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He laid the foundations for the high double walls, the high retaining walls for the temple enclosure.
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In his days a water cistern was dug, a reservoir like the sea in circumference.
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He considered how to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city against siege.
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How glorious he was, surrounded by the people, as he came out of the house of the curtain.
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Like the morning star among the clouds, like the full moon at the festal season;
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like the sun shining on the temple of the Most High, like the rainbow gleaming in splendid clouds;
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like roses in the days of first fruits, like lilies by a spring of water, like a green shoot on Lebanon on a summer day;
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like fire and incense in the censer, like a vessel of hammered gold studded with all kinds of precious stones;
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like an olive tree laden with fruit, and like a cypress towering in the clouds.
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When he put on his glorious robe and clothed himself in perfect splendor, when he went up to the holy altar, he made the court of the sanctuary glorious.
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When he received the portions from the hands of the priests, as he stood by the hearth of the altar with a garland of brothers around him, he was like a young cedar on Lebanon surrounded by the trunks of palm trees.