1 Kings 7 – NIRV & CCB

New International Reader’s Version

1 Kings 7:1-51

Solomon Builds His Palace

1But it took Solomon 13 years to finish constructing his palace and the other buildings related to it. 2He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long. It was 75 feet wide. And it was 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar columns. They held up beautiful cedar beams. 3Above the beams was a roof made out of cedar boards. It rested on the columns. There were three rows of beams with 15 in each row. The total number of beams was 45. 4The windows of the palace were placed high up in the walls. They were in groups of three. And they faced each other. 5All the doorways had frames shaped like rectangles. They were in front. They were in groups of three. And they faced each other.

6Solomon made a covered area. It was 75 feet long. And it was 45 feet wide. Its roof was held up by columns. In front of it was a porch. In front of that were pillars and a roof that went out beyond them.

7Solomon built the throne hall. It was called the Hall of Justice. That’s where he would serve as judge. He covered the hall with cedar boards from floor to ceiling. 8The palace where he would live was set farther back. Its plan was something like the plan for the hall. Solomon had married Pharaoh’s daughter. He made a palace for her. It was like the hall.

9All those buildings were made out of blocks of good quality stone. They were cut to the right size. They were made smooth on their back and front sides. Those stones were used for the outside of each building and for the large courtyard. They were also used from the foundations up to the roofs. 10Large blocks of good quality stone were used for the foundations. Some were 15 feet long. Others were 12 feet long. 11The walls above them were made out of good quality stones. The stones were cut to the right size. On top of them was a layer of cedar beams. 12The large courtyard had a wall around it. The first three layers of the wall were made out of blocks of stone. The top layer was made out of beautiful cedar wood. The same thing was done with the inside courtyard of the Lord’s temple and its porch.

More Facts About the Temple

13King Solomon sent messengers to Tyre. He wanted them to bring Huram back with them. 14Huram’s mother was a widow. She was from the tribe of Naphtali. Huram’s father was from Tyre. He was skilled in working with bronze. Huram also had great skill, knowledge and understanding in working with bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all the work he was asked to do.

15Huram made two bronze pillars. Each of them was 27 feet high. And each was 18 feet around. 16Each pillar had a decorated top made out of bronze. Each top was seven and a half feet high. 17Chains that were linked together hung down from the tops of the pillars. There were seven chains for each top. 18Huram made two rows of pomegranates. They circled the chains. The pomegranates decorated the tops of the pillars. Huram did the same thing for each pillar. 19The tops on the pillars of the porch were shaped like lilies. The lilies were 6 feet high. 20On the tops of both pillars were 200 pomegranates. They were in rows all around the tops. They were above the part that was shaped like a bowl. And they were next to the chains. 21Huram set the pillars up at the temple porch. The pillar on the south he named Jakin. The one on the north he named Boaz. 22The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work on the pillars was finished.

23Huram made a huge metal bowl for washing. Its shape was round. It measured 15 feet from rim to rim. It was seven and a half feet high. And it was 45 feet around. 24Below the rim there was a circle of gourds around the bowl. In every 18 inches around the bowl there were ten gourds. The gourds were arranged in two rows. They were made as part of the bowl itself.

25The huge bowl stood on 12 bulls. Three of them faced north. Three faced west. Three faced south. And three faced east. The bowl rested on top of the bulls. Their rear ends were toward the center. 26The bowl was three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup. The rim was shaped like the bloom of a lily. The bowl held 12,000 gallons of water.

27Huram also made ten stands out of bronze. They could be moved around. Each stand was six feet long. It was six feet wide. And it was four and a half feet high. 28Here is how the stands were made. They had sides that were joined to posts. 29On the sides between the posts were lions, bulls and cherubim. They were also on all of the posts. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths made out of hammered metal. 30Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles. Each stand had a bowl that rested on four supports. The stand had wreaths on each side. 31There was a round opening on the inside of each stand. The opening had a frame 18 inches deep. The sides were 27 inches high from the top of the opening to the bottom of the base. There was carving around the opening. The sides of the stands were square, not round. 32The four wheels were under the sides. The axles of the wheels were connected to the stand. Each wheel was 27 inches across. 33The wheels were made like chariot wheels. All the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were made out of metal.

34Each stand had four handles on it. There was one on each corner. They came out from the stand. 35At the top of the stand there was a round band. It was nine inches deep. The sides and supports were connected to the top of the stand. 36Huram carved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the sides of the stands. He also carved them on the surfaces of the supports. His carving covered every open space. He had also carved wreaths all around. 37That’s how he made the ten stands. All of them were made in the same molds. And they had the same size and shape.

38Then Huram made ten bronze bowls. Each one held 240 gallons. The bowls measured six feet across. There was one bowl for each of the ten stands. 39He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple. He placed the other five on the north side. He put the huge bowl on the south side. It was at the southeast corner of the temple. 40He also made the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.

So Huram finished all the work he had started for King Solomon. Here’s what he made for the Lord’s temple.

41He made the two pillars.

He made the two tops for the pillars. The tops were shaped like bowls.

He made the two sets of chains that were linked together. They decorated the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars.

42He made the 400 pomegranates for the two sets of chains. There were two rows of pomegranates for each chain. They decorated the bowl-shaped tops of the pillars.

43He made the ten stands with their ten bowls.

44He made the huge bowl. He made the 12 bulls that were under it.

45He made the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.

Huram made all those objects for King Solomon for the Lord’s temple. He made them out of bronze. Then he shined them up. 46The king had made them in clay molds. It was done on the plain of the Jordan River between Sukkoth and Zarethan. 47Solomon didn’t weigh any of those things. There were too many of them to weigh. No one even tried to weigh the bronze they were made out of.

