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First Book of Kings, Chapter 7

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Chapter 7 of 1 Kings—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And his own house Solʹo·mon built in thirteen years,1 so that he finished all his own house.2
  2. ¶ And he proceeded to build the House of the Forest of Lebʹa·non3 a hundred cubits[a] in its length, and fifty cubits in its width, and thirty cubits in its height, upon four rows of pillars of cedarwood; and there were beams4 of cedarwood upon the pillars.
  3. And it was paneled in with cedarwood5 above upon the girders that were upon the forty-five pillars. There were fifteen to a row.
  4. As for framed windows, there were three rows, and there was an illumination6 opening opposite an illumination opening in three tiers.
  5. And all the entrances and the doorposts were squared [with the] frame,7 and also the forefront of the illumination opening opposite an illumination opening in three tiers.
  6. ¶ And the Porch of Pillars he made fifty cubits in its length, and thirty cubits in its width; and another porch was in front of them with pillars and a canopy in front of them.
  7. ¶ As for the Porch of the Throne8 where he would do judging, he made the porch of judgment;9 and they covered it in with cedarwood from the floor to the rafters.[b]10
  8. ¶ As regards the house of his where he was to dwell, at the other courtyard,11 it was away from the house belonging to the Porch. It proved to be like this in workmanship. And there was a house like this Porch that he proceeded to build for Pharʹaoh’s daughter,12 whom Solʹo·mon had taken.
  9. ¶ All these were [of] expensive13 stones according to measures, hewn, sawed with stone-saws, inside and outside, and from the foundation up to the coping, and outside as far as the great courtyard.14
  10. And the expensive stones laid as a foundation were great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
  11. And up above there were expensive stones according to measures, hewn, and also cedarwood.
  12. As for the great courtyard, round about were three rows15 of hewn stone and a row of beams of cedarwood; and [this] also for the inner16 courtyard of the house17 of Jehovah, and for the porch18 of the house.
  13. ¶ And King Solʹo·mon proceeded to send and fetch Hiʹram19 out of Tyre.
  14. He was the son of a widowed woman from the tribe of Naphʹta·li, and his father was a Tyrʹi·an man,20 a worker in copper;21 and he was full of the wisdom and the understanding22 and the knowledge for doing every sort of work in copper. Accordingly he came to King Solʹo·mon and began to do all his work.
  15. ¶ Then he cast the two pillars of copper,23 eighteen cubits being the height of each pillar, and a string of twelve cubits would measure around each of the two pillars.24
  16. And two capitals he made to put upon the tops of the pillars, cast in copper.25 Five cubits was the height of the one capital, and five cubits was the height of the other capital.
  17. There were nets in network, twisted ornaments in chainwork,26 for the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars;27 seven[c] for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
  18. And he went on to make the pomegranates[d] and two rows round about upon the one network to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars;[e] and that was what he did for the other capital.28
  19. And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars at the porch were of lily work,29 of four cubits.
  20. And the capitals were upon the two pillars, also up close beside the belly that was adjoining the network; and there were two hundred pomegranates30 in rows all around upon each capital.
  21. ¶ And he proceeded to set up the pillars31 belonging to the porch32 of the temple. So he set up the right-hand[f] pillar and called its name Jaʹchin,[g] and then set up the left-hand[h] pillar and called its name Boʹaz.[i]
  22. And upon the top of the pillars there was lily work. And the work of the pillars was gradually completed.
  23. ¶ And he proceeded to make the molten sea33 ten cubits from its one brim to its other brim, circular all around; and its height was five cubits, and it took a line of thirty cubits to circle all around it.34
  24. And there were gourd-shaped35 ornaments36 down below its brim all around, encircling it, ten in a cubit, enclosing the sea all around,37 with two rows of the gourd-shaped ornaments cast in its casting.
  25. It was standing upon twelve bulls,[j]38 three facing north, and three facing west,[k] and three facing south,[l] and three facing east; and the sea was above upon them, and all their hind parts were toward the center.39
  26. And its thickness was a handbreadth;[m]40 and its brim was like the workmanship of the brim of a cup, a lily blossom.41 Two thousand bath42 measures[n] were what it would contain.43
  27. ¶ And he went on to make the ten carriages44 of copper, four cubits being the length of each carriage, and four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
  28. And this was the workmanship of the carriages: they had sidewalls, and the sidewalls were between the crossbars.
  29. And upon the sidewalls that were between the crossbars there were lions,45 bulls46 and cherubs,47 and over the crossbars it was like that. Up above and beneath the lions and the bulls there were wreaths48 in hanging work.[o]
  30. And there were four wheels of copper to each carriage, with axles of copper; and its four cornerpieces were supports for them. Beneath the basin were the supports, cast with wreaths across from each.
  31. And its mouth from inside to the supports and upward was [?] cubits;[p] and its mouth was round, the workmanship of a stand of one and a half cubits, and also upon its mouth there were carvings. And their sidewalls were squared, not round.
