1 Kings 5 - 7
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Now j Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, k for Hiram always loved David.
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And Solomon sent word to Hiram,
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l "You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God m because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
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n But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune.
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And so I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, o as the Lord said to David my father, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.'
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Now therefore command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. And my servants will join your servants, and I will pay you for your servants such wages as you set, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians."
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As soon as Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, "Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people."
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And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message that you have sent to me. I am ready to do all you desire in the matter of cedar and cypress timber.
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My servants shall bring it down to the sea from Lebanon, and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you direct. And I will have them broken up there, and you shall receive it. And you shall meet my wishes p by providing food for my household."
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So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired,
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while Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000 cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.
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And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, q as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
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King Solomon drafted r forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men.
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And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts. They would be a month in Lebanon and two months at home. s Adoniram was in charge of the draft.
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Solomon also t had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country,
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besides Solomon's 3,300 u chief officers who were over the work, v who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
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At the king's command w they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
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So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and x the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
1 Kings 6
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y In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, z he began to build the house of the Lord.
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a The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
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The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.
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And b he made for the house windows with recessed frames.
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c He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and d the inner sanctuary. And he made e side chambers all around.
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The lowest story was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.
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When the house was built, f it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.
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The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
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g So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar.
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He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.
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Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon,
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"Concerning this house that you are building, h if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, i which I spoke to David your father.
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And j I will dwell among the children of Israel k and will not forsake my people Israel."
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l So Solomon built the house and finished it.
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He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, m and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
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n 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 o the Most Holy Place.
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The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.
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The cedar within the house was carved in the form of p gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen.
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The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
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The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid an altar of cedar.
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And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold.
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And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. q Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
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r In the inner sanctuary s he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.
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Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.
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The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form.
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The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub.
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He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house. t And the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one touched the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; their other wings touched each other in the middle of the house.
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And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
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Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms.
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The floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer rooms.
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For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided.
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He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.
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So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square,
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and two doors of cypress wood. u The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
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On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.
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v He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.
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w In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.
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And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.
1 Kings 7
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Solomon was x building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.
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He built y the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred cubits and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and it was built on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
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And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.
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There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers.
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All the doorways and windows had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
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And he made z the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and a a canopy in front of them.
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And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment. b It was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.
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His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter c whom he had taken in marriage.
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All these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the great court.
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The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.
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And above were costly stones, cut according to measurement, and cedar.
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d The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the Lord and e the vestibule of the house.
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And King Solomon sent and brought f Hiram from Tyre.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Likewise he made pomegranates 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.
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Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits.
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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.
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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.
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And on the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus the work of the pillars was finished.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.
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He also made the q ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
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This was the construction of the stands: they had panels, and the panels were set in the frames,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The wheels were made like a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.
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There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands.
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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.
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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.
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After this manner he made q the ten stands. All of them were cast alike, of the same measure and the same form.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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;
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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;
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the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands;
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and w the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.
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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.
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In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between y Succoth and z Zarethan.
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And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; a the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.
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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,
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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;
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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.
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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.
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2 Chronicles 2:3
And Solomon sent word to Hiram the king of Tyre: "As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.
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2 Samuel 5:11
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.
1 Chronicles 14:1
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also masons and carpenters to build a house for him.
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1 Kings 5:3 - 11
You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
2 Chronicles 2:3 - 16
And Solomon sent word to Hiram the king of Tyre: "As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.
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1 Chronicles 22:8
But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have waged great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed so much blood before me on the earth.
1 Chronicles 28:3
But God said to me, 'You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.
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1 Kings 4:24
For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. And he had peace on all sides around him.
1 Chronicles 22:9
Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
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2 Samuel 7:13
He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
1 Chronicles 17:12
He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.
1 Chronicles 22:10
He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.
1 Chronicles 28:6
He said to me, 'It is Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
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Ezra 3:7
So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
Ezekiel 27:17
Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, meal, honey, oil, and balm.
