1 King 7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

1 Kings 7Solomon’s Palace and Other Buildings

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16He also 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 with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital.

18He made the columns with two rows around each latticework to cover the capitals that were above the pomegranates; he did the same with the other capital.

19Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits high.

20 all around it, each of ten cubits, surrounding the sea; there were two rows of gourds, cast when it was cast.

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27 each basin measured four cubits; there was a basin for each of the ten stands.

39He set five of the stands on the south side of the house and five on the north side of the house; he set the sea on the southeast corner of the house.

40Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the Lord:

41vv 17, 18the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars;

42v 20the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;

43the ten stands, the ten basins on the stands;

44vv 23, 25the one sea and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.

45 2 Chr 4.16 The pots, the shovels, and the basins—all these vessels that Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord were of burnished bronze.

46Josh 3.16; 13.27; 2 Chr 4.17In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, 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 was not determined.

48 Ex 37.10ff So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence,

49Ex 25.31–38the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, in front of the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

50the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and firepans, of pure gold; the sockets for the doors of the innermost part of the house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the main hall of the temple, of gold.

51 2 Sam 8.11; 2 Chr 5.1 Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was finished. Solomon brought in the things that his father David had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.