1 King Solomon built his own big house. It took 13 years. Then it was done. ⏳✅ 2 King Solomon made a big hall with many wood poles. It looked like a forest. ️ 3 The roof sat on 45 wood poles, in lines. ️ 4 There were many windows in 3 lines, one by one. 5 All doors and windows were square, in 3 lines. 6 He made a hall with tall poles. It had a front room. ️ 7 He made a big hall where the king sat to make things fair. The walls had wood. 8 King Solomon’s own house was like that too. He made a house for Pharaoh’s daughter, his wife. 9 The buildings used fine cut stone, inside and out, from low to high. ✂️ 10 The base stones were very big and fine. 11 On top were fine stones and wood. 12 The big yard had 3 lines of cut stone and 1 line of wood, like God’s house yard. ⛪ 13 King Solomon sent for a man named Hiram from the town Tyre. 14 Hiram’s mom was alone; her man had died. His dad was from Tyre. Hiram was very good with brown metal. He came to the king and did the work. 15 Hiram made two tall metal poles. Each was very tall and big. 16 He made top parts for the poles, two big tops. 17 He made net rings for the tops, seven on each. ️⭕ 18 He put fruit shapes around the tops, in two lines. 19 The top parts had flower shapes like a lily. 20 There were many fruit shapes all around the tops, about 200. 21 Hiram set the poles at the door of God’s house. He named the right one Jachin and the left one Boaz. 22 The poles had flower tops. The pole work was done. ✅ 23 Hiram made a big round metal tub. It was very wide and high. ⭕ 24 Under the edge were little fruit shapes all around, in two lines. 25 The tub sat on 12 bulls. 3 looked each way. Their backs faced in. 26 The tub edge was like a flower cup. It held a lot of water. 27 Hiram made 10 metal carts to hold big bowls. ️ 28 The carts had side walls. 29 On the sides were lion, bull, and angel shapes, with rings. ⭕ 30 Each cart had 4 metal wheels and wheel rods. There were posts at the corners. A bowl sat on top. 31 The top had a round hole with a ring edge. Pretty marks were on it. ⭕✨ 32 The 4 wheels were under the sides. The wheel rods were part of the cart. ⬇️ 33 The wheels were like wagon wheels, all metal. 34 Each cart had 4 corner posts, one at each corner. 35 On top was a ring part with round sides. It was one piece. ⭕ 36 Hiram cut flower, lion, and angel shapes on the flat parts and sides. 37 He made 10 carts the same. 1️⃣0️⃣ 38 He made 10 big bowls, one for each cart. Each held much water. 39 He set 5 carts on one side and 5 on the other. He put the big tub at the right front, to the south. ↔️ 40 Hiram made pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work for King Solomon at God’s house. ⛪ 41 He made the two poles and the two top parts, and the two net rings for the tops. ️️ 42 He made 400 fruit shapes for the two tops, in lines on the net rings. 43 He made the 10 carts and the 10 bowls for them. 1️⃣0️⃣ 44 He made the big tub and the 12 bulls under it. 45 He made pots, shovels, and bowls. All these were shiny brown metal. ✨ 46 King Solomon had them made on flat land by the Jordan River, near the towns called Succoth and Zarethan. ️️ 47 Solomon did not weigh the metal. There was too much. ⚖️❌ 48 Solomon made gold things for God’s house: the gold fire table for God and the gold table for the holy bread. ⛪ 49 He made 10 gold lamps, 5 on each side, by the inside room. ️️️️️ 50 He made gold cups, tools, bowls, pans, and door parts. ️ 51 All the work for God’s house was done. Solomon put in the gifts David had saved: silver, gold, and things, in the safe room of God’s house. ✅⛪