## I Kings Chapter 7

###### I Kings 7:1
[I Kings 7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:1)

וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ֙ בָּנָ֣ה שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה וַיְכַ֖ל אֶת־כׇּל־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Shlomo built his [own] house in thirteen years, and he completed his whole house.


###### I Kings 7:2
[I Kings 7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:2)

וַיִּ֜בֶן אֶת־בֵּ֣ית**׀** יַ֣עַר הַלְּבָנ֗וֹן מֵאָ֨ה אַמָּ֤ה אׇרְכּוֹ֙ וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙ רׇחְבּ֔וֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה קוֹמָת֑וֹ עַ֗ל אַרְבָּעָה֙ טוּרֵי֙ עַמּוּדֵ֣י אֲרָזִ֔ים וּכְרֻת֥וֹת אֲרָזִ֖ים עַל־הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He built the house of the Forest of Lebanon. It was one hundred *amohs* long, fifty *amohs* wide and thirty *amohs* high; on fours rows of cedar columns and cut beams of cedar on the columns.


###### I Kings 7:3
[I Kings 7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:3)

וְסָפֻ֣ן בָּאֶ֗רֶז מִמַּ֙עַל֙ עַל־הַצְּלָעוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הָעַמּוּדִ֔ים אַרְבָּעִ֖ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑ה חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר הַטּֽוּר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
It was covered with cedar above, on top of the boards that were on the columns. There were forty five [columns], fifteen to a row.


###### I Kings 7:4
[I Kings 7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:4)

וּשְׁקֻפִ֖ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה טוּרִ֑ים וּמֶחֱזָ֥ה אֶל־מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
There were three rows of windows, and each window faced the other window three times.


###### I Kings 7:5
[I Kings 7:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:5)

וְכׇל־הַפְּתָחִ֥ים וְהַמְּזוּז֖וֹת רְבֻעִ֣ים שָׁ֑קֶף וּמ֧וּל מֶחֱזָ֛ה אֶל־מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And all the entrances and doorposts were square, as was the window; and each window faced the other window three times.


###### I Kings 7:6
[I Kings 7:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:6)

וְאֵ֨ת אוּלָ֤ם הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙ עָשָׂ֔ה חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙ אׇרְכּ֔וֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה רׇחְבּ֑וֹ וְאוּלָם֙ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וְעַמֻּדִ֥ים וְעָ֖ב עַל־פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He made an entrance hall of columns. Its length was fifty *amohs,* and its width was thirty *amohs.* There was [another] entrance hall above them, and columns and support beams upon them.


###### I Kings 7:7
[I Kings 7:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:7)

וְאוּלָ֤ם הַכִּסֵּא֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִשְׁפׇּט־שָׁ֔ם אֻלָ֥ם הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט עָשָׂ֑ה וְסָפ֣וּן בָּאֶ֔רֶז מֵהַקַּרְקַ֖ע עַד־הַקַּרְקָֽע׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And an entrance hall for the throne where he would judge, he made an entrance hall of judgement. He covered the floor with cedar from one side of the foundation to the other side.


###### I Kings 7:8
[I Kings 7:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:8)

וּבֵיתוֹ֩ אֲשֶׁר־יֵ֨שֶׁב שָׁ֜ם חָצֵ֣ר הָאַחֶ֗רֶת מִבֵּית֙ לָאוּלָ֔ם כַּמַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה הָיָ֑ה וּבַ֜יִת יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לְבַת־פַּרְעֹה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָקַ֣ח שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה כָּאוּלָ֖ם הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
His house where he dwelt, which stood in a different courtyard, from within the entrance hall, was built in the same fashion. And the house he intended to build for the daughter of Pharoah, whom Shlomo had married, would be built like this entrance hall.


