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11 Above [the foundation] were cedar beams and high-grade stone blocks, which had been cut to size.
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Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.
12 The large courtyard had three layers of cut stone blocks and a layer of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the LORD's temple and the entrance hall.
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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 King Solomon had Hiram brought from Tyre.
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King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,
14 Hiram was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father, a native of Tyre, was a skilled bronze craftsman. Hiram was highly skilled, resourceful, and knowledgeable about all kinds of bronze craftsmanship. He came to King Solomon and did all his [bronze] 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 made two bronze pillars. Each was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.
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He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
16 He made two capitals of cast bronze to put on top of the pillars. Each capital was 7½ feet high.
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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 He also made seven rows of filigree and chains for each capital.
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A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital.
18 After he made the pillars, he made two rows [of decorations] around the filigree to cover the capitals which were above the pillars. He made the capitals identical to each other.
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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 The capitals on top of the pillars in the entrance hall were lily-shaped. [Each] was six feet high.
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The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high.
20 Two hundred pomegranates in rows were directly above the bowl-shaped parts around the filigree on the capitals on both pillars.
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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.
21 Hiram set up the pillars in the temple's entrance hall. He set up the pillar on the right and named it Jachin [He Establishes]. Then he set up the pillar on the left and named it Boaz [In Him Is Strength].
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He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz.
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