1 Kings 7:7-15

New International Version

⁷ He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge,^(A) and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.^{[a](B) 8} And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.^(C)

⁹ All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces. ¹⁰ The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits^[b] and some eight.^{[c] 11} Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. ¹² The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses^(D) of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the Lord with its portico.

The Temple’s Furnishings^(E)(F)

¹³ King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,^{[d](G) 14} 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,^(H) with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all^(I) the work assigned to him.

¹⁵ He cast two bronze pillars,^(J) each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.^[e]