Hello and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and
today we're going to read
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some of the stories of
the reign of king Solomon.
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Before we start,
let's pray together.
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Dear God, you have told us
that your word will be to us
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wisdom and understanding to
show us a firm path to walk on
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and guide our steps. Please
send your Holy Spirit now,
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to be with us as we read of
Solomon, the wisest man who ever
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lived. Teach us what you
would have each of us to know
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from this story today.
Thank you so much for loving us.
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We love you. Amen.
When we were last together,
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The Lord has just appeared
to Solomon, and Solomon has just
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succeeded his father, David,
as king. He is young and tender,
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as the Bible says. And God
appears to Solomon and he says,
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Ask what I shall give thee.
We're going to pick up with
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Solomon's answer now,
starting in the second book
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of the Chronicles, chapter
1, verse 8. And this is the
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King James Version.
And Solomon said unto God,
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Thou hast shewed great mercy
unto David my father, and hast
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made me to reign in his stead.
Now, O Lord God, let thy promise
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unto David my
father be established:
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for thou hast made me king over
a people like the dust of the
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earth in multitude. Give
me now wisdom and Knowledge,
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that I may go out and come
in before this people: for who
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can judge this thy
people that is so great?
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And God said to Solomon,
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Because this was in thine heart,
and thou hast not asked riches,
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wealth, or honor, nor the life
of thine enemies, neither yet
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hast asked long life; but
hast asked wisdom and knowledge
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for thyself, that thou mayest
judge my people, over whom I
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have made thee king: Wisdom and
knowledge is granted unto thee;
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and I will give thee riches, and
wealth, and honor, such as none
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of the kings have had that have
been before thee, neither shall
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there any after thee have
the like. Then Solomon came from
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his journey to the high place
that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem,
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from before the tabernacle
of the congregation, and reigned
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over Israel. And Solomon
gathered chariots and horsemen:
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and he had a thousand and four
hundred chariots, and 12,000
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horsemen, which he placed in
the chariot cities, and with the
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king at Jerusalem. And
the king made silver and gold
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at Jerusalem as plenteous as
stones, and cedar trees made he
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as the sycamore trees that
are in the vale for abundance.
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And Solomon had horses brought
out of Egypt, and linen yarn:
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the king's merchants
received linen yarn at a price.
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And they fetched up, and
brought forth out of Egypt
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a chariot for 600 shekels
of silver, and an horse for an
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hundred and fifty: and so
brought they out horses for all
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of the kings of the Hittites,
and for the kings of Syria,
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by their means.
Continuing now with second
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Chronicles, chapter 2, and
this is the King James Version.
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And Solomon determined to
build an house for the name
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of the Lord, and an house for
his kingdom. And Solomon told
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out threescore and ten
thousand men to bear burdens,
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and fourscore thousand
to hew in the mountain, and
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three thousand and six
hundred to oversee them.
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And Solomon sent to Huram the
king of Tyre, saying, As thou
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didst deal with David my father,
and didst send him cedars to
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build him an house to dwell
therein, even so deal with me.
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Behold, I build an house to
the name of the Lord my God,
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to dedicate it to him, and to
burn before him sweet incense,
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and for the continual shewbread,
and for the burnt offerings
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morning and evening, on the
sabbaths, and on the new moons,
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and on the solemn
feasts of the Lord our God.
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This is an ordinance for ever
to Israel. And the house which I
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build is great: for great
is our God above all gods.
