the spokes, and the hubs were made from bronze.
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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 were supports at each of the four corners of the carts. They were made as one piece with the cart.
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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. There was a strip of bronze around the top of each cart. It was made as one piece with the cart.
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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. The sides of the cart and the frames had pictures of Cherub angels, lions, and palm trees carved into the bronze. These pictures were carved all over the carts� wherever there was room. And there were flowers carved on the frame around the cart.
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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. Huram made ten carts, and they were all the same. Each cart was made from bronze. The bronze was melted and poured into a mold. So all the carts were the same size and shape.
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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. Huram also made ten bowls. There was one bowl for each of the ten carts. Each bowl was 4 cubits across and could hold about 230 gallons.
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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 put five carts on the south side of the Temple and five carts on the north side. He put the large tank in 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. Huram also made pots, small shovels, and small bowls. He finished making all of the things King Solomon wanted him to make. This is a list of the things that Huram made for the Temple of the Lord: 2 columns; 2 capitals shaped like bowls for the top of the columns; 2 nets to go around the capitals; 400 pomegranates for the two nets (two rows of pomegranates for each net to cover the two bowls for the capitals on top of the columns); 10 carts with a bowl on each cart; the large tank with 12 bulls under it; the pots, small shovels, small bowls, and all the dishes for the Lord's Temple. Huram made everything King Solomon wanted. They were all made from polished bronze.
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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. 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. 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. And the ten H6235 bases H4350 , and ten H6235 lavers H3595 on H5921 the bases H4350 ;
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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. 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. Solomon never weighed the bronze that was used to make these things. There was too much to weigh. So the total weight of all the bronze was never known. The king ordered these things to be made near the Jordan River between Succoth and Zarethan. They made them by melting the bronze and pouring it into molds in the ground.
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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. 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 also commanded that all these things be made from gold for the Temple: the golden altar; the golden table which held the special bread that was offered to God; the lampstands of pure gold (five on the south side and five on the north side in front of the Most Holy Place); the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs; the pure gold bowls, wick trimmers, small bowls, pans, and dishes for carrying coals; the gold hinges for the doors to the inner room (the Most Holy Place) and for the doors to the main room of the Temple.
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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. 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. 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. So King Solomon finished all the work he wanted to do for the Lord's Temple. Then he took everything his father David had saved for this special purpose and put them in the Temple. He put the silver and gold in the special storage rooms in the Lord'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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