Ornaments of CHAP. VII. the temple month Bul, (which is the eighth 13 T Aud king Solomon sent and anth,) WAS the house finished fetched Hiram out of Tyre. throughout all the parts thereof, according to all the fashion of it. was he seven years in building it. CHAP. VII. BUT and 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a mai of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and under 16 And he made two chupiters / UT Solomon was building his own standing, and cunning to work all house thirteen years, and he fin-works in brass. And he came to king ished all his house. Solomon, and wrought all his work. 2 T He built also the house of the 15 For he cast two pillars of brass,of forest of Lebanon; the length thereof eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line was a hundred cubits, and the breadth of twelve cubits did compass either of thereof fifty cubits, and the height them about. thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams molten brass, to set upon the tops of upon the pillars. the pillars: the height of the one chap3 And it was covered with cedarfiter was live cubits, and the height of above upon the beams that lay on the other chapiter was live cubits: forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row. 17 And nets of checker-work, and 4 And there were windows in three wreaths of chain-work, for the chaprows, and light was against light infiters which teere upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter,and seven for the other chapiter. three ranks. 5 And all the doors and posts were square with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks, 6 ¶ And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits,and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them; and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them. 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that wore upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work in the porch, four cubits. 7 Then he made a porch for the 20 And the chapiters upon the two throne where he might judge, even the pillars had pomegi anates also above, porch of judgment; and it was cover-over against the belly which was by ed with cedar from one side of the the net-work; and the pomegranates door to the other. were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chupiter. S ¶ And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, 21 And he set up the pillars in the which was of the like work. Solomon porch of the temple: and he set up made also a house forPharaoh's daugh- the right pillar, and called the name ter, whom he had taken to wife like thereof Jachin: and he set up the left unto this porch. pillar, and called the name thereof 9. All these were of costly stones,ac-Boaz. cording to the measures of hewed 22 And upon the top of the pillars stones, sawed with saws, within and was lily-work: so was the work of without, even from the foundation the pillars finished. unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 And above were costly stones,after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Loan, and for the porch of the house. 23 ¶ And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other; it was round all about, and his height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 25. It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, ana three Ornaments of 1. KINGS the temple. looking toward the south, and three bases: all of them had one casting, looking toward the east: and the sea one measure, and one size. was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26. And it was a hand-breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lillies it contained two thousand baths. 38 T Then made lie ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. 39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, over against the south. 40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for 27 ¶ And he made ten bases of brass; four cubitsins the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. 28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: 29 And on the borders that were be- the house of the LORD: tween the ledges were lions, oxen,aud 41 The two pillara, and the two cherubims: and upon the ledges there | bowls of the chapiters that were on pas a base above: and beneath the the top of the two pillars; and the lions and oxen were certain additiona| two net-works, to cover the two bowls made of thin work. of the chapitera which were upon the top of the pillars: 30 And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereofhad undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. 31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round, after the work of the base, a cubit and a half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, four square, not round. 32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axle-trees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. 33 And the work of the wheels was¦ like the work of a chariot-wheel; their axle-trees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two net-works, even two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover the two bowls of the chapiteis that were upon the pillars; 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavera on the bases; 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; 45 And the pots, and the shovels,and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solonion for the house of the Lond, were of bright brass. 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast then, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zarthan. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. 34. And there were four undersetters 48 And Solomon made all the vessels to the four corners of one base: and that pertained unto the house of the the undersetters were of the very base LORD: the altar of gold, and the table itself. of gold, whereupon the shew-bread was, 35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of a half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of 36 For on the plates of the ledges gold, thereof, and on the borders thereof,he 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, graved cherubims, lions, and palm-and the basons, and the spoons, and the trees, according to the proportion of censers, of pure gold; and the hinges every one, and additions round about. of gold,both for the doors of the inner 37 After this manner he made the ten house, the most holy place, and for Dedication of CHAP. VIII. the doors of the house, to wit, of the] temple. 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lond. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated: even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among The treasures of the house of the Lond. CHAP. VIII. T THEN Solomon assembled the el ders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David,which is Zion. 2 Aud all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim,which is the seventh month. 3. And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. the temple. 11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud. for the glory of the Lono had filled the house of the LORD. 12 TThen spake Solomon, The Lond said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 13 I have surely built thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. 14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) 15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father,and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name night be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. 