1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was
with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the
judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that wasat Gibeon; for
there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had
made in the wilderness.
4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place whichDavid had
prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put
before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which wasat the
tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast
made me to reign in his stead.
9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me
king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for
who can judge this thy people, that is sogreat?
11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches,
wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked
wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made
thee king:
12 Wisdom and knowledge isgranted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and
honour, such as none of the kings have had that have beenbefore thee, neither shall there any
after thee have the like.
13 Then Solomon came from his journeyto the high place that wasat Gibeon to Jerusalem,
from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred
chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king
at Jerusalem.
15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteousas stones, and cedar trees made
he as the sycomore trees that arein the vale for abundance.
16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received
the linen yarn at a price.
17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekelsof
silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horsesfor all the kings of
the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his
kingdom.
2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore
thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father,
and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate itto him, andto burn
before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning
and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our
God. This is an ordinancefor ever to Israel.

5 And the house which I build isgreat: for great isour God above all gods.
6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain
him? who amI then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron,
and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are
with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy
servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall bewith thy servants,
9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be
wonderful great.
10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand
measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths
of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the
LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed bethe LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who
hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might
build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father wasa man of Tyre, skilful to
work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in
fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device
which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy
father.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken
of, let him send unto his servants:
16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to
thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that werein the land of Israel, after the numbering
wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty
thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bebearers of burdens, and fourscore
thousand to behewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the
people a work.
1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the
LORDappeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor
of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 And he began to build in the second dayof the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3 Now these are the things whereinSolomon was instructed for the building of the house of
God. The length by cubits after the first measure wasthreescore cubits, and the breadth twenty
cubits.
4 And the porch that wasin the front of the house, the length of it wasaccording to the
breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height wasan hundred and twenty: and he overlaid
it within with pure gold.
5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set
thereon palm trees and chains.
6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold wasgold of Parvaim.
7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof,
with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof wasaccording to the breadth of the
house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold,
amountingto six hundred talents.
9 And the weight of the nails wasfifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers
with gold.
10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with
gold.
11 And the wings of the cherubims weretwenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was
five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewisefive cubits,
reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
12 And onewing of the other cherub wasfive cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the
other wing wasfive cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on
their feet, and their faces wereinward.
14 And he made the vail ofblue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims
thereon.
15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter
that wason the top of each of them wasfive cubits.
16 And he made chains, asin the oracle, and put themon the heads of the pillars; and made an
hundred pomegranates, and put themon the chains.
17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the
left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the
breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits
the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
3 And under it wasthe similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit,
compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen werecast, when it was cast.
4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west,
and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set
above upon them, and all their hinder parts wereinward.
5 And the thickness of it wasan handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a
cup, with flowers of lilies; andit received and held three thousand baths.
6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them:
such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea wasfor the
priests to wash in.
7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set themin the temple,
five on the right hand, and five on the left.
8 He made also ten tables, and placed themin the temple, five on the right side, and five on the
left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court,
and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that
he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which wereon the top of the
two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which wereon the
top of the pillars;
13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each