###### I Kings 7:9
[I Kings 7:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:9)

כׇּל־אֵ֜לֶּה אֲבָנִ֤ים יְקָרֹת֙ כְּמִדּ֣וֹת גָּזִ֔ית מְגֹרָר֥וֹת בַּמְּגֵרָ֖ה מִבַּ֣יִת וּמִח֑וּץ וּמִמַּסָּד֙ עַד־הַטְּפָח֔וֹת וּמִח֖וּץ עַד־הֶחָצֵ֥ר הַגְּדוֹלָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
All these [structures] were of heavy stones according to the dimensions of standard cut stones. They were sawed with a saw from inside and from outside, from the foundation to the ceiling, and from the outside to the great courtyard.


###### I Kings 7:10
[I Kings 7:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:10)

וּמְיֻסָּ֕ד אֲבָנִ֥ים יְקָר֖וֹת אֲבָנִ֣ים גְּדֹל֑וֹת אַבְנֵי֙ עֶ֣שֶׂר אַמּ֔וֹת וְאַבְנֵ֖י שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה אַמּֽוֹת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The foundation was of precious stones, huge stones, stones of ten *amohs,* and stones of eight *amohs.*


###### I Kings 7:11
[I Kings 7:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:11)

וּמִלְמַ֗עְלָה אֲבָנִ֧ים יְקָר֛וֹת כְּמִדּ֥וֹת גָּזִ֖ית וָאָֽרֶז׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And above it were precious stones according to the dimensions of standard cut stones, and cedars.


###### I Kings 7:12
[I Kings 7:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:12)

וְחָצֵ֨ר הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה סָבִ֗יב שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ טוּרִ֣ים גָּזִ֔ית וְט֖וּר כְּרֻתֹ֣ת אֲרָזִ֑ים וְלַחֲצַ֧ר בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֛ה הַפְּנִימִ֖ית וּלְאֻלָ֥ם הַבָּֽיִת׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And the great courtyard all around was of three rows of cut stones, and a row of cut cedar planks. So too the was the courtyard of the Beis Hamikdosh—the inner one, and the entrance hall of the Beis Hamikdosh.


###### I Kings 7:13
[I Kings 7:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:13)

וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וַיִּקַּ֥ח אֶת־חִירָ֖ם מִצֹּֽר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Shlomo haMelech sent and brought Chirom from Tsor.


###### I Kings 7:14
[I Kings 7:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:14)

בֶּן־אִשָּׁה֩ אַלְמָנָ֨ה ה֜וּא מִמַּטֵּ֣ה נַפְתָּלִ֗י וְאָבִ֣יו אִישׁ־צֹרִי֮ חֹרֵ֣שׁ נְחֹ֒שֶׁת֒ וַ֠יִּמָּלֵ֠א אֶת־הַחׇכְמָ֤ה וְאֶת־הַתְּבוּנָה֙ וְאֶת־הַדַּ֔עַת לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת כׇּל־מְלָאכָ֖ה בַּנְּחֹ֑שֶׁת וַיָּבוֹא֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וַיַּ֖עַשׂ אֶת־כׇּל־מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naftali, and his father was a man of Tsor, a coppersmith. He was filled with the wisdom and understanding and the knowledge [skill] to perform all types of copper-work. He came to Shlomo ha Melech and did all his work.


###### I Kings 7:15
[I Kings 7:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:15)

וַיָּ֛צַר אֶת־שְׁנֵ֥י הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים נְחֹ֑שֶׁת שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה אַמָּ֗ה קוֹמַת֙ הָעַמּ֣וּד הָאֶחָ֔ד וְחוּט֙ שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אַמָּ֔ה יָסֹ֖ב אֶת־הָעַמּ֥וּד הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He formed the two columns of copper, eighteen *amohs* was the height of one [each] column, and a line of twelve *amohs* was the circumference of the second [each] column.


###### I Kings 7:16
[I Kings 7:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:16)

וּשְׁתֵּ֨י כֹתָרֹ֜ת עָשָׂ֗ה לָתֵ֛ת עַל־רָאשֵׁ֥י הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים מֻצַ֣ק נְחֹ֑שֶׁת חָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֗וֹת קוֹמַת֙ הַכֹּתֶ֣רֶת הָאֶחָ֔ת וְחָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֔וֹת קוֹמַ֖ת הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He made two crown shapes to set upon the tops of the columns, they were cast from copper. One crown was five *amohs* high, and the second crown was five *amohs* high.


