He built the Lebanon Forest House with four rowsaLebanon Forest House with four rows So called because of the rows of cedar columns. Septuagint reads “three rows” instead of “four rows”; cf. v. 3. of cedar columns, and with hewn cedar beams above the columns. Its length was 100 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.
It was paneled above with cedar, with the planksbplanks Apparently the “planks” connected the columns longitudinally, and the “beams” (v. 2) connected the planks transversely. that were above on the 45 columns—15 in each row.
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וספן
196
בארז
210
ממעל
180
עלהצלעות
701
אשר
501
עלהעמודים
275
ארבעים
323
וחמשה
359
חמשה
353
עשר
570
הטור
220
I Kings 7:4
Gematria: 2463
ושקפיםשלשהטוריםומחזהאלמחזהשלשפעמים
And there were three rows of window frames, with three tiers of windows facing each other.
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ושקפים
536
שלשה
635
טורים
265
ומחזה
66
אלמחזה
91
שלש
630
פעמים
240
I Kings 7:5
Gematria: 2981
וכלהפתחיםוהמזוזותרבעיםשקףומולמחזהאלמחזהשלשפעמים
All the doorways and doorpostscdoorposts Septuagint reads “windows.” had square frames—with three tiers of windows facing each other.
He made the portico of columns 50 cubits long and 30 cubits wide; the portico was in front of [the columns], and there were columns with a canopy in front of them.dthe portico was in front … a canopy in front of them Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
He made the throne portico, where he was to pronounce judgment—the Hall of Judgment. It was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.efloor Syriac reads “rafters.”
The house that he used as a residence, in the rear courtyard, back of the portico, was of the same construction. Solomon also constructed a palace like that portico for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom he had married.
All these buildings, from foundation to coping and all the way out to the great courtyard, were of choice stones, hewn according to measure, smooth on all sides.fsmooth on all sides Lit. “sawed with a saw in the inside and outside.”
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כלאלה
86
אבנים
103
יקרת
710
כמדות
470
גזית
420
מגררות
849
במגרה
250
מבית
452
ומחוץ
150
וממסד
150
עדהטפחות
582
ומחוץ
150
עדהחצר
377
הגדולה
53
I Kings 7:10
Gematria: 3476
ומיסדאבניםיקרותאבניםגדלותאבניעשראמותואבנישמנהאמות
The foundations were huge blocks of choice stone, stones of 10 cubits and stones of 8 cubits;
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ומיסד
120
אבנים
103
יקרות
716
אבנים
103
גדלות
443
אבני
63
עשר
570
אמות
447
ואבני
69
שמנה
395
אמות
447
I Kings 7:11
Gematria: 2144
ומלמעלהאבניםיקרותכמדותגזיתוארז
and above were choice stones, hewn according to measure, and cedar wood.
The large surrounding courtyard had three tiers of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams, the same as for the inner court of the House of GOD, and for the portico of the House.
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וחצר
304
הגדולה
53
סביב
74
שלשה
635
טורים
265
גזית
420
וטור
221
כרתת
1020
ארזים
258
ולחצר
334
ביתיהוה
438
הפנימית
595
ולאלם
107
הביתפ
497
I Kings 7:13
Gematria: 1937
וישלחהמלךשלמהויקחאתחירםמצר
King Solomon sent for Hiram and brought him down from Tyre.
He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been a Tyrian, a coppersmith. He was endowed with skill, ability, and talent for executing all work in bronze.gbronze Heb. neḥosheth denotes both copper and bronze. In the translation “copper” is ordinarily used for the natural product and “bronze” for the artifacts. He came to King Solomon and executed all his work.
He made the columnshcolumns Two Heb. mss. read “pomegranates.” so that there were two rows [of pomegranates] encircling the top of the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pomegranates;ipomegranates About fifty Heb. mss. read “columns.” and he did the same for [the network on] the second capital.
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ויעש
386
אתהעמודים
576
ושני
366
טורים
265
סביב
74
עלהשבכה
432
האחת
414
לכסות
516
אתהכתרת
1426
אשר
501
עלראש
601
הרמנים
345
וכן
76
עשה
375
לכתרת
1050
השנית
765
I Kings 7:19
Gematria: 4173
וכתרתאשרעלראשהעמודיםמעשהשושןבאולםארבעאמות
The capitals upon the columns of the portico were of lily design, 4 cubits high;
so also the capitals upon the two columns extended above and next to the bulgejbulge Lit. “belly”; exact force of Heb. uncertain. that was beside the network. There were 200 pomegranates in rows around the top of the second capital.kthe second capital I.e., each of the two capitals.
He set up the columns at the portico of the Great Hall; he set up one column on the right and named it Jachin, and he set up the other column on the left and named it Boaz.