  32. And the four wheels were down below the sidewalls, and the supports of the wheels were by the carriage; and the height of each wheel was one and a half cubits.
  33. And the workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel.49 Their supports and their felloes and their spokes and their hubs, they were all cast.
  34. And there were four supports upon the four corners of each carriage; its supports were of one piece with the carriage.
  35. And on top of the carriage there was [a stand][q] a half a cubit in height, circular all around; and upon the top of the carriage its sides and its sidewalls were of one piece with it.
  36. Further, he engraved50 upon the plates of its sides and upon its sidewalls cherubs, lions and palm-tree figures according to the clear space of each, and wreaths all around.51
  37. It was like this that he made the ten carriages;52 they all had one cast,53 one measure, one shape.
  38. ¶ And he proceeded to make ten basins54 of copper. Forty bath[r] measures were what each basin would contain. Each basin was four cubits. There was one basin upon each carriage for the ten carriages.
  39. Then he put five carriages on the right side[s] of the house, and five on the left side[t] of the house;55 and the sea itself he put to the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.56
  40. ¶ And Hiʹram57 gradually made the basins58 and the shovels59 and the bowls.60 At length Hiʹram finished61 doing all the work that he did for King Solʹo·mon as respects the house of Jehovah:
  41. The two pillars62 and the bowl-shaped capitals63 that were upon the top of the two pillars, and the two networks64 to cover the two round capitals that were upon the top of the pillars,
  42. and the four hundred pomegranates65 for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates to each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were upon the two pillars;[u]
  43. and the ten carriages66 and the ten basins67 upon the carriages,
  44. and the one sea68 and the twelve bulls beneath the sea;69
  45. and the cans and the shovels and the bowls and all these utensils,70 which Hiʹram made of polished copper for King Solʹo·mon for the house of Jehovah.
  46. In the District[v] of the Jordan71 it was that the king cast them in the clay mold,[w] between Sucʹcoth72 and Zarʹe·than.73
  47. ¶ And Solʹo·mon left all the utensils74 [unweighed] because of so extraordinarily great a quantity.75 The weight of the copper was not ascertained.76
  48. And Solʹo·mon gradually made all the utensils that pertained to the house of Jehovah, the altar77 of gold and the table78 on which was the showbread,[x] of gold,
  49. and the lampstands,79 five to the right and five to the left before the innermost room, of pure gold,80 and the blossoms81 and the lamps82 and the snuffers,83 of gold,
  50. and the basins and the extinguishers84 and the bowls85 and the cups86 and the fire holders,87 of pure gold, and the sockets for the doors88 of the inner house, that is, the Most Holy,[y] and for the doors89 of the house of the temple,90 of gold.
  51. ¶ Finally all the work that King Solʹo·mon had to do as regards the house of Jehovah was at its completion;91 and Solʹo·mon began to bring in the things made holy by David his father;92 the silver and the gold and the articles he put in the treasures of the house of Jehovah.93

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ See App 8A.
  2. ^ “Rafters,” by a slight correction; Sy, “ceiling”; Vg, “top”; M, “floor.”
  3. ^ “Seven,” M; LXX, “a net.”
  4. ^ “Pomegranates,” two Heb. mss; M, “pillars.”
  5. ^ “Pillars,” Sy and 50 Heb. mss; M, “pomegranates.”
  6. ^ Or, “southern,” that is, right, when one faces east.
  7. ^ Meaning “He Will Firmly Establish.”
  8. ^ Or, “northern,” that is, left, when one faces east.
  9. ^ Possibly meaning “In Strength,” and to be read after the name of the other pillar, “Jachin.”
  10. ^ Or, “cattle.”
  11. ^ Lit., “toward the sea,” that is, the Mediterranean. Heb., yamʹmah.
  12. ^ Lit., “toward the Negeb.” Heb., neghʹbah, “southward.”
  13. ^ About 7.4 cm (2.9 in.).
  14. ^ About 44,000 L (11,620 gal). Probably the normal operating level. Compare 2Ch 4:5 ftn, “Measures.”
  15. ^ Or, “punchwork.”
  16. ^ The number of cubits is missing from M.
  17. ^ “A stand,” inserted because this word is evidently missing in M.
  18. ^ About 880 L (230 gal).
  19. ^ Or, “south,” that is, the right side, when one faces east.
  20. ^ Or, “north,” that is, the left side, when one faces east.
  21. ^ “Upon the two pillars,” LXX; SyVg, “upon the tops of the pillars”; M, “in front of the pillars.”
  22. ^ See Ge 13:10 ftn, “District.”
  23. ^ Or, “in the foundry of the ground.” Possibly, “at the ford of Adamah,” by a slight correction.
  24. ^ Or, “the bread of Presence.” Lit., “bread of the faces.” Heb., leʹchem hap·pa·nimʹ; Vg, “the loaves of presentation.”
