Verse 24
1 Kings 7:24
Free Bible Version
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It was as thick as the width of a hand, and its edge was like the flared edge of a cup or a lily flower. It held two thousand baths.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/פְקָעִים֩ מִ/תַּ֨חַת לִ/שְׂפָת֤/וֹ סָבִיב֙ סֹבְבִ֣ים אֹת֔/וֹ עֶ֚שֶׂר בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה מַקִּפִ֥ים אֶת הַ/יָּ֖ם סָבִ֑יב שְׁנֵ֤י טוּרִים֙ הַ/פְּקָעִ֔ים יְצֻקִ֖ים בִּ/יצֻקָתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And from under his lip, around him, there are clusters of gold, encircling the sea; two rows of gold clusters are poured in his casting.
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Chapter 7 Context
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However, it took Solomon thirteen years to finish building the whole of his palace.
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He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon— a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cu...
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The cedar roof of the house was on top of the beams that rested on the pillars. There were forty-fiv...
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The windows were placed high up, in three rows facing each other.
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All the doorways and door casings had rectangular frames, the openings facing each other in sets of...
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He also had the Hall of Columns made—forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. It had a porch in fro...
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The throne room where he sat as judge was called the Hall of Justice, lined with cedar panels from f...
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Solomon's own palace where he lived was in a courtyard behind the porch, made in a similar way to th...
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All these buildings were built using stone blocks that were expensive to produce. They were cut to s...
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The foundations were laid with very large top-quality stones, between eight and ten cubits long.
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On these were placed top-quality stones, cut to size, along with cedar timber.
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Around the great courtyard, the inner courtyard, and the porch of the Lord's Temple were three cours...
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He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was from Tyre, a craftsman who...
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He cast two columns in bronze. They were both eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumferenc...
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He also cast two capitals in bronze to place on top of the columns. Each capital was five cubits hig...
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He made a network of lattice using interlinked chains for both capitals, seven for each one.
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The capitals placed on top of columns in the porch were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high.
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On the capitals of both columns were the two hundred pomegranates in rows that encircled them, just...
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He erected the columns at the entrance porch of the Temple. The southern column he named Jachin, and...
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The capitals on the columns were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the columns was finished...
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Then he made the Sea of cast metal. Its shape was circular, and measured ten cubits from edge to edg...
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Below the edge it was decorated with ornamental gourds that encircled it, ten per cubit all the way...
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The Sea stood on twelve metal bulls. Three faced to the north, three to the west, three to the south...
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It was as thick as the width of a hand, and its edge was like the flared edge of a cup or a lily flo...
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He also made ten carts to carry basins. The carts measured four cubits long, four cubits wide, and t...
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This is how they were put together: side panels were attached to uprights.
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Both the side panels and the uprights were decorated with lions, bulls, and cherubim. Above and belo...
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Each cart had four bronze wheels with bronze axles. A basin rested on four supports that had decorat...
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At the top of each cart was a round opening like a pedestal to hold the basin. The opening was one c...
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The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the cart. Each w...
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The wheels were made in the same way as chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all...
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Each cart had four handles, one on each corner, made as part of the stand.
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There was a ring on the top of the cart a half cubit wide. The supports and panels were cast as one...
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He had designs of cherubim, lions, and palm trees engraved on the panels, supports, and frame, where...
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This is how he made the ten carts, with the same casts, size, and shape.
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Then he made ten bronze basins. Each one held forty baths and measured four cubits across, one basin...
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He placed five carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. He placed the Sea o...
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He also made the pots, shovels, and bowls. So Hiram finished making everything required by King Solo...
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the two columns; the two capitals shaped like bowls on top the columns; the two chain networks that...
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the four hundred ornamental pomegranates for the chain networks (in two rows for the chain networks...
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the ten carts; the ten basins on the carts;
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the Sea; the twelve bulls under the Sea;
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and the pots, shovels, and bowls. Everything that Hiram made for King Solomon in the Temple of the L...
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Solomon did not weigh anything that had been made because there was just so much—the weight of bronz...
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Solomon also had made all the items for the Temple of the Lord: the golden altar; the golden table w...
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the lampstands made of pure gold that stood in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right and f...
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the basins, wick trimmers, bowls, ladles, and censers that again were all made of pure gold; and the...
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In this way all King Solomon's work for the Temple of the Lord was completed. Then Solomon brought i...
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