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10 The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.
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The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight.
11 And above were costly stones, hewn according to measurement, and cedar.
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Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.
12 The great court had three courses of hewn stone round about, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the LORD, and the vestibule of the house.
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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.
13 And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
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King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,
14 He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naph'tali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill, for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon, and did all his work.
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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 pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference; it was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers; the second pillar was the same.
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He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
16 He also made two capitals of molten bronze, to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
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He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits high.
17 Then he made two nets of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals upon the tops of the pillars; a net for the one capital, and a net for the other capital.
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A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital.
18 Likewise he made pomegranates; in two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capital that was upon the top of the pillar; and he did the same with the other capital.
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He made pomegranates in two rows encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars. He did the same for each capital.
19 Now the capitals that were upon the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits.
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The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high.
20 The capitals were upon the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the network; there were two hundred pomegranates, in two rows round about; and so with the other capital.
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On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around.
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