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and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished in all its parts, and according to all the fashion of it. So he was seven years in building it.

וּבַשָּׁנָה֩ (בַ) va. “in the”בְּיֶ֣רַח (בְּ) be. “in”

and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

בָּאֶ֗רֶז (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

And he made the porch for the throne where he judged, the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

בָּאֶ֔רֶז (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

All these [supplied: buildings] were of costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation to the coping, and on the outside as far as the great court.

בַּמְּגֵרָ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was full of wisdom and understanding and knowledge, to do all kinds of works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and made all his work.

בַּנְּחֹ֑שֶׁת (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work [supplied: as] in the porch, four cubits.

בָּֽאוּלָ֑ם (בָּֽ) ba. “in the”

And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.

בָּ֠אַמָּה (בָּ֠) Ba. “by the”בָּֽאַמָּה֙ (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”

And under the brim of it round about there were colocynths, encompassing it, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about; two rows of colocynths, cast when it was cast.

בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”בִּיצֻקָתֽוֹ׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And he made ten bases of brass: four cubits was the length of one base, and the breadth four cubits, and the height three cubits.

בָּאַמָּ֗ה (בָּ) ba. “by the”בָּֽאַמָּה֙ (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”בָּאַמָּ֖ה (בָּ) ba. “by the”

And the mouth of it within the crown and above was a cubit; and its mouth was rounded, [supplied: as] the work of the base, a cubit and a half; and also upon its mouth was sculpture; but their panels were square, not round.

בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”

And the four wheels were under the panels; and the supports of the wheels were in the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

בַּמְּכוֹנָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “[were] on the”

And in the top of the base there was a circular elevation of half a cubit round about; and on the top of the base its stays and its panels were of the same.

וּבְרֹ֣אשׁ (בְ) ve. “at”

And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; every laver was four cubits; upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

בָּֽאַמָּה֙ (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”

In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zaretan.

בְּכִכַּ֤ר (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמַעֲבֵ֖ה (בְּ) be. “in”

And all the work was finished that king Solomon made for the house of Jehovah. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; the silver and the gold and the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of Jehovah.

בְּאֹצְר֖וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, that is, the seventh month.

בְּיֶ֥רַח (בְּ) be. “in”בֶּחָ֑ג (בֶּ) be. “at the”

And they brought up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent: the priests and the Levites brought them up.

בָּאֹ֑הֶל (בָּ) ba. “[were] in the”

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses placed there at Horeb, when Jehovah made [supplied: a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

בָּֽאָר֔וֹן (בָּֽ) ba. “[was] in the”בְּחֹרֵ֑ב (בְּ) be. “at”בְּצֵאתָ֖ם (בְּ) be. “when”

And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,

בְּצֵ֥את (בְּ) be. “when”

Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃ (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

And he said: Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

בְּפִ֔יו (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְיָד֥וֹ (בְ) ve. “with”

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; but I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

בְעִ֗יר (בְ) ve. “<in>”בְּדָוִ֔ד (בְּ) be. “<in>”

And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

בְּהוֹצִיא֥וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”

And he said, Jehovah, God of Israel! there is no God like thee, in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart;

בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”

who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him; thou spokest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [supplied: it] with thy hand, as at this day.

בְּפִ֛יךָ (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְיָדְךָ֥ (בְ) ve. “with”