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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 2 Chronicles

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chapters 1 through 4. Chapter 1 Now Solomon the

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son of David was strengthened in his kingdom,

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and the Lord his God was with him and exalted

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him exceedingly. And Solomon spoke to all Israel,

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to the captains of thousands and of hundreds,

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to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel,

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the heads of the fathers' houses. Then Solomon

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and all the assembly with him went to the high

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place that was at Gibeon, for the tabernacle

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of meeting with God was there, which Moses the

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servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.

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But David had brought up the ark of God from

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Kirjas -Jerim to the place David had prepared

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for it, for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

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Now the bronze altar that Bezarel the son of

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Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before

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the tabernacle of the Lord. Solomon and the assembly

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sought him there. And Solomon went up there to

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the bronze altar before the Lord, which was at

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the tabernacle of meeting, and offered a thousand

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burnt offerings on it. On that night God appeared

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to Solomon and said to him, Ask, what shall I

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give you? And Solomon said to God, You have shown

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great mercy to David my father, and have made

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me king in his place. Now, O Lord God, let your

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promise to David my father be established, for

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you have made me king over a people like the

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dust of the earth in multitude. Now give me wisdom

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and knowledge that I may go out and come in before

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this people, for who can judge this great people

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of yours? Then God said to Solomon, Because this

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was in your heart, and you have not asked riches

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or wealth or honor or the life of your enemies,

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nor have you asked long life, but have asked

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wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may

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judge my people, for whom I have made you king.

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Wisdom and knowledge are granted to you, and

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I will give you riches and wealth and honor,

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such as none of the kings have had who were before

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you, nor shall any after you have the like. So

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Solomon came to Jerusalem from the high place

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that was at Gibeon, from before the tabernacle

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of meeting, and reigned over Israel. And Solomon

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gathered chariots and horsemen. He had 1 ,400

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chariots and 12 ,000 horsemen, whom he stationed

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in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Also the king made silver and gold as common

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in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as

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abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.

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And Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and

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Keveh. The king's merchants bought them in Kaveh

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at the current price. They also acquired and

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imported from Egypt a chariot for 600 shekels

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of silver and a horse for 150. Thus, through

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their agents, they exported them to all the kings

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of the Hittites and the kings of Syria. Chapter

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2 Then Solomon determined to build a temple for

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the name of the Lord and a royal house for himself.

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Solomon selected 70 ,000 men to bear burdens.

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eighty thousand to quarry stone in the mountains,

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and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.

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Then Solomon sent to Hiram king of Tyre, saying,

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As you have dealt with David my father, and sent

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him cedars to build himself a house to dwell

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in, so deal with me. Behold, I am building a

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temple for the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate

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it to him, to burn before him sweet incense for

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the continual showbread, for the burnt offerings

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morning and evening. on the Sabbaths, on the

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new moons, and on the set feasts of the Lord

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our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.

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And the temple which I build will be great, for

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our God is greater than all gods. But who is

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able to build him a temple, since heaven and

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the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who

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am I then that I should build him a temple except

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to burn sacrifice before him? Therefore send

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me at once a man skillful to work in gold and

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silver, in bronze and iron, in purple and crimson

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and blue. who has skill to engrave with the skillful

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men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom

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David my father provided. Also send me cedar

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and cypress and algum logs from Lebanon, for

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I know that your servants have skill to cut timber

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in Lebanon. And indeed my servants will be with

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your servants to prepare timber for me in abundance,

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for the temple which I am about to build shall

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be great and wonderful. And indeed I will give

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to your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber,

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twenty thousand cores of ground wheat, twenty

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thousand cores of barley, twenty thousand baths

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of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. Then

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Hiram king of Tyre answered in writing which

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he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord loves his

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people, he has made you king over them. Hiram

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also said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

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who made heaven and earth, for he has given King

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David a wise son. endowed with prudence and understanding,

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who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal

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house for himself. And now I have sent a skillful

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man endowed with understanding, Huram, my master

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craftsman, the son of a woman of the daughters

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of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilled

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to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron,

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stone and wood, purple and blue, fine linen and

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crimson. and to make any engraving and to accomplish

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any plan which may be given to him with your

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skillful men and with the skillful men of my

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lord david your father now therefore the wheat

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the barley the oil and the wine which my lord

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has spoken of let him send to his servants and

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we will cut wood from lebanon as much as you

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need we will bring it to you in rafts by sea

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to joppa and you will carry it up to jerusalem

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Then Solomon numbered all the aliens who were

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in the land of Israel after the census in which

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David his father had numbered them, and there

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were found to be 153 ,600, and he made 70 ,000

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of them bearers of burdens, 80 ,000 stonecutters

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in the mountain, and 3 ,600 overseers to make

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the people work. Chapter 3 Now Solomon began

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to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on

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Mount Moriah. where the Lord had appeared to

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his father David at the place that David had

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prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the

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Jebusite, and he began to build on the second

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day of the second month in the fourth year of

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his reign. This is the foundation which Solomon

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laid for building the house of God. The length

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was sixty cubits by cubits according to the former

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measure, and the width twenty cubits. And the

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vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary

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was twenty cubits long across the width of the

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house, and the height was one hundred and twenty.

