1 Kings 7:6-15

6Then he made 1the hall of pillars; its length was 2fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a 3threshold in front of them.

7And he made the hall of the 4throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and 5it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.

8And his house where he was to live, the other courtyard inward from the hall, was of this same workmanship. 6He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, 7whom Solomon had married.

9All of these were made of valuable stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the 8coping, and from the outside to the large courtyard.

10And the foundation was of valuable stones, large stones, stones of 9ten cubits and stones of eight cubits. 11And above were valuable stones, cut according to measure, and cedar. 12So 10the large courtyard all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams as well as the inner courtyard of the house of the Lord, and 11the porch of the house.

13Now 12King Solomon sent word and had Hiram brought from Tyre. 1413He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, an artisan in bronze; and 14he was filled with wisdom, skill, and knowledge for doing any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and 15performed all his work.

15He fashioned 16the two pillars of bronze; 1718eighteen cubits was the height of 19each pillar, and a line of 20twelve cubits 21measured the circumference of both.