Acts 12:20
Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.
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1 Kings 3:12
Behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
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1 Kings 4:6
Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
1 Kings 9:15
And this is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the Lord and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer
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1 Kings 4:6
Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
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2 Chronicles 2:18
Seventy thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens, 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 as overseers to make the people work.
1 Kings 9:20 - 22
All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel -
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1 Kings 4:5
Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king's friend.
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1 Kings 9:23
These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work: 550 who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
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1 Kings 6:7
When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.
1 Chronicles 22:2
David commanded to gather together the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God.
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Joshua 13:5
And the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Ezekiel 27:9
The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you, caulking your seams; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to barter for your wares.
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2 Chronicles 3:1 - 2
Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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Acts 7:47
But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
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2 Chronicles 3:3 - 4
These are Solomon's measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
Ezekiel 40:1 - 42:1
In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me to the city.
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Ezekiel 40:16
And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were palm trees.
Ezekiel 41:16
The thresholds and the narrow windows and the galleries all around the three of them, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered).
Ezekiel 41:26
And there were narrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, the side chambers of the temple, and the canopies.
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Ezekiel 41:6
And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple.
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1 Kings 6:16
He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house...
1 Kings 6:19 - 20
The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermos...
1 Kings 6:23
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of ...
1 Kings 6:31
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made...
1 Kings 7:49
The lampstands of pure gold, five on the south ...
1 Kings 8:6
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenan...
1 Kings 8:8
And the poles were so long that the ends of the...
2 Chronicles 4:20
The lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to ...
2 Chronicles 5:7
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenan...
2 Chronicles 5:9
And the poles were so long that the ends of the...
Psalms 28:2
Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cr...
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Ezekiel 41:5 - 6
Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the temple.
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1 Kings 5:18
So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
Deuteronomy 27:5 - 6
And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. You shall wield no iron tool on them.
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1 Kings 6:14
So Solomon built the house and finished it.
1 Kings 6:38
And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.
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1 Kings 9:4
And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules.
1 Kings 2:4
That the Lord may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.
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2 Samuel 7:13
He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
1 Chronicles 22:10
He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.
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Exodus 25:8
And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.
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Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:8
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
Joshua 1:5
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
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1 Kings 6:9
So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar.
1 Kings 6:38
And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.
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1 Kings 7:7
And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment. It was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.
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2 Chronicles 3:8
And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents of fine gold.
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1 Kings 7:50
The cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense,...
1 Kings 8:6
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenan...
Exodus 26:33 - 34
And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, an...
2 Chronicles 3:8
And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, co...
Ezekiel 45:3
And from this measured district you shall measu...
Hebrews 9:3
Behind the second curtain was a second section ...
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1 Kings 7:24
Under its brim were gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.
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Exodus 30:1
You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
Exodus 30:3
You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it.
Exodus 30:6
And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.
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1 Kings 6:23 - 27
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.
2 Chronicles 3:10 - 12
In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold.
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Exodus 37:7 - 9
And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat.
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1 Kings 8:7
For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.
Exodus 25:20
The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
Exodus 37:9
The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.
2 Chronicles 5:8
The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles.
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Ezekiel 41:24
The double doors had two leaves apiece, two swinging leaves for each door.
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1 Kings 7:12
The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the Lord and the vestibule of the house.
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1 Kings 6:1
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord.
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1 Kings 3:1
Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.
1 Kings 9:10
At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house.
2 Chronicles 8:1
At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house.
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1 Kings 10:17
And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 10:21
All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.
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1 Kings 7:12
The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the Lord and the vestibule of the house.
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Ezekiel 41:25 - 26
And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls. And there was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside.
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1 Kings 6:15 - 16
He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
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1 Kings 3:1
Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 8:11
Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, "My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, for the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy.
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1 Kings 6:36
He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.
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1 Kings 7:6
And he made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of them.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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