###### I Kings 7:17
[I Kings 7:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:17)

שְׂבָכִ֞ים מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שְׂבָכָ֗ה גְּדִלִים֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שַׁרְשְׁר֔וֹת לַכֹּ֣תָרֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִ֑ים שִׁבְעָה֙ לַכֹּתֶ֣רֶת הָאֶחָ֔ת וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה לַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Branches designed like net [mesh] work, wreaths made like chains, for the crowns that were upon the tops of the columns; seven [of these] were for the one crown and seven were for the other crown.


###### I Kings 7:18
[I Kings 7:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:18)

וַיַּ֖עַשׂ אֶת־הָעַמּוּדִ֑ים וּשְׁנֵי֩ טוּרִ֨ים סָבִ֜יב עַל־הַשְּׂבָכָ֣ה הָאֶחָ֗ת לְכַסּ֤וֹת אֶת־הַכֹּֽתָרֹת֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָרִמֹּנִ֔ים וְכֵ֣ן עָשָׂ֔ה לַכֹּתֶ֖רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And he made the columns and two rows around on the one net [mesh] work to cover the crowns that were on the top of the pomengranates, and he did the same for the other crown.


###### I Kings 7:19
[I Kings 7:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:19)

וְכֹתָרֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה שׁוּשַׁ֣ן בָּאוּלָ֑ם אַרְבַּ֖ע אַמּֽוֹת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The crowns that were on the top of the columns in the entrance hall, were made like lilies four *amohs.*


###### I Kings 7:20
[I Kings 7:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:20)

וְכֹתָרֹ֗ת עַל־שְׁנֵי֙ הָעַמּוּדִ֔ים גַּם־מִמַּ֙עַל֙ מִלְּעֻמַּ֣ת הַבֶּ֔טֶן אֲשֶׁ֖ר לְעֵ֣בֶר (שבכה) [הַשְּׂבָכָ֑ה] וְהָרִמּוֹנִ֤ים מָאתַ֙יִם֙ טֻרִ֣ים סָבִ֔יב עַ֖ל הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
There were also crowns above on the two columns opposite the belly that was on the side of the net [mesh] work; and two hundred pomegranates in rows all around on each crown.


###### I Kings 7:21
[I Kings 7:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:21)

וַיָּ֙קֶם֙ אֶת־הָֽעַמֻּדִ֔ים לְאֻלָ֖ם הַהֵיכָ֑ל וַיָּ֜קֶם אֶת־הָעַמּ֣וּד הַיְמָנִ֗י וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמוֹ֙ יָכִ֔ין וַיָּ֙קֶם֙ אֶת־הָעַמּ֣וּד הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔י וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ בֹּֽעַז׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He set up the columns in the entrance hall of the Sanctuary. and he set up the right-side column and called it *Yochin,* and he set up the left hand column and called it *Boaz.*


###### I Kings 7:22
[I Kings 7:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:22)

וְעַ֛ל רֹ֥אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן וַתִּתֹּ֖ם מְלֶ֥אכֶת הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The top of the columns was designed like lilies, and the work of the columns was completed.


###### I Kings 7:23
[I Kings 7:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:23)

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ אֶת־הַיָּ֖ם מוּצָ֑ק עֶ֣שֶׂר בָּ֠אַמָּ֠ה מִשְּׂפָת֨וֹ עַד־שְׂפָת֜וֹ עָגֹ֣ל**׀** סָבִ֗יב וְחָמֵ֤שׁ בָּֽאַמָּה֙ קוֹמָת֔וֹ (וקוה) [וְקָו֙] שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים בָּאַמָּ֔ה יָסֹ֥ב אֹת֖וֹ סָבִֽיב׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He made the “sea” of cast metal, ten amohs from rim to rim. It was circular all around and it was five *amohs* high. A line of thirty *amohs* [the circumference] would encompass it all around.