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But who is able to build him an
house, seeing the heaven and the
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heaven of heavens cannot
contain him? who am I then,
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that I should build him an house
save only to burn sacrifice
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before him? Send me now
therefore a man, cunning to
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work in gold and in silver, and
in brass, and in iron, and in
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purple, in crimson, and blue,
and that can skill to grave
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with the cunning men that
are with me in Judah and in
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Jerusalem, whom David my father
did provide. Send me also cedar
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trees, fir trees, and
algum trees, out of Lebanon:
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for I know that thy
servants can skill to cut timber
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in Lebanon; and behold,
my servants shall be with thy
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servants, even to
prepare me timber in abundance:
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for the house which I am about
to build shall be wonderful
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great. And, behold, I will
give to thy servants, the hewers
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that cut timber, 20,000 measures
of beaten wheat, and 20,000
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measures of barley, and 20,000
baths of wine, and 20,000 baths
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of oil. Then Huram the king
of Tyre answered in writing,
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which he sent to Solomon,
Because the Lord hath loved
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his people, he hath made
thee king over them. Huram said
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moreover, Blest be the Lord God
of Israel, that made heaven and
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earth, who hath given to David
the king a wise son, endued with
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prudence and understanding,
that might build an house
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for the Lord, and an house for
his kingdom. And now I have sent
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a cunning man, endued
with understanding, of Huram
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my father's, the son of a
woman of the daughters of Dan,
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and his father was a man of Tyre
skilful to work in gold, and in
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silver, in brass, in iron, in
stone, and in timber, in purple,
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in blue and in fine linen, and
in crimson; also to grave any
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manner of graving, and to find
out every device which shall be
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put to him, with thy cunning men
and with the cunning men of my
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lord David thy father. Now
therefore the wheat, and the
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barley, the oil, and the wine,
which my lord hath spoken of,
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let him send unto his servants:
And we will cut wood out of
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Lebanon, as much as thou
shalt need: and we will bring it
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to thee in floats by sea to
Joppa; and thou shalt carry it
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up to Jerusalem. And Solomon
numbered all the strangers that
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were in the land of Israel,
after the numbering wherewith
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David his father had numbered
them; and they were found
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an hundred and fifty
thousand and three thousand
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and six hundred. And he
set threescore and ten thousand
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of them to be bearers of burdens
and fourscore thousand to be
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hewers in the mountain, and
three thousand and six hundred
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overseers to set
the people awork.
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Continuing now in 2nd Chronicles
chapter three. And this is the
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King James Version.
Then Solomon began to build
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the house of the Lord at
Jerusalem in mount Moriah,
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where the Lord appeared unto
David his father, in the place
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that David had prepared in
the threshingfloor of Ornan the
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Jebusite. And he began to build
in the second day of the second
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month, in the fourth year of his
reign. Now these are the things
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wherein Solomon was instructed
for the building of the house of
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God. The length by cubits after
the first measure was threescore
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and the breadth twenty cubits.
And the porch that was in the
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front of the house, the length
of it was according to the
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breadth of the house, 20 cubits,
and the height was an hundred
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and twenty: and he overlaid
it within with pure gold.
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And the greater house he ceiled
with fir tree, which he overlaid
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with fine gold, and set
thereon palm trees and chains.
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And he garnished the house
with precious stones for beauty:
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and the gold
was gold of Parvaim.
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He overlaid also the
house, the beams, the posts,
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and the walls thereof, and
the doors thereof, with gold;
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and graved cherubims on
the walls. And he made the most
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holy house, the length whereof
was according to the breadth of
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the house, 20 cubits, and
the breadth thereof 20 cubits.
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and he overlaid it with fine
gold, amounting to 600 talents.
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And the weight of the
nails was 50 shekels of gold.
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And he overlaid the
upper chambers with gold.
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And in the most holy house he
made 2 cherubims of image work,
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and overlaid them with gold. And
the wings of the cherubims were
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20 cubits long: one wing of
the one cherub was 5 cubits,
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reaching to the wall of the
house: and the other wing was
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likewise 5 cubits, reaching
to the wing of the other cherub.
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And one wing of the other cherub
was 5 cubits, reaching to the
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wall of the house: and the
other wing was 5 cubits also,
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Joining to the wing of the
other cherub. The wings of these
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cherubim spread themselves forth
20 cubits: and they stood on
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their feet, and their faces were
inward. And he made the veil
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of blue, and purple, and crimson
and fine linen, and wrought
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cherubims thereon. Also he made
before the house 2 pillars of
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thirty and five cubits high, and
the chapiter that was on the top
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of each of them was 5 cubits.
And he made chains, as in the
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oracle, and put them on
the heads of the pillars;
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and made an
hundred pomegranates,
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and put them on the chains.
And he reared up the pillars
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before the temple,
one on the right hand,
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and the other on the left; and
called the name of that on the
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right hand Jachin, and the
name of that on the left Boaz.
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Continuing to read in
2nd Chronicles, chapter 4,
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This is the King James Version.
Moreover he made an altar of
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brass, 20 cubits the
length thereof, and 20 cubits
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the breadth thereof, and
10 cubits the height thereof.
