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

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

And it was covered with cedar above over the forty and five beams, that were upon the pillars; fifteen in a row.

בָּאֶ֗רֶז (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

And he made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

בָּאֶ֔רֶז (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court.

בַּמְּגֵרָ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

בַּנְּחֹ֑שֶׁת (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.

בָּֽאוּלָ֑ם (בָּֽ) ba. “in the”

And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed 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 knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

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

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

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

And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.

בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”

And the four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axletrees 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 was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the panels thereof were of the same.

וּבְרֹ֣אשׁ (בְ) ve. “at”

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

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

Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, [ergänzt: even] the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.

בְּאֹצְר֖וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which 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; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

בָּאֹ֑הֶל (בָּ) ba. “[were] in the”

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made 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 spake Solomon, Jehovah hath 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 spake with his mouth unto David thy 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, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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

And there have I set 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, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness 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: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

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