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For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.

In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.

In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.

And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married.

He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.

Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.

He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.

Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:

the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.

Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the consecrated items of his father David-the silver, the gold, and the furnishings-and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever."

Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

But the LORD said to my father David, 'Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.'