###### I Kings 7:24
[I Kings 7:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:24)

וּפְקָעִים֩ מִתַּ֨חַת לִשְׂפָת֤וֹ׀סָבִיב֙ סֹבְבִ֣ים אֹת֔וֹ עֶ֚שֶׂר בָּאַמָּ֔ה מַקִּפִ֥ים אֶת־הַיָּ֖ם סָבִ֑יב שְׁנֵ֤י טוּרִים֙ הַפְּקָעִ֔ים יְצֻקִ֖ים בִּיצֻֽקָתֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
There were knobs beneath its rim all around encircling it, ten to an *amoh,* surrounding the sea all around. The knobs were in two rows, cast together with it [the sea itself.]


###### I Kings 7:25
[I Kings 7:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:25)

עֹמֵ֞ד עַל־שְׁנֵ֧י עָשָׂ֣ר בָּקָ֗ר שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה פֹנִ֣ים׀צָפ֡וֹנָה וּשְׁלֹשָׁה֩ פֹנִ֨ים׀יָ֜מָּה וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה**׀** פֹּנִ֣ים נֶ֗גְבָּה וּשְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פֹּנִ֣ים מִזְרָ֔חָה וְהַיָּ֥ם עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מִלְמָ֑עְלָה וְכׇל־אֲחֹרֵיהֶ֖ם בָּֽיְתָה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The sea was set upon them above, and all their hind parts were inward.


###### I Kings 7:26
[I Kings 7:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:26)

וְעׇבְי֣וֹ טֶ֔פַח וּשְׂפָת֛וֹ כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה שְׂפַת־כּ֖וֹס פֶּ֣רַח שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן אַלְפַּ֥יִם בַּ֖ת יָכִֽיל׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its rim was made like the rim of a cup [designed] with flowers of lilies; it contained two thousand *bas.*


###### I Kings 7:27
[I Kings 7:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:27)

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ אֶת־הַמְּכֹנ֛וֹת עֶ֖שֶׂר נְחֹ֑שֶׁת אַרְבַּ֣ע בָּאַמָּ֗ה אֹ֚רֶךְ הַמְּכוֹנָ֣ה הָאֶחָ֔ת וְאַרְבַּ֤ע בָּֽאַמָּה֙ רׇחְבָּ֔הּ וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁ בָּאַמָּ֖ה קוֹמָתָֽהּ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And he made ten bases of copper, four *amohs* was the length of one base, and four *amohs* was its width, and three *amohs* was its height.


###### I Kings 7:28
[I Kings 7:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:28)

וְזֶ֛ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הַמְּכוֹנָ֖ה מִסְגְּרֹ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם וּמִסְגְּרֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין הַשְׁלַבִּֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The bases were made in the following manner: They had frames and frames between the rungs.


###### I Kings 7:29
[I Kings 7:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:29)

וְעַֽל־הַמִּסְגְּר֞וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר**׀** בֵּ֣ין הַשְׁלַבִּ֗ים אֲרָי֤וֹת׀בָּקָר֙ וּכְרוּבִ֔ים וְעַל־הַשְׁלַבִּ֖ים כֵּ֣ן מִמָּ֑עַל וּמִתַּ֙חַת֙ לַאֲרָי֣וֹת וְלַבָּקָ֔ר לֹי֖וֹת מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה מוֹרָֽד׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And on the frames that were between the rungs there were lions, oxen and *cherubs*; and on the rungs there was a base above; and beneath the lions and oxen were thin strips of metal joined together.


###### I Kings 7:30
[I Kings 7:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:30)

וְאַרְבָּעָה֩ אוֹפַנֵּ֨י נְחֹ֜שֶׁת לַמְּכוֹנָ֤ה הָאַחַת֙ וְסַרְנֵ֣י נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה פַעֲמֹתָ֖יו כְּתֵפֹ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם מִתַּ֤חַת לַכִּיֹּר֙ הַכְּתֵפ֣וֹת יְצֻק֔וֹת מֵעֵ֥בֶר אִ֖ישׁ לֹיֽוֹת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Each base had four copper wheels and copper bars; and its four corners had shoulders. The shoulders were cast beneath the basin, [and] at the side of each were thin strips of metal joined together.


