19 Geber the son of Uri ver.9,11, kDe. 3. 8. in the country of Gilead, in the 12. country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land. t Heb. in the him. 17.ch.3.8. Solomon's princes, 1. 7 His twelve midst of 1 Ge. 22. SO king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were the princes which he had: Azariah the son Pr.14. 28. 4. n2 Ch. 9. Ge. 15. 8. Or, the chief of ficer. P Ps. 68. of Zadok the priest; ries. 4 And Benaiah the son of Je-a 2Sa. 8. hoiada was over the host: and 16. & 20. Zadok and Abiathar, were the 24. priests: с 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over dthe officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend: 2. 27. 10, 11. I Or, remembrancer. beh.2. 35. See ch. 6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. 7 TAnd Solomon had twelve of-f2 Sa. 15. ficers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. 8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: 33. Bch.5. 14. Or, Ben Or, kar. 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-she-hur. mesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: 10 The son of Hesed, in Aru-Ben-deboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Or, Taphath the daughter of Solo-Benmon to wife: Or, Ben-hesed. abina 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; dab. to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: 4 Pa. 72. 1 Ch.22. See Je. 23. 6. ↑ Heb. ch. 10. 17. 16. 2 ver. 7. 20 Judah and Israel were many, las the sand which is by the seain multitude,"eating and drinking, and making merry. 21 And "Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, P they brought presents, and and unto the border of Egypt: served Solomon all the days of his life. 22 TAnd Solomon's † provision for one day was thirty fineasures of fine flour, and three score measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over "all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt tsafely, 'every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, "from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. 26 T And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 27 And "those officers provided victual forking Solomon, and for 14.&9.25. all that came unto king SoloYSee De. mon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. 29 T And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. Or, mules. or, swift beasts. deh.3. 12. 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children bof the east country, title. and all the wisdom of Egypt. Nu. 32. fSeelCh. 31 For he was dwiser than all 33. & 15. hite, fand Heman, and Chalcol, 2. 6. & 6. men; than Ethan the Ezra19.Ps.88, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: title. and his fame was in all nations SPr. 1. 1. round about. Ec. 12. 9. 13 The son of Geber, in Ra- 10r, 1 Ch. 15. moth-gilead; to him pertained Ben-ge-19. Ps 89, the towns of Jair the son of ber Manasseh, which are in Gilead: to him also pertained the region ¡De. 3. of Argob, which is in Bashan, three score great cities with walls and brazen bars: 41. 4. Or, to 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: Maha naim. 32 And he spake three thou 1. 9. C2Ch.2.3. 3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name ofthe LORD d1 Ch.22. his God, d for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. 4 But now the LORD my God bath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. 5fAnd behold, I t purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying. Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. 8.& 28.3. † Heb. ch.9. 21. 2Ch.2.17, 18. 2. 15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thou sand hewers in the mountains; 16 Besides the chief of Solo. mon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. ch.4. 24. say. 10. 6 Now therefore command thou, h2Ch.2.8, 7 And it came to pass, when ↑ Heb. 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon,↑ Heb. aying, I have t considered the heard. things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. 16. 9 My servants shell bring them 2 Ch 2 Giblites: 9. 22 Ch. 3. 1, 2. 1012. bAc.7.47. † Heb. See Ez. CHAPTER VI. The building of Solomon's temple, I. 5 The chambers thereof. 11 God's promise unto it. 15 The ceiling and adorning of it. 23 The cherubims. 31 The doors. 36 The court. 37 The time of building it. four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Sol. omon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that bhe thegan to build the house of the LORD. 2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof, before the house. 823 Ex. 25. 20.&37.9. 2Ch. 5. 8. 1005. Or, the hver. 14. cheru bims 38. 10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. 11 T And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, iif thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute By judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in dar. Or, the stretched forth their wings. vault beams and the with ce ceilings them; then will I perform my ich.2.4.& word with thee, which 1 spake 9.4 unto David thy father: 18 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 14 "So Solomon built the house and finished it. 15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides ofthe house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the "most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and topen flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there † Heb. k2 Sa. 7. penings 13. 1 Ch. of flow 22. 10. 1 Ex.25.8. Le.26.11. 2Co.6.16. Re. 21. 3. mDe. 31. ers. Or fivesquare. 6. ver. 38. Or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, &c. and so ver. Or, leaves of the doors. 16. † Heb. openings of flow 33. Le.16. He. 9. 3 ! Or, Heb. open ings of Aowers. square. Ez. 41. 23, 24, 25. The cherubins within the oracle the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with tpure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. 23 T And within the oracle The made two cherubims of tolive tree, each ten cubits high. 24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cu bits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25 And the other cherub wasten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims, and palm-trees, and t open flowers, within and without. 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. 31 T And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olivetree: the lintel and side-posts were a fifth part of the wall. 32 The two doors also were of olive-tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims, and palm-trees, and t open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm-trees. 33 So also made he for the door of the temple, posts of olive-tree, la fourth part of the wall. 34 And the two doors were of fir-tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding, 35 And he carved thereon cherubims, and palm-trees, and open flowers; and covered them with gold, fitted upon the carved work. Solomon's other buildings. 