Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank you
for joining with me today, to
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read the word of God. When
we were last together we were
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reading in 1st Kings, chapter 4,
about the reign of king Solomon
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and an accounting of some of
his staff and of his positions.
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We're going to pick that up, but
before do, let's pray together.
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Dear God, thank you so much
for these words, particularly
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the story of king Solomon and
his wisdom. May the lesson that
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we read today give us some
more of Your wisdom to guide us
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in our life. Thank you for
loving us. We love you so much.
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Amen. - We're picking up in
1st Kings, chapter 4, verse 28.
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Barley also and straw for
the horses and dromedaries
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brought they unto the
place where the officers were,
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every man according to his
charge. And God gave Solomon
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wisdom and understanding
exceeding much, and largeness
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of heart, even as the
sand that is on the sea shore.
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And Solomon's wisdom excelled
the wisdom of all the children
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of the east country,
and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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For he was wiser than all
men; than Ethan the Eremite,
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and Human, and Chaco, and
Dada, the sons of Manhole:
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and his fame was in all nations
round about. And he spake
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3,000 proverbs: and his
songs were a thousand and five.
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And he spake of trees, from the
cedar tree that is in Lebanon
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even unto the hyssop that
springeth out of the wall:
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he spake also of beasts, and
of fowl, and of creeping things,
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and of fishes. And there came
of all people to hear the wisdom
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of Solomon, from all kings
of the earth, which had heard
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of his wisdom.
We're continuing now in
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1st Kings chapter 5, and
this is the King James Version.
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And Hiram king of Tyre
sent his servants unto Solomon;
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for he had heard that they had
anointed him king in the room
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of his father: for Hiram
was ever a lover of David.
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And Solomon sent to Hiram,
saying, Thou knowest how that
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David my father could not
build an house unto the name
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of the Lord his God for
the wars which were about him
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on every side, until the
Lord put them under the soles
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of his feet. But now the
Lord my God hath given me rest
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on every side, so that there
is neither adversary nor evil
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occurrent. And behold, I purpose
to build an house unto the name
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of the Lord my God, as the
Lord spake unto David my father,
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saying, Thy son, whom I will
set upon thy throne in thy room,
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he shall build an house
unto my name. Now therefore
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command thou that they hew
me cedar trees out of Lebanon;
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and my servants shall be
with thy servants: and unto thee
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will I give hire for
thy servants according to
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all that thou shalt appoint: for
thou knowest that there is not
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among us any that can skill to
hew timber like unto Sidonians
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And it came to pass, when Hiram
heard the words of Solomon,
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that he rejoiced greatly,
and said, Blessed be the Lord
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this day, which hath given unto
David a wise son over this great
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people. And Hiram
sent to Solomon, saying,
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I have considered the things
which thou sentest to me for:
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and I will do all thy desire
concerning timber of cedar,
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and concerning timber of fir. My
servants shall bring them down
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from Lebanon unto the sea:
and I will convey them by sea
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in floats unto the place
that thou shalt appoint me,
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and will cause them to be
discharged there, and thou shalt
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receive them: and thou
shalt accomplish my desire
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in giving food for my
household. So Hiram gave Solomon
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cedar trees and fir trees
according to all his desire
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and Solomon gave Hiram 20,000
measures of wheat for food
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to his household, and
20 measures of pure oil:
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thus gave Solomon
to Hiram year by year.
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And the Lord gave Solomon
wisdom, as he promised him: and
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there was peace between
Hiram and Solomon; and they two
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made a league together.
And kind Solomon raised a levy
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out of all Israel; and
the levy was 30,000 men.
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And he sent them to Lebanon,
10,000 a month by courses:
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a month they were in
Lebanon, and two months at home:
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and Adoniram was over
the levy. And Solomon had
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threescore and ten
thousand that bare burdens,
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and fourscore thousand hewers
in the mountains; Beside the
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chief of Solomon's officers
which were over the work,
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three thousand and three hundred
which ruled over the people
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that wrought in the
work. And the king commanded
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and they brought great stones,
costly stones, and hewed stones,
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to lay the foundation of the
house. And Solomon's builders
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and Hiram's builders did
hew them, and the stonesquarers:
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so they prepared timber
and stones to build the house.