48Solomon also made everything in the Lord’s temple.

He made the golden altar.

He made the golden table for the holy bread.

49He made the pure gold lampstands. There were five on the right and five on the left. They were in front of the Most Holy Room.

He made the gold flowers. He made the gold lamps and tongs.

50He made the bowls, wick cutters, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and shallow cups for burning incense. All of them were made out of pure gold.

He made the gold bases for the doors of the inside room. That’s the Most Holy Room. He also made gold bases for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

51King Solomon finished all the work for the Lord’s temple. Then he brought in the things his father David had set apart for the Lord. They included the silver and gold and all the other things for the Lord’s temple. Solomon placed them with the other treasures that were there.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

列王纪上 7:1-51

所罗门的王宫

1所罗门用了十三年的时间为自己兴建王宫。 2他建造的黎巴嫩林宫长四十五米,宽二十二米半,高十三米半,有三行香柏木柱,柱子支撑着香柏木横梁。 3每一行木柱有十五根,共四十五根。殿顶铺香柏木板。 4宫殿有三排窗户,窗与窗相对; 5宫殿的门框和窗户都是方形的,三排窗户彼此相对。

6他又建了一座有柱子的廊子,长二十二米半,宽十三米半,前面还有带柱子的门廊和篷子。 7此外,他又建造了一个判案的公堂。堂内从地板到天花板都铺上了香柏木。 8所罗门的寝宫就在公堂后面的院内,建筑样式和公堂相同。所罗门又为妻子——法老的女儿造了一座类似的宫室。

9这些宫殿,从根基到墙顶,从外院到内殿用的都是上等的石头,按规格里外用锯切割整齐。 10根基用的是非常珍贵的石头,它们的体积巨大,有些甚至是长达三米半至四米半的巨石, 11上面是按照规格凿好的上等石头以及香柏木。 12大院周围的墙由三层凿好的石头和一层香柏木建成,正如耶和华殿的内院和殿廊的墙。

户兰造圣殿的器具

13所罗门王派人从泰尔户兰召来。 14户兰拿弗他利支派一个寡妇的儿子,父亲是泰尔的铜匠。户兰聪明伶俐,技术高超,擅长制造各种铜器。他前来朝见所罗门王,领命负责一切铜器工程。

15他铸造了两根铜柱,每根高八米,周长五点四米, 16然后用铜铸造了两个高二点二五米的柱冠,安在柱顶上。 17每一个柱冠上装饰着七条链子织成的网, 18网周围环绕着两行石榴。 19门廊的柱冠高一点八米,形状像百合花。 20在每个柱冠靠近网子鼓起来的地方围着两行石榴,共二百个。 21这两根铜柱竖立在殿廊的入口,南边那根称为雅斤,北边那根称为波阿斯22柱冠的形状像百合花。这样,铜柱就造成了。

23他又铸造了一个圆形的铜海,高二点二五米,直径四点五米,周长十三点五米。 24在铜海的边缘下围绕着两圈野瓜图案,每米有二十个野瓜,是跟铜海一起铸造的。 25有十二头铜牛驮着铜海,三头向北,三头向西,三头向南,三头向东。铜海安在牛上,牛尾都向内。 26铜海厚八厘米,边如杯边,又如百合花,容量是四万四千升。 27户兰用铜造了十个盆座,每个长一点八米,宽一点八米,高一点三五米。 28盆座四面装上镶板,镶板固定在框架上。 29镶板和框架上刻着狮子、牛和基路伯天使,狮子和牛的上面和下面雕刻着花环。 30每一个盆座都有四个铜轮和铜轴,盆放在有四个支脚铸成的盆架上,盆架周围有花环图案。 31盆座的开口呈圆形,深四十五厘米,直径七十厘米,开口周围有雕刻。镶板是方形的,不是圆形的, 32下面有四个七十厘米高的轮子,轮轴固定在盆座上。 33轮子的样式像战车的轮子,轴、辋、辐、毂都是铸成的。 34每个盆座的四角都有支脚,支脚和盆座一起铸成。 35盆座上有一个高二十三厘米的圆架,上面的支架和镶板是和盆座一起铸成的。 36支架和镶板都刻上基路伯天使、狮子和棕树的图案,周围有花环图案。 37十个盆座的铸法、大小和形状相同。 38他又用铜制造了十个盆,盆径一点八米,容量八百八十升。十个铜盆分别放在十个盆座上。 39殿门左右各放五个盆座。铜海放在殿的东南角。

40他又制造了其他的盆、铲和碗。他为所罗门王完成了耶和华殿的一切工作。 41他所制造的有两根柱子,两个碗状的柱冠,两个装饰柱冠的网子, 42四百个装饰网子的石榴,每个网子上两行石榴,装饰碗状的柱冠; 43十个盆座及盆座上的十个铜盆; 44铜海和铜海下面的十二头铜牛; 45盆、铲、碗。这些都是户兰用磨亮的铜为耶和华的殿造的器具。 46这些都是照王的命令在疏割撒拉但之间的约旦平原用泥模铸成的。 47所罗门没有秤过这些器具,因为太多,铜的重量无法统计。

48所罗门又为耶和华的殿造了以下器具:金坛、放供饼的金桌; 49至圣所前面的纯金灯台,左右各五个;灯台上的金花、灯盏和蜡剪; 50纯金造的杯、蜡剪、碗、碟和火鼎以及至圣所和外殿入口的金门枢。

51所罗门王完成耶和华殿的一切工作后,就把他父亲大卫献给耶和华的金银和器具都搬进耶和华殿的库房。