###### I Kings 7:31
[I Kings 7:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:31)

וּ֠פִ֠יהוּ מִבֵּ֨ית לַכֹּתֶ֤רֶת וָמַ֙עְלָה֙ בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה וּפִ֙יהָ֙ עָגֹ֣ל מַעֲשֵׂה־כֵ֔ן אַמָּ֖ה וַחֲצִ֣י הָאַמָּ֑ה וְגַם־עַל־פִּ֙יהָ֙ מִקְלָע֔וֹת וּמִסְגְּרֹתֵיהֶ֥ם מְרֻבָּע֖וֹת לֹ֥א עֲגֻלּֽוֹת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And the rim of the vessel was inside the crown, and rose above it an *amoh.* The rim was round, made like the base, and was one and a half *amohs,* and there were engravings on the rim as well. The frames [of the bases] were square, not round.


###### I Kings 7:32
[I Kings 7:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:32)

וְאַרְבַּ֣עַת הָאוֹפַנִּ֗ים לְמִתַּ֙חַת֙ לַֽמִּסְגְּר֔וֹת וִיד֥וֹת הָאוֹפַנִּ֖ים בַּמְּכוֹנָ֑ה וְקוֹמַת֙ הָאוֹפַ֣ן הָאֶחָ֔ד אַמָּ֖ה וַחֲצִ֥י הָאַמָּֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The four wheels were underneath the frames, and the axles of the wheels were in the base. The height of one [each] wheel was one and a half *amohs.*


###### I Kings 7:33
[I Kings 7:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:33)

וּמַֽעֲשֵׂה֙ הָא֣וֹפַנִּ֔ים כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה אוֹפַ֣ן הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֑ה יְדוֹתָ֣ם וְגַבֵּיהֶ֗ם וְחִשֻּׁקֵיהֶ֛ם וְחִשֻּׁרֵיהֶ֖ם הַכֹּ֥ל מוּצָֽק׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The wheels were made like the wheels of a chariot; their axles, their hubs, their rims and their spokes were all cast [as one piece].


###### I Kings 7:34
[I Kings 7:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:34)

וְאַרְבַּ֣ע כְּתֵפ֔וֹת אֶ֚ל אַרְבַּ֣ע פִּנּ֔וֹת הַמְּכֹנָ֖ה הָאֶחָ֑ת מִן־הַמְּכֹנָ֖ה כְּתֵפֶֽיהָ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
There were four shoulders on the four corners of one [each] base; the shoulders were part of the base itself.


###### I Kings 7:35
[I Kings 7:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:35)

וּבְרֹ֣אשׁ הַמְּכוֹנָ֗ה חֲצִ֧י הָאַמָּ֛ה קוֹמָ֖ה עָגֹ֣ל׀סָבִ֑יב וְעַ֨ל רֹ֤אשׁ הַמְּכֹנָה֙ יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ וּמִסְגְּרֹתֶ֖יהָ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
At the top of the base, [was a frame] half an *amoh* high circular all around; and on the top of the base were its axles and its frames. They were all of one piece.


###### I Kings 7:36
[I Kings 7:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:36)

וַיְפַתַּ֤ח עַל־הַלֻּחֹת֙ יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ וְעַל֙ (ומסגרתיה) [מִסְגְּרֹתֶ֔יהָ] כְּרוּבִ֖ים אֲרָי֣וֹת וְתִמֹרֹ֑ת כְּמַעַר־אִ֥ישׁ וְלֹי֖וֹת סָבִֽיב׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He engraved on the plates, on its axles, and on its frames, *cherubs,* lions and palm trees; and pairs attached to each other all around.


###### I Kings 7:37
[I Kings 7:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:37)

כָּזֹ֣את עָשָׂ֔ה אֵ֖ת עֶ֣שֶׂר הַמְּכֹנ֑וֹת מוּצָ֨ק אֶחָ֜ד מִדָּ֥ה אַחַ֛ת קֶ֥צֶב אֶחָ֖ד לְכֻלָּֽהְנָֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
This is how he made the ten bases, all cast in the same manner, all were of the same dimension, one size for all of them.


