7:1 Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace. 1 7:2 He named 2 it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; 3 it was 150 feet 4 long, 75 feet 5 wide, and 45 feet 6 high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars. 7:3 The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row. 7:4 There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three. 7 7:5 All of the entrances 8 were rectangular in shape 9 and they were arranged in sets of three. 10 7:6 He made a colonnade 11 75 feet 12 long and 45 feet 13 wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch. 14 7:7 He also made a throne room, called “The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. 15 It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters. 16 7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. 17 He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. 18 7:9 All of these were built with the best 19 stones, chiseled to the right size 20 and cut with a saw on all sides, 21 from the foundation to the edge of the roof 22 and from the outside to the great courtyard. 7:10 The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet. 23 7:11 Above the foundation 24 the best 25 stones, chiseled to the right size, 26 were used along with cedar. 7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace. 27
7:13 King Solomon sent for Hiram 28 of Tyre. 29 7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, 30 and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge 31 to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.
7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet 32 high and 18 feet 33 in circumference. 7:16 He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high. 34 7:17 The latticework on the tops of the pillars was adorned with ornamental wreaths and chains; the top of each pillar had seven groupings of ornaments. 35 7:18 When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar. 36 7:19 The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high. 37 7:20 On the top of each pillar, right above the bulge beside the latticework, there were two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments arranged in rows all the way around. 38 7:21 He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right 39 side and called it Jakin; 40 he erected the other pillar on the left 41 side and called it Boaz. 42 7:22 The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the construction of the pillars was completed.
7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” 43 It measured 15 feet 44 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet 45 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 46 7:24 Under the rim all the way around it 47 were round ornaments 48 arranged in settings 15 feet long. 49 The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.” 50