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Also he made a molten sea
of 10 cubits from brim to brim,
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round in compass, and 5
cubits the height thereof;
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and a line of 30 cubits
did compass it round about.
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And under it was the similitude
of oxen, which did compass it
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round about. 10 in a cubit,
compassing the sea round about.
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Two rows of oxen were
cast, when it was cast.
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It stood upon 12 oxen, 3
looking toward the north and
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3 looking toward the west,
and 3 looking toward the south,
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and three looking toward the
east: and the sea was set above
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upon them, and all their
hinder parts were inward.
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And the thickness of it was an
handbreadth, and the brim of it
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like the work of the brim of
a cup, with flowers of lilies;
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and it received and held 3,000
baths. He made also 10 lavers,
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and put 5 on the right hand, and
5 on the left, to wash in them:
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such things as they offered
for the burnt offering they
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washed in them; but the sea
was for the priests to wash in.
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And he made 10 candlesticks
of gold according to their form,
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and set them in the
temple, 5 on the right hand,
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and 5 on the left. He made also
10 tables, and placed them in
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the temple, 5 on the right side,
and 5 on the left. And he made
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an hundred basins of gold.
Furthermore he made the court
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of the priests, and the great
court, and doors for the court,
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and overlaid the doors of them
with brass. And he set the sea
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on the right side of the east
end, over against the south.
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And Huram made the pots,
and the shovels, and the basins.
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Huram finished the work that
he was to make for king Solomon
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for the house of God; To wit,
the 2 pillars, and the pommels,
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and the chapiters which were
on the top of the two pillars,
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and the two wreaths to cover
the two pommels of the chapiters
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which were on the top of the
pillars; and 400 pomegranates
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on the two wreaths; two rows
of pomegranates on each wreath,
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to cover the 2 pommels of the
chapiters which were upon the
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pillars. He made also bases, and
lavers made he upon the bases;
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1 sea, and 12 oxen under it.
The pots also, and the shovels,
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and the fleshhooks, and all
their instruments, did Huram
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his father make to king Solomon
for the house of the Lord
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of bright brass. In the plain of
Jordan did the king cast them,
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in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zeradathah.
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Thus Solomon made all these
vessels in great abundance:
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for the weight of the
brass could not be found out.
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And Solomon made all the vessels
that were for the house of God,
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the golden altar also, and
the tables whereon the shewbread
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was set; Moreover the
candle sticks with their lamps,
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that they should burn after
the manner before the oracle
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of pure bold; and the flowers,
and the lamps, and the tongs,
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made he of gold, and that
perfect gold; and the snuffers,
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and the basins, and the spoons,
and the censers, of pure gold:
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and the entry of the house,
the inner doors thereof for the
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most holy place, and the doors
of the house of the temple,
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were of gold. Continuing
now in 2nd Chronicles,
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chapter 5. And this is
the King James Version.
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Thus all the work that Solomon
made for the house of the Lord
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was finished: and Solomon
brought in all the things
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that David his
father had dedicated;
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and the silver, and the
gold, and all the instruments,
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put he among the
treasures of the house of God.
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Then Solomon assembled the
elders of Israel, and all the
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heads of the tribes, the chief
of the fathers of the children
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of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to
bring up the ark of the covenant
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of the Lord out of the
city of David, which is Zion.
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Wherefore all the men of Israel
assembled themselves unto the
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king in the feast which was in
the 7th month and all the elders
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of Israel came; and the
Levites took up the ark,
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and they brought up the
ark, and the tabernacle of the
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congregation, and all the
holy vessels that were in the
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tabernacle, these did
the priests and the Levites
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bring up. Also king Solomon, and
all the congregation of Israel
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that were assembled unto him
before the ark, sacrificed sheep
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and oxen which could not be
told nor numbered for multitude.
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And the priests brought in the
ark of the covenant of the Lord
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unto his place, to the oracle
of the house, into the most holy
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place, even under the wings of
the cherubims: for the cherubims
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spread forth their wings
over the place of the ark,
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and the cherubims covered the
ark and the staves thereof above
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And they drew out the staves
of the ark, that the ends of the
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staves were seen from
the ark before the oracle;
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but they were not seen without.
And there it is unto this day.
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