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We're continuing in
1st Kings, chapter 6,
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This is the King James version.
And it came to pass in the four
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hundred and eightieth year after
the children of Israel were
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come out of the land of Egypt,
in the fourth year of Solomon's
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reign over Israel, in the month
Zif, which is the 2nd month,
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that he began to build the
house of the Lord. And the house
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which king Solomon built for
the Lord, the length thereof was
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threescore cubits, and the
breadth thereof twenty cubits,
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and the height thereof thirty
cubits. And the porch before
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the temple of the house,
twenty cubits was the length
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thereof, according to
the breadth of the house;
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and ten cubits was the breadth
thereof before the house.
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And for the house he
made windows of narrow lights.
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And against the wall of
the house he built chambers
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round about, against the
walls of the house round about,
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both of the temple and of
the oracle: and he made chambers
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round about: The nethermost
chamber was five cubits broad,
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and the middle was six cubits
broad, and the third was seven
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cubits broad: for without in
the wall of the house he made
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narrowed rests round about,
that the beams should not be
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fastened in the walls of
the house. And the house,
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when it was in building,
was built of stone made ready
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before it was brought thither:
so that there was neither hammer
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nor axe nor any tool of iron
heard in the house, while it was
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in building. The door for the
middle chamber was in the right
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side of the house: and they went
up with winding stairs into the
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middle chamber, and out
of the middle into the third.
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So he built the house,
and finished it; and covered
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the house with beams and boards
of cedar. And then he built
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chambers against all
the house, five cubits high:
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and they rested on the
house with timber of cedar.
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And the word of the Lord came
to Solomon, saying, Concerning
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this house which thou are
in building, if thou wilt walk
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in my statutes, and execute
my judgments, and keep all my
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commandments to walk in them;
then will I perform my word
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with thee, which I spake unto
David thy father: And I will
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dwell among the children of
Israel, and will not forsake
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my people Israel. So Solomon
built the house and finished it.
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And he built the walls of
the house whithin with boards of
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cedar, both the floor of the
house, and walls of the ceiling:
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and he covered them on the
inside with wood, and covered
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the floor of the house
with planks of fir and he built
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20 cubits on the sides
of the house, both the floor
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and the walls with boards
of cedar: he even built them
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for it within, even for the
oracle, even for the most holy
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place. And the house, that
is the temple before it, was
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40 cubits long. And the cedar
of the house within was carved
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with knops and open flowers:
all was cedar; there was no
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stone seen. And the oracle
he prepared in the house within,
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to set there the ark of
the covenant of the Lord.
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And the oracle in the forepart
was 20 cubits in length,
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and 20 cubits in breadth, and
20 cubits in the height thereof:
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and he overlaid it with pure
gold; and so covered the altar
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which was of cedar. So Solomon
overlaid the house within
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with pure gold; and he made a
partition by the chains of gold
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before the oracle; and
he overlaid it with gold.
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and the whole house he overlaid
with gold until he had finished
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all the house: also the whole
altar that was by the oracle
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he overlaid with gold.
And within the oracle he made
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two cherubims of olive
tree, each ten cubits high.
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And five cubits was the one wing
of the cherub, and five cubits
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the other wing of the cherub:
from the uttermost part of the
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one wing unto the uttermost part
of the other were 10 cubits.
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And the other cherub was 10
cubits: both the cherubims were
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of one measure and one size.
The height of the one cherub
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was ten cubits, and so
was it of the other cherub.
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and he set the cherubims
within the inner house;
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and they stretched forth
the wings of the cherubims,
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so that the wings of the
one touched the one wall,
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and the wing of the other
cherub touched the other wall;
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and their wings touched
one another in the midst
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of the house. And he overlaid
the cherubims with gold.
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And he carved all the
walls of the house round about
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with carved figures of cherubims
and palm trees and open flowers,
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within and without. And the
floor of the house he overlaid
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with gold, within and without.
