The Temple Furnishings

1 Kings 7

13 And King Solomon sent and brought f Hiram from Tyre. 14 He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And g he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.

15 h He cast i two pillars of bronze. j Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same. 1 16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and j the height of the other capital was five cubits. 17 There were lattices of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, a lattice 2 for the one capital and a lattice for the other capital. 18 Likewise he made pomegranates 3 in two rows around the one latticework to cover the capital that was on the top of the pillar, and he did the same with the other capital. 19 Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits. 20 The capitals were on the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There were k two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with the other capital. 21 l He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz. 22 And on the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus the work of the pillars was finished.

23 m Then he made n the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 24 Under its brim were o gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. 25 It stood on p twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. 26 Its thickness was a handbreadth, 4 and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths. 5

27 He also made the q ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high. 28 This was the construction of the stands: they had panels, and the panels were set in the frames, 29 and on the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work. 30 Moreover, each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a basin. The supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each. 31 Its opening was within a crown that projected upward one cubit. Its opening was round, as a pedestal is made, a cubit and a half deep. At its opening there were carvings, and its panels were square, not round. 32 And the four wheels were underneath the panels. The axles of the wheels were of one piece with the stands, and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 The wheels were made like a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. 34 There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands. 35 And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it. 36 And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths all around. 37 After this manner he made q the ten stands. All of them were cast alike, of the same measure and the same form.

38 And he made r ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands. 39 And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.

40 s Hiram also made t 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: 41 the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two u latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars; 42 and the v 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; 43 the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands; 44 and w the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.

45 Now x the pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house of the Lord, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished bronze. 46 In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between y Succoth and z Zarethan. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; a the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.

48 So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: b the golden altar, c the golden table for d the bread of the Presence, 49 e the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; f the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; 50 the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and g fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, h the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave of the temple.

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

  1. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 2:14
    The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre. He is trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and to do all sorts of engraving and execute any design that may be assigned him, with your craftsmen, the craftsmen of my lord, David your father.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 31:3 - 5
    And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship.
    Exodus 35:31
    And he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:15 - 21
    He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.
    2 Chronicles 3:15 - 17
    In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:17
    The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and on it was a capital of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits. A latticework and pomegranates, all of bronze, were all around the capital. And the second pillar had the same, with the latticework.
    1 Chronicles 18:8
    And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze. With it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.
    2 Chronicles 4:12
    The two pillars, the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars.
    Jeremiah 52:21 - 23
    As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, its circumference was twelve cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, and it was hollow.
  5. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:41
    The two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars.
  6. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:15
    He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:42
    And the 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.
    2 Chronicles 3:16
    He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.
    2 Chronicles 4:13
    And the 400 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.
    Jeremiah 52:23
    There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network all around.
  8. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 3:17
    He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.
  9. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:23 - 26
    Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
    2 Chronicles 4:2 - 5
    Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
  10. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:17
    And King Ahaz cut off the frames of the stands and removed the basin from them, and he took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone pedestal.
    2 Kings 25:13
    And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon.
    1 Chronicles 18:8
    And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze. With it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.
    Jeremiah 52:17
    And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried all the bronze to Babylon.
    Exodus 30:18
    You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
  11. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:18
    The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 52:20
    As for the two pillars, the one sea, the twelve bronze bulls that were under the sea, and the stands, which Solomon the king had made for the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these things was beyond weight.
  13. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:13
    And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon.
    2 Chronicles 4:14
    He made the stands also, and the basins on the stands.
    Jeremiah 52:17
    And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried all the bronze to Babylon.
  14. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:27
    He also made the ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
  15. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:6
    He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
    Exodus 30:18
    You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
  16. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:40 - 51
    Hiram 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 :
    2 Chronicles 4:11 - 5:1
    Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 27:3
    You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze.
    Exodus 38:3
    And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze.
  18. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:17 - 18
    There were lattices of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, a lattice for the one capital and a lattice for the other capital.
  19. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:20
    The capitals were on the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There were two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with the other capital.
  20. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:23
    Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
    1 Kings 7:25
    It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 27:3
    You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze.
    Exodus 38:3
    And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze.
  22. Cross References
    Joshua 13:27
    And in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, having the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan.
  23. Cross References
    Joshua 3:16
    The waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.
  24. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 22:3
    David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing.
    1 Chronicles 22:14
    With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord 100,000 talents of gold, a million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add.
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 37:25 - 29
    He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it.
  26. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:8
    He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
    Exodus 37:10 - 16
    He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
  27. Cross References
    Exodus 25:30
    And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
    Leviticus 24:5 - 8
    You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
  28. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:7
    And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
  29. Cross References
    Exodus 25:31 - 38
    You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
  30. Cross References
    Exodus 27:3
    You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze.
  31. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:16
    He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place.
  32. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:11
    These also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he dedicated from all the nations he subdued.
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