17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 4. And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did 18 And the Lord said unto David my the priests and the Levites bring up. father, Whereas it was in thy heart to 5 And king Solomon, and all the con-build a house unto my name, thou gregation of Israel, that were assem-didst well that it was in thy heart. bled unto him, were with him before 19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, the house; but thy son that shall come that could not be told nor numbered forth out of thy loins, he shall build for multitude. the house unto my name. 6 Aud the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Loup unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubins. 7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 20. And the Loud bath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel,as the Lond promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel 21 And I have set there & place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which be made with our fa8 And they drew out the staves, that|thers, when he brought them out of the ends of the staves were seen but in the land of Egypt. the holy place before the oracle, and 22 ¶ And Solomon stood before the they were not seen without; and there altar of the Lond in the presence of all they are unto this day. the congregation of Israel, and spread 9 There was nothing in the ark save forth his hands toward heaven: the two tables of stone, which Moses 23 And he said, LORD God of Israei, put there at Horeb, when the LORD there is no God like thee, in heaven inade a covenant with the children of above, or on earth beneath, who keepIsrael, when they came out of the landfest covenant and mercy with thy ser of Egypt vants that walk before thee with all their heart: 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD. 24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst [him: thou spakest also with thy 1. KINGS. Solomon's prayer. Solomon's prayer mouth, and has fulfilled it with thy there is no rain, because they have hand, as it is this day. sinned against thee; if they pray to 25 Therefore now, LORD God of Is-ward this place,and confess thy name, rael, keep with thy servant David myjand turn from their sin, when thou father that thou promisedst him, say-Jaillictest them; ing There shak not fail thee a man in 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and my sight to sit on the throne of Israel;|forgive the sin of thy servants, and of so that thy children take heed to their thy people Israel, that thou teach them way,that they waik before me as thou the good way wherein they should hast walked before me. walk, and give rain upon thy land 26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy which thou hast given to thy people word, I pray thee, be verified, which for an inheritance. thou spakest unto thy servant David| 37 ¶ If there be in the land faminemy father. if there be pestilence, blasting, mil27 But will God indeed dwell on the dew, locusts, or if there be caterpillar; earth? behold, the heaven, and heav-if their enemy besiege them in the en of heavens, cannot contain thee; land of their cities, whatsoever plague, how much less this house that I have whatsoever sickness there be ; builded? 38 What prayer and supplication so 28 Yet have thou respect unto the ever be made by any man, or by all prayer of thy servant, andto his sup-thy people Israel, which shall know plication, O Lond my God, to hearken every man the plague of his own unto the cry and to the prayer which heart, and spread forth his hands thy servant prayeth before thee to-day: toward this house: 29 That thine eyes may be open to- 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy ward this house night and day, even dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, toward the place of which thou hast and give to every man according to said, My name shall be there: that his ways, whose heart thou knowest; thou mayest bearken unto the prayer|(for thou, even thou only, knowest the which thy servant shall make toward hearts of all the children of men ;) this place. 40 That they may fear thee all the 30 And hearken thou to the supplica-days that they live in the land which tion of thy servant,and of thy people thou gavest unto our fathers. Israel, when they shall pray toward 41 Moreover, concerning a stranger, this place; and bear thou in heaven that is not of thy people Israel, but thy dwelling place: and when thou cometh out of a far country for thy hearest, forgive. name's sake; 31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house: 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteous ness. 42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched-out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house: 43 Hear thou in beaven thy dwellingplace, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is 33 When thy people Israel be smit-called by thy name. ten down before the enemy, because] 44 T If thy people go out to battle they have sinned against thee, and against their enemy, whithersoever sball turn again to thee, and confess thou shalt send them, and shall pray thy name, and pray, and make suppli-unto the LonD toward the city which cation unto thee in this house: thou hast chosen, and toward the Then bear thou in heaven, and house that I have built for thy name: forgive the sin of thy people Israel, 45 Then hear thou in heaven their and bring them again unto the land prayer and their supplication, and which thou gavest unto their fathers. maintain their cause. 35 π When heaven is shut up, and] 46 If they sin against thee, (for there fle blesseth CHAP. IX the congregation. is no man that sinneth not,) and thou hath uot failed one word of all bis be angry with them, and deliver them good promise, which he promised by to the enemy, so that they carry them the hand of Moses his servant away captives unto the land of the 57 The LORD our God be with us, as enemy, far or near; he was with our fathers; let him not 47 Yet if they shall bethink them-leave us, nor forsake us : selves in the land whither they were 68 That he may incline our hearts carried captives, and repent,and make unto him, to walk in all his ways, and supplication unto thee in the laud of to keep his commandments, and his them that carried them captives, say- statutes, and bis judgments, which he ing, We have sinned, and have done commanded our fathers. perversely, we have committed wickedness; 59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the Lono our God day and night, that be maintam the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the 48 And so return unto thee with all 60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. 49 Then hear thou their prayer and 61 Let your heart therefore be pertheir supplication in heaven thy dwell-fect with the LORD our God, to walk ing-place, and maintain their cause, in his statutes, and to keep his con50 And forgive thy people that have mandments, as at this day. sinned against thee, and all their trans gressions wherein they have trans gressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them : 51 For they be thy people, and thine mheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. 53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. 62 ¶ And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which be offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousau.l oxen, and a hundred and twenty thou sand sheep: so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. 64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt-offerings, and meatofferings, and the fat of the peace-offerings; because the brazen altar that was before the LORD teas too little to receive the burnt-offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peaceofferings. 65 ¶ And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great 54 T And it was so, that when Solo-congregation, from the entering in of mon had made an end of praying all Hamath unto the river of Egypt, be this prayer and supplication unto the Lond, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed be the Lond, that hath| given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there fore the LORD our God, seven days AND it came to pass, when Solomon |