36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. CHAPTER VII. B. C. 1005. 37 In the fourth year was ver. 1. the foundation of the house of the LORD laid,in the month Zif: 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul (which is the eighth month) was the house finished throughout all the parts Or, with thereof, and according to all the all the fashion of it. So was he "seven appurte years in building it. CHAPTER VIL nances B. C. 1005. John10. 23. Ac. 3. The molten sen. 12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inuer court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. 13 T And king Solomon sent and fetched dHiram out of Tyre. d2Ch 4.11 14 He was a widow's son of See ver. Huram: the tribe of Naphtali, and his e2Ch.2.14 filled with wisdom and under father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was Heb.the standing, and cunning to work son of a all works in brass. And he came widow to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 40. thereof and with all the or dinances thereof. Compare ver. woman. f2Ch.4.16 Ex.31.3. & 36. 1. 1005. The building of Solomon's house, 1. 2 Of the house of Lebanon. 6 Of the porch of pillars. 7 Of the porch of judgment. 8 Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter. 13 Hiram's work of the two pillars. 23 Of the molten" sea. 27 Of the ten bases. 38 Of the ten lavers, 40 and all the vessels. BUT Solomon was building his own house "thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2.1 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length: thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. L till 992. 2Ch. 8. ach. 9. 10 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the theams that ↑ Heb. tay on forty-five pillars, fifteen ribs. in a row. 1. And there were windows in three rows, and flight was + Heb. against light in 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 pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth square thereof thirty cubits: and then proporch was before them: and the spect. other pillars and the thick beam were before them. were 15 For he fcast htwo pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high †Heb.fa bits did compass either of them apiece: and a line of twelve cushioned. about. h2Ki. 25. 17.2Ch.3. Je. 52.21. 15.&4.12. iSee2Ch. 3.16. & 4. 13. Je.52. Or, ac cording 23. to them. Or, ac-1 k2Ch 3.17 ch. & 3. That is, He shall establish That is, 7 T Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from cording one side of the floor to the other. to them. 8 And his house where he † Heb. dwelt had another court within from the porch, which was of the like floor to work. Solomon made also an floor. house for Pharaoh's daughter, bwhom he had taken to wife,like b ch. 3. unto this porch. 2Ch.8.11. 9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation 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. 1. In it is 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the the one chapiter was five cubits, tops of the pillars: the height of and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 17 And nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that were 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. 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above,over against the belly which was by the net-work; and the pomegranates were i two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. in the porch of the temple: and 21 And he set up the pillars he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the naine thereof Boaz. 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the strength. work of the pillars finished. 13.2Ch.4. sea, ten cubits from the one m2Ki 25. 23 T And he made ma molten 2.Je52.17 brim to the other: it was round t Heb. all about, and his height was five from his cubits: and a line of thirty cuhis brim. 24 And under the brim of it bita did co.npass it round about. round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit 2Ch.4.3. "compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 02Ch.4.4, 25 It stood upon "twelve oxen, 5.Je52.20 three looking toward the north. and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward brim to Of the ten lavers, the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26 And it was an hand-breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained Ptwo thousand baths. 27 11 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was 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 between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. 30 And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had 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 an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. 32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were fjoined 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 axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. 34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. 35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. I. KINGS. B. C. 1005. P See 2 Ch. 4. 5. + Heb. in the base. 36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm-trees, according to the fproportion of Heb. every one, and additions round nakedabout. 37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. 38 TThen made he 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 ness. 42Ch.4.6. B. C. 1005. † Heb. shoulder. ↑ Heb. Hirom: See ver. 13. 18. and all the vessels. right tside 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 basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: 41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were rver. 17, on the top of the two pillars; and the two net-works, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; 42 And four hundred pome. granates for the two net-works, even two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were tupon the pillars; t Heb. upon the face of the pil lars. Ex. 27.3. 2Ch. 4.16. ↑ Heb. made bright, or,scour 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; 45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: and all these vessels which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of tbright brass. 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clayground 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. 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shew-bread was, 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the ora cle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fcensers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for 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 LORD. And Solomon brought in the things bwhich 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 LORD. CHAPTER VIIL The feast of the dedication of the temple, 1. 12, 54 Solomon's blessing. 22 Solomon's prayer. 62 His sacrifice of peace-offerings. THEN Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of |