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The Ark of the Covenant, The Tabernacle, and The Temple

1 Kings 7

Solomon Builds His Palace

7 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. 2 He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high,[a] with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. 3 It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. 4 Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other. 5 All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.[b]

6 He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide.[c] In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.

7 He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.[d] 8 And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.

9 All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces. 10 The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits[e] and some eight.[f] 11 Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. 12 The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the Lord with its portico.

The Temple’s Furnishings

13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,[g] 14 whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.

15 He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.[h] 16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits[i] high. 17 A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. 18 He made pomegranates in two rows[j] encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars.[k] He did the same for each capital. 19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits[l] high. 20 On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around. 21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin[m] and the one to the north Boaz.[n] 22 The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed.

23 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits[o] to measure around it. 24 Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

25 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. 26 It was a handbreadth[p] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.[q]

27 He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.[r] 28 This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights. 29 On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work. 30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side. 31 On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit[s] deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half.[t] Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round. 32 The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal.

34 Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand. 35 At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit[u] deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand. 36 He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around. 37 This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape.

38 He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths[v] and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. 39 He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple. 40 He also made the pots[w] and shovels and sprinkling bowls.

So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the Lord:

41 the two pillars;

the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

42 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);

43 the ten stands with their ten basins;

44 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

45 the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.

All these objects that Huram made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of burnished bronze. 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan. 47 Solomon left all these things unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.

48 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple:

the golden altar;

the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; 49 the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary);

the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;

50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers;

and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

51 When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

Footnotes:

1. 1 Kings 7:2 That is, about 150 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 45 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high
2. 1 Kings 7:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
3. 1 Kings 7:6 That is, about 75 feet long and 45 feet wide or about 23 meters long and 14 meters wide
4. 1 Kings 7:7 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew floor
5. 1 Kings 7:10 That is, about 15 feet or about 4.5 meters; also in verse 23
6. 1 Kings 7:10 That is, about 12 feet or about 3.6 meters
7. 1 Kings 7:13 Hebrew Hiram, a variant of Huram; also in verses 40 and 45
8. 1 Kings 7:15 That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference
9. 1 Kings 7:16 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 23
10. 1 Kings 7:18 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts made the pillars, and there were two rows
11. 1 Kings 7:18 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts pomegranates
12. 1 Kings 7:19 That is, about 6 feet or about 1.8 meters; also in verse 38
13. 1 Kings 7:21 Jakin probably means he establishes.
14. 1 Kings 7:21 Boaz probably means in him is strength.
15. 1 Kings 7:23 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters
16. 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
17. 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 12,000 gallons or about 44,000 liters; the Septuagint does not have this sentence.
18. 1 Kings 7:27 That is, about 6 feet long and wide and about 4 1/2 feet high or about 1.8 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high
19. 1 Kings 7:31 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
20. 1 Kings 7:31 That is, about 2 1/4 feet or about 68 centimeters; also in verse 32
21. 1 Kings 7:35 That is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters
22. 1 Kings 7:38 That is, about 240 gallons or about 880 liters
23. 1 Kings 7:40 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate (see also verse 45 and 2 Chron. 4:11); many other Hebrew manuscripts basins

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Our Father in Heaven,
We Praise Your Holy Name!
You Alone Are Worthy of Worship,
For You Alone Are The One True God.
Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent,
Teach us To Be Open to Opportunities,
And Teach Us Listen to Your Voice.
You Know Us Inside and Out,
And We Can Hide Nothing From You.
Some Trust in Chariots,
And Some, in Horses,
But We Depend on You,
And You, Alone.

We Pray For the Leaders of Our Own Beloved USA
May They Receive Wisdom from You
to do the Right Thing.

We Pray For The Swift and Sure Coming of Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Establish His Kingdom,
and Make All Things Right.

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A Tale of two Architects:

In the Early 20th Century, it was possible to buy a whole house in a kit, and put it together yourself. This was called The Sears Craftsman House, and plays a pivotal role in this amusing scene from Jean Shepherd's "Phantom of the Open Hearth". It was very important to follow the directions perfectly and in order.