  25. ^ Or, “that is, the Holy of Holies.” Heb., leQoʹdhesh haq·Qodha·shimʹ.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Ki 9:10
  2. ^ Ec 2:4, 5
  3. ^ 1Ki 10:17; 2Ch 9:16; Is 22:8
  4. ^ 1Ki 5:8
  5. ^ 1Ki 6:18
  6. ^ Ge 6:16
  7. ^ Ex 12:22
  8. ^ 1Ki 10:18; Ps 122:5; Is 9:7
  9. ^ 1Ki 3:9, 28; Pr 16:12; 20:8
  10. ^ 1Ki 6:15
  11. ^ 2Ki 20:4
  12. ^ 1Ki 3:1; 9:24; 2Ch 8:11
  13. ^ 1Ki 5:17
  14. ^ 2Ch 4:9
  15. ^ 1Ki 6:36; Jn 10:23; Ac 5:12
  16. ^ Ex 27:9; 1Ki 6:36; 2Ch 4:9; 7:7; Re 11:2
  17. ^ 1Ki 6:1
  18. ^ 1Ki 6:3
  19. ^ 1Ki 7:40; 2Ch 2:13; 4:11
  20. ^ 2Ch 2:14
  21. ^ 2Ch 4:16
  22. ^ Ex 31:3; 35:31; 36:1; Da 1:17
  23. ^ 1Ki 7:21; 2Ki 25:17; 2Ch 3:15; Je 52:21
  24. ^ 2Ki 25:13; 2Ch 4:12
  25. ^ Ex 36:38; 38:17, 28
  26. ^ Ex 28:14; 2Ki 25:17
  27. ^ 2Ch 4:12
  28. ^ 2Ch 4:13
  29. ^ 1Ki 6:35
  30. ^ 2Ki 25:17; 2Ch 3:16; 4:13; Je 52:23
  31. ^ 2Ch 3:17; Re 3:12
  32. ^ 1Ki 6:3; 7:12; Eze 40:48
  33. ^ Ex 30:18; 38:8; 2Ki 25:13; Je 52:17
  34. ^ 2Ch 4:2
  35. ^ 1Ki 6:18; 2Ki 4:39
  36. ^ Ex 33:4; 2Sa 1:24
  37. ^ 2Ch 4:3
  38. ^ 2Ch 4:15; Je 52:20; Re 4:7
  39. ^ 2Ch 4:4
  40. ^ Je 52:21
  41. ^ 1Ki 6:18, 35
  42. ^ Eze 45:14
  43. ^ 2Ch 4:5
  44. ^ 2Ki 25:16; 2Ch 4:14; Je 52:17
  45. ^ 1Ki 10:19; 2Ch 9:19; Eze 41:19; Ho 5:14
  46. ^ Eze 1:10; Re 4:7
  47. ^ Ge 3:24; Ex 25:18; 1Ki 6:27; 1Ch 28:18; 2Ch 3:7; Eze 41:18
  48. ^ Pr 1:9; 4:9
  49. ^ Ex 14:25; Is 5:28; 28:27
  50. ^ Ex 28:9; 39:6, 30; 1Ki 6:29, 32
  51. ^ 1Ki 7:29
  52. ^ 1Ki 7:27
  53. ^ 1Ki 7:15, 46; 2Ch 4:3
  54. ^ Ex 30:18; Heb 9:10
  55. ^ 2Ch 4:6
  56. ^ 2Ch 4:10
  57. ^ 1Ki 7:13; 2Ch 2:13; 4:11
  58. ^ 2Ch 4:6
  59. ^ Ex 27:3; 2Ki 25:14; 2Ch 4:16; Je 52:18
  60. ^ Ex 24:6; 2Ch 4:8
  61. ^ Ex 39:32, 43
  62. ^ 1Ki 7:15
  63. ^ 2Ch 4:12
  64. ^ 1Ki 7:17
  65. ^ 1Ki 7:20
  66. ^ 1Ki 7:27
  67. ^ 1Ki 7:38
  68. ^ 1Ki 7:23
  69. ^ 2Ch 4:15
  70. ^ 1Ki 7:40
  71. ^ 2Ch 4:17
  72. ^ Ge 33:17
  73. ^ Jos 3:16; 1Ki 4:12
  74. ^ Ex 38:3
  75. ^ 2Ch 4:18
  76. ^ 1Ch 22:14, 16
  77. ^ Ex 37:25
  78. ^ Ex 37:10; 2Ch 4:19
  79. ^ Ex 25:37; 37:17; Re 1:20; 2:5
  80. ^ 2Ch 4:20
  81. ^ 1Ki 6:18
  82. ^ Ex 37:23; Nu 8:2; 2Ch 29:7; Lu 12:35
  83. ^ Ex 25:38; Nu 4:9; 2Ch 4:21
  84. ^ 2Ki 12:13; Je 52:18
  85. ^ 2Ch 4:22
  86. ^ Ex 25:29; Nu 7:86
  87. ^ Le 16:12
  88. ^ 1Ki 6:31
  89. ^ 1Ki 6:33
  90. ^ 1Ki 6:5
  91. ^ Ex 40:33
  92. ^ 2Sa 8:11
  93. ^ 2Ch 5:1

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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