And for the entering of the
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oracle he made doors of olive
tree: the lintel and side posts
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were a fifth part of the
wall. The two doors also were of
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olive tree and he carved
upon them carvings of cherubims
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and palm trees and open flowers,
and overlaid them with gold,
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and spread gold upon the
cherubims, and upon the palm
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trees. So also made he for
the door of the temple posts
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of olive tree, a fourth part
of the wall. And the two doors
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were of fir tree: the two leaves
of the one door were folding,
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and the two leaves of
the other door were folding.
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And he carved thereon cherubims
and palm trees and open flowers:
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and covered them with gold
fitted upon the carved work.
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And he built the inner court
with three rows of hewed stone,
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and a row of cedar beams.
In the fourth year was the
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foundation of the house of the
Lord laid, in the month of Zif.
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And in the eleventh year, in the
month Bul which is the 8th month
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was the house finished
throughout all the parts thereof
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and according to all the fashion
of it. So was he seven years
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in building it. We're continuing
in 1st Kings, chapter 7
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This is the King James Version.
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But Solomon was building his own
house 13 years, and he finished
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all his house. He built also the
house of the forest of Lebanon;
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the length thereof
was an hundred cubits,
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and the breadth
thereof 50 cubits,
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and the height thereof
thirty cubits, upon four rows
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of cedar pillars, with
cedar beams upon the pillars.
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And it was covered with
cedar above upon the beams,
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that lay on forty five
pillars, fifteen in a row
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And there were windows in three
rows, and light was against
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light in three ranks. And all
the doors and posts were square,
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with the windows: and light was
against light in three ranks.
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And he made a porch of pillars;
the length thereof was 50 cubits
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and the breadth thereof thirty
cubits: and the porch was before
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them: and the other pillars and
the thick beam were before them.
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Then he made a porch for
the throne where he might judge,
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even the porch of Judgment:
and it was covered with cedar
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from one side of the floor
to the other. And his house
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where he dwelt had another court
within the porch, which was of
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the like work. Solomon made also
an house for Pharaoh's daughter,
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whom he had taken to
wife, like unto this porch.
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All these were of costly stones
according to the measures of
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hewed stones, sawed with saws,
within and without, even from
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the foundation unto the coping,
and so on the outside toward
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the great court. And the
foundation was of costly stones,
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even great stones, stones of ten
cubits, and stones of 8 cubits.
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And above were costly stones,
after the measures of hewed
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stones and cedars. And the
great court round about was with
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three rows of hewed stones,
and a row of cedar beams,
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both for the inner court
of the house of the Lord;
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and for the porch of the
house. And king Solomon sent
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and fetched Hiram out of
Tyre. He was a widow's son
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of the tribe of Naphtali,
and his father was man of Tyre,
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a worker in brass: and
he was filled with wisdom
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and understanding, and cunning
to work all works in brass:
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And he came to king Solomon,
and wrought all his work.
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For he cast two pillars of
brass of 18 cubits high apiece:
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and a line of 12 cubits did
compass either of them about,
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and he made two chapiters
of molten brass, to set upon
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the tops of the pillars: the
height of the one chapiter was
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five cubits, and the
height of the other chapiter
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was five cubits. And nets
of checker work, and wreaths of
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chain work for the chapiters
which were upon the top of the
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pillars; 7 for the one chapiter
and 7 for the other chapiter.
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And he made the pillars,
and 2 rows round about upon the
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one network, to cover
the chapiters that were upon
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the top, with pomegranates: and
so did he for the other chapiter
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And the chapiters that were upon
the top of the pillars were of
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lily work in the porch 4 cubits,
and the chapiters upon the
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2 pillars had pomegranates also
above, over against the belly
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which was by the network;
and the pomegranates were 200 in
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rows round about
upon the other chapiter.
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And he set up the pillars
in the porch of the temple:
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and he set up the right pillar,
and called the name thereof
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Jachin: and he set up the
left pillar, and called the name
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thereof Boaz. And upon the top
of the pillars was lily work:
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so was the work of the pillars
finished. And he made a molten
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sea, ten cubits from
the one brim to the other:
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it was round all about,
and his height was five cubits:
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and a line of 30 cubits
did compass it round about.
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Thank you. Goodbye.
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