The Sears Craftsman House used many Traditional and Neo-Classical design structures, mostly borrowed from Ancient Greece, such as pilasters and pediments, and a Sears House in its original state is highly prized in the real estate market today.

Earlier in this study, we compared the Sears House to the Tabernacle in the Desert, in which all the blueprints and construction methods were handed to Moses at Mt. Sinai, with no deviations allowed. It was light, movable, practical, and elegant in its design. The Architect of the Tabernacle was God himself, inspiring the Craftsmen.

Solomon was a brilliant "Renaissance Man" who was a Poet, an Author, A Statesman, and an Architect. He was also a very wise and good man, but had some serious problems in the "Lust and Hubris Department", which brings us to the second architect in our story. In Ayn Rand's book, "The Fountainhead", we meet Howard Roarke, an individualist architect who struggles against the establishment to create something new. Although the author of the book wants to portray Rourke as "The Perfect Man", he too struggles with Lust and Hubris which cause him to rape the woman he loves and blow up his own buildings that he believes were compromised in their design by others. (Please...I KNOW that Ayn Rand has both friends and enemies in this Forum, but I am just using this as an illustration! PEACE!).

Anyway, Solomon uses measurements, proportions, and the basic shape of the Desert Tabernacle, but then, his brilliance as an architect is allowed (by God!) to flourish, and the temple reflects the Majesty, Glory, and Serene Beauty of The One True God. Like Howard Rourke, Solomon is not afraid to try something new. The Giant Pillars, with their wonderful designs drawn from Nature, The Immense Laver with the oxen surrounding it, the Massive Altar of Sacrifice, all give an air of Authority and Permanence.

While Howard Roarke blew up his own buildings because they did not hold to his Vision, Solomon would sow the seeds for his own creation to be destroyed as well. He starts right out taking foreign exotic woman as wives and concubines, and doesn't stop until he finds himself worshiping their idols. This is the VERY thing God told him NOT to do.

Though Howard Rourke used Dynamite to destroy his buildings, Solomon used something far more ancient and potent...SIN.

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[etabeta]

My prayers always. Blessings.

[Silentgypsy]

Amen and thank you.

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[Ezekiel]

23 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits[o] to measure around it.

Here is one of those popular "math" verses, but I've wondered what is the deal with it. Obviously the circumference would have been 1.4159265359 cubits longer, if the diameter were actually 10 cubits.

Maybe it's only in that we are suppose to notice the difference and rounding, or maybe that someone wasn't measuring properly, or that it took the 30 cubit line, and then some... not set it up as a pi "proof text", haha.

Or maybe it's a new paradigm that transcends normal rules. :)

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OR...the circumference could have been measured INSIDE a wide rim, and thus be shorter.

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[Ezekiel]

One verse with a few numbers, and I get fixated, lol.

And here I was remarking about the verse being a popular topic of discussion for the sake of pi. I shouldn’t laugh!

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Well, it’s as easy as pi to get distracted by all those numbers! :-)

But maybe they are, in reality, a Sine, so I won’t get negative about it.

But, I am not above going off on a tangent once in a while.

Sometimes I just like to look at things from a different angle.

Just so long as I am not numbered with the transgressors!

[NEWwoman]

Great lesson...

Sin is destruction

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[Ezekiel]

Too funny, thanks for the laugh!

Just so long as I am not numbered with the transgressors!

As long as you don't cosine any of their loans, you'll be okay. ;)

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Never Cosine a Loan!

That is an absolute value of mine.

One thing I don’t need is to become an associative property of some ne’er-do-well in addition to my other multiple woes!

That would be equivalent to slavery!

[Ezekiel]

That’s the right angle, never forget to factor in the infinite potential for trouble!

[SisterK]

Blessings to both of you.
Thank you for the giggles.

I read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged when I was 15 and have been an economic conservative since then. Christian conservative and social conservative came a few years later.

I have been wondering about the temple. Why all the pomegranates?

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LOL! :-)

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Pomegranates are a very ancient symbol of fertility, prosperity, and abundance. Of course, we are to plant the seed, and God gives the increase!

I was a late-comer to Ayn Rand, but once I started reading her books, i couldn’t put them down.

The book that really influenced me when I was a young teen was “1984”. I only read it once, over a half century ago, but I see it happening now right before my eyes!

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