9
All these were of costly stones cut to size, trimmed with saws, inside and out, from the foundation to the eaves, and also on the outside to the great court.
10
The foundation was of costly stones, large stones, some ten cubits and some eight cubits.
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And above were costly stones, hewn to size, and cedar wood.
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The great court was enclosed with three rows of hewn stones and a row of cedar beams. So were the inner court of the house of the Lord and the vestibule of the temple.
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Now King Solomon sent and brought Huram from Tyre.
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He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze worker; he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill in working with all kinds of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.
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And he cast two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each.
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Then he made two capitals of cast bronze, to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
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He made a lattice network, with wreaths of chainwork, for the capitals which were on top of the pillars: seven chains for one capital and seven for the other capital.
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So he made the pillars, and two rows of pomegranates above the network all around to cover the capitals that were on top; and thus he did for the other capital.
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The capitals which were on top of the pillars in the hall were in the shape of lilies, four cubits.