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ויקם
156
אתהעמדים
570
לאלם
101
ההיכל
70
ויקם
156
אתהעמוד
526
הימני
115
ויקרא
317
אתשמו
747
יכין
90
ויקם
156
אתהעמוד
526
השמאלי
386
ויקרא
317
אתשמו
747
בעז
79
I Kings 7:22
Gematria: 3365
ועלראשהעמודיםמעשהשושןותתםמלאכתהעמודים
Upon the top of the columns there was a lily design. Thus the work of the columns was completed.
Then he made the tankltank Lit. “sea.” of cast metal, 10 cubits across from brim to brim, completely round; it was 5 cubits high, and it measured 30 cubits in circumference.
It stood upon twelve oxen: three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east, with the tank resting upon them; their haunches were all turned inward.
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עמד
114
עלשני
460
עשר
570
בקר
302
שלשה
635
פניםצפונה
411
ושלשה
641
פניםימה
235
ושלשה
641
פנים
180
נגבה
60
ושלשה
641
פנים
180
מזרחה
260
והים
61
עליהם
155
מלמעלה
215
וכלאחריהם
320
ביתה
417
I Kings 7:26
Gematria: 3941
ועביוטפחושפתוכמעשהשפתכוספרחשושןאלפיםבתיכילפ
It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like that of a cup, like the petals of a lily. Its capacity was 2,000 baths.
and on the insets within the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. Above the frames was a stand; and both above and below the lions and the oxen were spirals of hammered metal.
Each laver stand had four bronze wheels and [two] bronze axletrees. Its four legs had brackets; the brackets were under the laver, cast with spirals beyond each.nwith spirals beyond each Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Its funnel, within the crown, rose a cubit above it; this funnel was round, in the fashion of a stand, a cubit and a half in diameter. On the funnel too there were carvings.But the insets were square, not round.
And below the insets were the four wheels. The axletrees of the wheels were [fixed] in the laver stand, and the height of each wheel was a cubit and a half.
The structure of the wheels was like the structure of chariot wheels; and their axletrees, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all of cast metal.
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ומעשה
421
האופנים
192
כמעשה
435
אופן
137
המרכבה
272
ידותם
460
וגביהם
66
וחשקיהם
469
וחשריהם
569
הכל
55
מוצק
236
I Kings 7:34
Gematria: 3284
וארבעכתפותאלארבעפנותהמכנההאחתמןהמכנהכתפיה
Four brackets ran to the four corners of each laver stand; the brackets were of a piece with the laver stand.
At the top of the laver stand was a round band half a cubit high, and together with the top of the laver stand; its sides and its insets were of one piece with it.
On its surface—on its sides—and on its insets [Hiram] engraved cherubim, lions, and palms, as the clear space on each allowed,oOn its surface … allowed Meaning of Heb. uncertain. with spirals round about.
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ויפתח
504
עלהלחת
543
ידתיה
429
ועל
106
ומסגרתיה
724
מסגרתיה
718
כרובים
278
אריות
617
ותמרת
1046
כמעראיש
641
וליות
452
סביב
74
I Kings 7:37
Gematria: 3407
כזאתעשהאתעשרהמכנותמוצקאחדמדהאחתקצבאחדלכלהנהס
It was after this manner that he made the ten laver stands, all of them cast alike, of the same measure and the same form.
He disposed the laver stands, five at the right side of the House and five at its left side; and the tank he placed on the right side of the House, at the southeast [corner].
Hiram also made the lavers, the scrapers, and the sprinkling bowls.So Hiram finished all the work that he had been doing for King Solomon on the House of GOD:
the two columns, the two globes of the capitals upon the columns; and the two pieces of network to cover the two globes of the capitals upon the columns;
the four hundred pomegranates for the two pieces of network, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two globes of the capitals upon the columns;
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ואתהרמנים
752
ארבע
273
מאות
447
לשתי
740
השבכות
733
שניטורים
625
רמנים
340
לשבכה
357
האחת
414
לכסות
516
אתשתי
1111
גלות
439
הכתרת
1025
אשר
501
עלפני
240
העמודים
175
I Kings 7:43
Gematria: 3736
ואתהמכנותעשרואתהכירתעשרהעלהמכנות
the ten stands and the ten lavers upon the stands;
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ואתהמכנות
928
עשר
570
ואתהכירת
1042
עשרה
575
עלהמכנות
621
I Kings 7:44
Gematria: 3027
ואתהיםהאחדואתהבקרשניםעשרתחתהים
the one tank with the twelve oxen underneath the tank;
the basins, snuffers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and fire pans, of solid gold; and the hinge sockets for the doors of the innermost part of the House, the Holy of Holies, and for the doors of the Great Hall of the House, of gold.
When all the work that King Solomon had done in the House of GOD was completed, Solomon brought in the sacred donations of his father David—the silver, the gold, and the vessels—and deposited them in the treasury of the House of GOD.