###### I Kings 7:38
[I Kings 7:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:38)

וַיַּ֛עַשׂ עֲשָׂרָ֥ה כִיֹּר֖וֹת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת אַרְבָּעִ֨ים בַּ֜ת יָכִ֣יל**׀** הַכִּיּ֣וֹר הָאֶחָ֗ד אַרְבַּ֤ע בָּֽאַמָּה֙ הַכִּיּ֣וֹר הָאֶחָ֔ד כִּיּ֤וֹר אֶחָד֙ עַל־הַמְּכוֹנָ֣ה הָאַחַ֔ת לְעֶ֖שֶׂר הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He made ten copper [wash] basins. Each basin could hold forty *bas,* and each basin was four *amohs;* one basin on each base of the ten bases.


###### I Kings 7:39
[I Kings 7:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:39)

וַיִּתֵּן֙ אֶת־הַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת חָמֵ֞שׁ עַל־כֶּ֤תֶף הַבַּ֙יִת֙ מִיָּמִ֔ין וְחָמֵ֛שׁ עַל־כֶּ֥תֶף הַבַּ֖יִת מִשְּׂמֹאל֑וֹ וְאֶת־הַיָּ֗ם נָתַ֞ן מִכֶּ֨תֶף הַבַּ֧יִת הַיְמָנִ֛ית קֵ֖דְמָה מִמּ֥וּל נֶֽגֶב׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And he set up the bases, five on the right side of the Beis Hamikdosh, and five on the left side of the Beis Hamikdosh; And he placed the sea [away] from the right side of the Beis Hamikdosh eastward, facing southward.


###### I Kings 7:40
[I Kings 7:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:40)

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ חִיר֔וֹם אֶ֨ת־הַכִּיֹּר֔וֹת וְאֶת־הַיָּעִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַמִּזְרָק֑וֹת וַיְכַ֣ל חִירָ֗ם לַֽעֲשׂוֹת֙ אֶת־כׇּל־הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֛ה לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Chirom made the [wash] basins, the rakes and the bowls. And so Chirom finished doing all the work that he did for Shlomo ha Melech in the House of Adonoy.


###### I Kings 7:41
[I Kings 7:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:41)

עַמֻּדִ֣ים שְׁנַ֔יִם וְגֻלֹּ֧ת הַכֹּתָרֹ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים שְׁתָּ֑יִם וְהַשְּׂבָכ֣וֹת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לְכַסּ֗וֹת אֶת־שְׁתֵּי֙ גֻּלּ֣וֹת הַכֹּתָרֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
[He made] the two columns and the bowls of the crowns that were on the top of the columns were two; [also] two net [mesh] works to cover the two the bowls of the crown that were on top of the columns.


###### I Kings 7:42
[I Kings 7:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:42)

וְאֶת־הָרִמֹּנִ֛ים אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת לִשְׁתֵּ֣י הַשְּׂבָכ֑וֹת שְׁנֵֽי־טוּרִ֤ים רִמֹּנִים֙ לַשְּׂבָכָ֣ה הָאֶחָ֔ת לְכַסּ֗וֹת אֶת־שְׁתֵּי֙ גֻּלּ֣וֹת הַכֹּתָרֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
[There were] four hundred pomegranates for the two net [mesh] works; two rows of pomegranates for each net-work, to cover the two bowes of the crowns that were on top of the columns.


###### I Kings 7:43
[I Kings 7:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:43)

וְאֶת־הַמְּכֹנ֖וֹת עָ֑שֶׂר וְאֶת־הַכִּיֹּרֹ֥ת עֲשָׂרָ֖ה עַל־הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
[There were] ten bases, and ten wash basins on the bases.