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He overlaid the inside with pure gold. The larger

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room he paneled with cypress, which he overlaid

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with fine gold. And he carved palm trees and

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chain work on it. And he decorated the house

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with precious stones for beauty. And the gold

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was gold from Parvim. he also overlaid the house

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the beams and door posts its walls and doors

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with gold and he carved cherubim on the walls

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and he made the most holy place its length was

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according to the width of the house twenty cubits

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and its width twenty cubits he overlaid it with

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six hundred talents of fine gold the weight of

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the nails was fifty shekels of gold and he overlaid

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the upper area with gold in the most high place

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he made two cherubim fashioned by carving and

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overlaid them with gold the wings of the cherubim

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were twenty cubits in overall length one wing

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of the one cherub was five cubits touching the

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wall of the room and the other wing was five

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cubits touching the wing of the other cherub

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one wing of the other cherub was five cubits

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touching the wall of the room and the other wing

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also was five cubits touching the wing of the

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other cherub the wings of these cherubim spanned

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twenty cubits overall they stood on their feet

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and they faced inward and he made the veil of

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blue purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove

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cherubim into it. Also he made in front of the

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temple two pillars thirty -five cubits high,

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and the capital that was on the top of each of

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them was five cubits. He made wreath of chain

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work, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them

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on top of the pillars. And he made one hundred

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pomegranates, and put them on the wreath of chain

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work. Then he set up the pillars before the temple,

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one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

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He called the name of the one on the right hand

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Jashin and the name of the one on the left Boaz.

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Moreover, he made a bronze altar. Twenty cubits

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was its length, twenty cubits its width, and

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ten cubits its height. Then he made the sea of

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cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the

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other. It was completely round. Its height was

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five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured

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its circumference, and under it was the likeness

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of oxen encircling it all around, ten to a cubit,

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all the way around the sea. The oxen were cast

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in two rows when it was cast. It stood on twelve

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oxen, three looking toward the north, three looking

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toward the west, three looking toward the south,

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and three looking toward the east. The sea was

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set upon them, and all their back parts pointed

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inward. It was a hand breadth thick, and its

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brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like

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a lily blossom. It contained three thousand baths.

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He also made ten lavers, and put five on the

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right side and five on the left, to wash in them,

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such things as they offered for the burnt offering

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they would wash in them, but the sea was for

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the priests to wash in. And he made ten lampstands

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of gold according to their design, and set them

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in a temple, five on the right side and five

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on the left. He also made ten tables and placed

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them in the temple, five on the right side and

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five on the left. And he made one hundred bowls

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of gold. Furthermore, he made the court of the

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priests and the great court and doors for the

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court. And he overlaid these doors with bronze.

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He set the sea on the right side toward the southeast.

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Then Huram made the pots and the shovels and

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the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that

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he was to do for King Solomon for the house of

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God. the two pillars and the bowl -shaped capitals

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that were on top of the two pillars, the two

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networks covering the two bowl -shaped capitals

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which were on top of the pillars, 400 pomegranates

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for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates

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for each network, to cover the two bowl -shaped

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capitals that were on the pillars. He also made

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carts and the lavers on the carts, one sea and

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twelve oxen under it, also the pots, the shovels,

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the forks, and all their articles, Huram his

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master craftsman, made of burnished bronze for

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King Solomon for the house of the Lord. In the

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plain of Jordan, the king had them cast in clay

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molds between Sukkot and Zereda, and Solomon

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had all these articles made in such great abundance

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that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

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Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for

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the house of God, the altar of gold, and the

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tables on which was the showbread. The lampstands

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with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in the

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prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary,

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with the flowers and the lamps and the wick trimmers

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of gold, of purest gold, the trimmers, the bowls,

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the ladles, and the censers of pure gold. As

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for the entry of the sanctuary, its inner doors

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to the most holy place, and the doors of the

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main hall of the temple, were gold. I hope you

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enjoyed today's reading as much as I did and

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I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow to

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continue on our journey. God bless you and have

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a great day.