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1 Kings 7 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:1 - (LXX 7:38) And Solomon built a house for himself in thirteen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - (LXX 7:39) And he built the house with the [fn]wood of Libanus; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth was fifty cubits, and its height was of thirty cubits, and it was made [fn]with three rows of cedar pillars, and the pillars had [fn]side-pieces of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:3 - (LXX 7:40) And he [fn]formed the house with chambers above on the sides of the pillars, and the number of the pillars was each row forty and five,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:4 - (LXX 7:41) and there were three chambers, and space against space in three rows.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5 - (LXX 7:42) And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers were square, and from door to door was a correspondence in three rows.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:6 - (LXX 7:43) And he made the [fn]porch of the pillars, they were fifty cubits long and fifty broad, the porch joining them in front; and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of the house by the porches.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 - (LXX 7:44) And there was the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:8 - (LXX 7:45) And their house where he [fn]would dwell, had one court communicating with these according to this work; and he built the house for the daughter of Pharao whom Solomon had taken, according to this porch.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:9 - (LXX 7:46) All these were of costly stones, sculptured at intervals within even from the foundation even to the [fn]top, and outward to the great court,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:10 - (LXX 7:47) founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11 - (LXX 7:48) And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones, and with cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - (LXX 7:49) There were three rows of hewn stones round about the great hall, and a row of sculptured cedar: (7:50) and Solomon finished all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:13 - (LXX 7:1) [fn]And king Solomon sent, and took Chiram out of Tyre,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - (LXX 7:2) the son of a widow woman; and he was of the tribe of Nephthalim, and his father was a Tyrian; a worker in brass, and accomplished in art and skill and knowledge to work every work in brass: and he was brought in to king Solomon, and he wrought all the works.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 - (LXX 7:3) And he cast the two pillars for the porch of the house: eighteen cubits was the height of each pillar, and a circumference of fourteen cubits encompassed it, even the thickness of the pillar: the [fn]flutings were four fingers wide, and thus was the other pillar formed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:16 - (LXX 7:4) And he made two molten chapiters to [fn]put on the heads of the pillars: five cubits was the height of one chapiter, and five cubits was the height of the other chapiter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:17 - (LXX 7:5) And he made two [fn]ornaments of net-work to cover the [fn]chapiters of the pillars; even a net for one chapiter, and a net for the other chapiter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:18 - (LXX 7:6) And hanging work, two rows of brazen pomegranates, [fn]formed with net-work, hanging work, row upon row: and thus he framed the ornaments for the second chapiter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:19 - (LXX 7:8) And on the heads of the pillars he made lily-work against the porch, of four cubits,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - (LXX 7:9) and a chamber over both the pillars, and above the sides an addition equal to the chamber in width.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - (LXX 7:7) And he set up the pillars of the porch of the temple: and he set up the one pillar, and called its name Jachum: and he set up the second pillar, and called its name Boloz.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:23 - (LXX 7:10) And he made the sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other, the same was [fn]completely circular round about: its height was five cubits, and its circumference thirty-three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - (LXX 7:11) And stays underneath its rim round about compassed it ten cubits round;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - (LXX 7:13) And there were twelve oxen under the sea; three looking to the north, and three looking to the west, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the east: and all their hinder parts were [fn]inward, and the sea was above upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - (LXX 7:12) and its rim was as the work of the rim of a cup, a lily-flower, and the thickness of it was a span.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27 - (LXX 7:14) And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height was six cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:28 - (LXX 7:15) And this work of the bases was [fn]formed with a border to them, and there was a border between the ledges.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - (LXX 7:16) And upon their borders between the projections were lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below were the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30 - (LXX 7:17) And there were four brazen wheels to one base; and there were brazen bases, and their four sides answering to them, side [fn]pieces under the bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:32 - (LXX 7:18) And there were [fn]axles in the wheels [fn]under the base. And the height of one wheel was a cubit and a half.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:33 - (LXX 7:19) And the work of the wheels was as the work of chariot wheels: their [fn]axles, and their felloes, and the rest of their work, were all molten.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34 - (LXX 7:20) The four side-pieces were at the four corners of each base; its shoulders were formed of the base.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:35 - (LXX 7:21) And on the top of the base half a cubit was the size of it, there was a circle on the top of the base, and there was the top of its spaces and its borders: and it [fn]was open at the top of its spaces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36 - (LXX 7:22) And its borders were cherubs, and lions, and palm-trees, upright, each was joined in front and within and round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:37 - (LXX 7:23) According to the same form he made all the ten bases, even one order and one measure to all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38 - (LXX 7:24) And he made ten brazen lavers, each laver containing forty [fn]baths, and measuring four cubits, each laver placed on a several base throughout the ten bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - (LXX 7:25) And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and the sea was placed [fn]on the right side of the house eastward in the direction of the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:40 - (LXX 7:26) And Chiram made the caldrons, and the pans, and the bowls; and Chiram finished making all the works that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:41 - (LXX 7:27) two pillars and the wreathen works of the pillars on the heads of the two pillars; and the two [fn]net-works to cover both the wreathen works of the flutings that were upon the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:42 - (LXX 7:28) The four hundred pomegranates for both the net-works, two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover both the wreathen works of the bases belonging to both pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:43 - (LXX 7:29) And the ten bases, and the ten lavers upon the bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:44 - (LXX 7:30) And one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - (LXX 7:31) And the caldrons, and pans, and bowls, and all the furniture, which Chiram made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord: and there were eight and forty pillars of the house of the king and of the house of the Lord: all the works of the king which Chiram made were entirely of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:46 - (LXX 7:33) In the country round about Jordan did he cast them, in the [fn]clay land between Socchoth and Sira.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:47 - (LXX 7:32) There was no [fn]reckoning of the brass of which he made all these works, from the very great abundance, there was no end of the [fn]weight of the brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:48 - (LXX 7:34) And king Solomon took the furniture which Chiram made for the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the golden table of shewbread.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - (LXX 7:35) And he put the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, being of [fn]pure gold, and the lamp-stands, and the lamps, and the [fn]snuffers of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:50 - (LXX 7:36) And there were made the [fn]porches, and the nails, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the golden censers, [fn]of pure gold: and the panels of the doors of the innermost part of the house, even the holy of holies, and the golden doors of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:51 - (LXX 7:37) So the work of the house of the Lord which Solomon wrought was finished; and Solomon brought in the holy things of David his father, and all the holy things of Solomon; he [fn]put the silver, and the gold, and the furniture, into the treasures of the house of the Lord.
BES Footnotes
Lit. thicket.
Gr. of.
Or, shoulders, or shoulder pieces.
Gr. ceiled or wainscoted the house.
Or, portico.
Gr. will.
Gr. chapiters, mouldings, etc.
Verse 1, etc. See the first 12 verses of this chapter placed at the end of it in the Vatican copy. See below.
Or, embossed or hollow work.
Gr. give.
Gr. nets.
Gr. chapiter.
q. d. netted.
Gr. round in a circle.
Lit. to or into the house.
Gr. shut up.
Or, bearings, or shoulders; A. V. undersetters.
Gr. hands.
Gr. in.
Gr. their hands and their backs.
Gr. was opened.
Gr. gallons. The Gr. seems to have this meaning, but the Heb. word means more.
Gr. on the shoulder-piece of the house on the right.
Gr. nets.
thick part of the land.
Gr. weight.
Gr. weights.
Lit. golden, shut up.
Perhaps small vessels with lips for pouring oil.
Or, rather work about the door.
Gr. shut up.
Gr. gave.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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