My Bible

Storyteller7777

The walls of the Sea were about three inches thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 11,000 gallons of water.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 7:24 NLT

It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 7:23 NLT

Then Huram cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 7:21 NLT

Huram set the pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one toward the south and one toward the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 7:20 NLT

The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 7:19 NLT

The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet tall.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 7:18 NLT

He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pillars.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 7:13 NLT

King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram to come from Tyre.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 7:1 NLT

Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 6:37 NLT

The foundation of the LORD’s Temple was laid in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 6:38 NLT

The entire building was completed in every detail by midautumn, in the month of Bul, during the eleventh year of his reign. So it took seven years to build the Temple.

Mar 18

He overlaid the floor in both rooms with gold. For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made double doors of wild olive wood with five-sided doorposts. These double doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The doors, including the decorations of cherubim and palm trees, were overlaid with gold. Then he made four-sided doorposts of wild olive wood for the entrance to the Temple. There were two folding doors of cypress wood, and each door was hinged to fold back upon itself. These doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers—all overlaid evenly with gold. The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 6:29 NLT

He decorated all the walls of the inner sanctuary and the main room with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 6:23-28 NLT

He made two cherubim of wild olive wood, each 15 feet tall, and placed them in the inner sanctuary. The wingspan of each of the cherubim was 15 feet, each wing being 7The two cherubim were identical in shape and size; each was 15 feet tall. He placed them side by side in the inner sanctuary of the Temple. Their outspread wings reached from wall to wall, while their inner wings touched at the center of the room. He overlaid the two cherubim with gold.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 6:22 NLT

So he finished overlaying the entire Temple with gold, including the altar that belonged to the Most Holy Place.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 6:21 NLT

Then Solomon overlaid the rest of the Temple’s interior with solid gold, and he made gold chains to protect the entrance to the Most Holy Place.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 6:20 NLT

This inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He overlaid the inside with solid gold. He also overlaid the altar made of cedar.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 6:19 NLT

He prepared the inner sanctuary at the far end of the Temple, where the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant would be placed.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 6:18 NLT

Cedar paneling completely covered the stone walls throughout the Temple, and the paneling was decorated with carvings of gourds and open flowers.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

highlighted 1 Kings 6:17 NLT

The main room of the Temple, outside the Most Holy Place, was 60 feet long.

Mar 18

Storyteller7777

Storyteller7777's Highlights