###### I Kings 7:44
[I Kings 7:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:44)

וְאֶת־הַיָּ֖ם הָאֶחָ֑ד וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֥ר שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֖ר תַּ֥חַת הַיָּֽם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
[There was] one sea, and twelve oxen beneath the sea;


###### I Kings 7:45
[I Kings 7:45](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:45)

וְאֶת־הַסִּיר֨וֹת וְאֶת־הַיָּעִ֜ים וְאֶת־הַמִּזְרָק֗וֹת וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־הַכֵּלִ֣ים (האהל) [הָאֵ֔לֶּה] אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֥ה חִירָ֛ם לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה נְחֹ֖שֶׁת מְמֹרָֽט׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And the pots, and the rakes, and the bowls and all these vessels that Chirom made for Shlomo ha Melech, in the House of Adony, were of pure, bright copper.


###### I Kings 7:46
[I Kings 7:46](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:46)

בְּכִכַּ֤ר הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ יְצָקָ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בְּמַעֲבֵ֖ה הָאֲדָמָ֑ה בֵּ֥ין סֻכּ֖וֹת וּבֵ֥ין צָרְתָֽן׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
In the Jordan plains, the king cast them, in the thick clay, between Sukkos and Tzorson.


###### I Kings 7:47
[I Kings 7:47](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:47)

וַיַּנַּ֤ח שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֶת־כׇּל־הַכֵּלִ֔ים מֵרֹ֖ב מְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד לֹ֥א נֶחְקַ֖ר מִשְׁקַ֥ל הַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Shlomo gave up the weighing of these vessels because there were so very many; thus, the weight of the copper was undetermined.


###### I Kings 7:48
[I Kings 7:48](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:48)

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אֵ֚ת כׇּל־הַכֵּלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה אֵ֚ת מִזְבַּ֣ח הַזָּהָ֔ב וְאֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָלָ֛יו לֶ֥חֶם הַפָּנִ֖ים זָהָֽב׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Shlomo made all the vessels that were in the House of Adonoy; the Golden Altar, and the Table upon which was the Show-Bread, were [made of] gold.


###### I Kings 7:49
[I Kings 7:49](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:49)

וְאֶת־הַ֠מְּנֹר֠וֹת חָמֵ֨שׁ מִיָּמִ֜ין וְחָמֵ֧שׁ מִשְּׂמֹ֛אול לִפְנֵ֥י הַדְּבִ֖יר זָהָ֣ב סָג֑וּר וְהַפֶּ֧רַח וְהַנֵּרֹ֛ת וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִם זָהָֽב׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And the *Menorahs,* five on the right and five on the left, before the *Kodesh Kedoshim* were of pure gold; and the flowers, the lamps and the tongs were of gold.


###### I Kings 7:50
[I Kings 7:50](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:50)

וְ֠הַסִּפּ֠וֹת וְהַֽמְזַמְּר֧וֹת וְהַמִּזְרָק֛וֹת וְהַכַּפּ֥וֹת וְהַמַּחְתּ֖וֹת זָהָ֣ב סָג֑וּר וְהַפֹּת֡וֹת לְדַלְתוֹת֩ הַבַּ֨יִת הַפְּנִימִ֜י לְקֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗ים לְדַלְתֵ֥י הַבַּ֛יִת לַהֵיכָ֖ל זָהָֽב׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The Sippos, the Mezamros and the bowls, the spoons and the fire pans were of pure gold. The keys for the doors of the inner Beis Hamikdosh, the Holy of Holies, the doors of the Beis Hamikdosh, the Heichal [itself] were of gold.


###### I Kings 7:51
[I Kings 7:51](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/7:51)

וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ כׇּל־הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֛ה הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיָּבֵ֨א שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אֶת־קׇדְשֵׁ֣י**׀** דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֗יו אֶת־הַכֶּ֤סֶף וְאֶת־הַזָּהָב֙ וְאֶת־הַכֵּלִ֔ים נָתַ֕ן בְּאֹצְר֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And all the work was completed that Shlomo ha Melech had done in the House of Adonoy; and then Shlomo brought in the sacred things of his father, Dovid, the silver, the gold and the vessels, [and] he put them in the vaults of the House of Adonoy.