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514. Furnishings for the Temple ⏤ 1 Kings 7:13-51

6/21/2018

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514.


Huram's (Hiram in Hebrew) Work in the Temple


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Today's Passage: 1 Kings 7:13-51


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25th Strategy.
Genealogies, Lists, and Such
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  • Ask God to open your eyes to the wonders of His plan.
  • Read the surrounding text of the list.
  • Now read the list.
  • Is there a reason the list has been placed in this passage?
  • What is the list revealing?
  • Is the list of people, items, places, disasters?
  • Is the list a positive or a negative?
  • Does the list reveal facts?
  • Ask God to give you love for your own ancestors and your own heritage.
  • Close your times with the LORD thanking Him for the family He put you in.  (if the list of items, Thank Him for your belongings. If the list is of places, ask Him to bless yours. If the list is for disasters ask Him to protect you and yours from those disasters in the future and to protect anyone that is going through them now with the purpose of drawing them closer to HIM.
  • Be blessed ⏤ Jezreel ('God Plants') is planting depth into your spirit.

 13. King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram to come from Tyre.
14. He was half Israelite, since his mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. Huram was extremely skillful and talented in any work in bronze, and he came to do all the metal work for King Solomon.

15. Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.
16. For the tops of the pillars he cast bronze capitals, each 7-1/2 feet tall.
17. Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains.
18. He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pillars.
19. The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet tall.
20. The capitals on the two pillars had 100 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework.
21. Huram set the pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one toward the south and one toward the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.
22. The capitals on the pillars were shaped like water lilies. And so the work on the pillars was finished.

23. Then Huram cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7-1/2 feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference.
24. It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.

25. The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen, all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them.
26. The walls of the Sea were about three inches thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 11,000 gallons of water.

27. Huram also made ten bronze water carts, each 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4-1/2 feet tall.
28. They were constructed with side panels braced with crossbars.
29. Both the panels and the crossbars were decorated with carved lions, oxen, and cherubim. Above and below the lions and oxen were wreath decorations.
30. Each of these carts had four bronze wheels and bronze axles. There were supporting posts for the bronze basins at the corners of the carts; these supports were decorated on each side with carvings of wreaths.
31. The top of each cart had a rounded frame for the basin. It projected 1-1/2 feet above the cart's top like a round pedestal, and its opening was 2-1/4 feet across; it was decorated on the outside with carvings of wreaths. The panels of the carts were square, not round.
32. Under the panels were four wheels that were connected to axles that had been cast as one unit with the cart. The wheels were 2-1/4 feet in diameter
33. and were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bronze.

34. There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit with the cart.
35. Around the top of each cart was a rim nine inches wide. The corner supports and side panels were cast as one unit with the cart.
36. Carvings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees decorated the panels and corner supports wherever there was room, and there there were wreaths all around.
37. All ten water carts were the same size and were made alike, for each was cast from the same mold.

38. Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and could hold 220 gallons of water.
39. He set five water carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. The great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple.
40. He also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls.

So at last Huram completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for the Temple of the LORD:

41. the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals;
42. the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitals (two rows of pomegranates for each of the chain networks that decorated the capitals on top of the pillars);
43. the ten water carts holding the ten basins;
44. the Sea and the twelve oxen under it;
45. the ash buckets, the shovels, and the bowls.

Huram made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the LORD,  just as King Solomon had directed.
46. The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.
47. Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured.

48. Solomon also made all the furnishings of the Temple of the LORD:

the gold altar; the gold table for the bread of the Presence;
49. the lamp stands of solid gold, five on the south and five on the north, in front of the Most Holy Place; the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs ⏤ all of gold;
50. the small bowls, lamp snuffers, bowls, dishes, and incense burners ⏤ all of solid gold; the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, with their fronts overlaid with gold.

51. So King Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated ⏤ the silver, the gold, and the various articles ⏤ and he stored them in the treasuries of the LORD'S Temple.
1 Kings 7:13-51 NLT




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4 Comments
bc
6/21/2018 04:11:09 pm

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RC
6/22/2018 05:14:13 am

I’m a day late commenting on this.
But this is what struck me as I reread this passsage.
1. No wonder we desire to decorate our homes.
2. The care that was taken for each article and how it was displayed.
3. Both form and function are at play with each position and design of each piece.
4. From this day forward I will connect every desire I have to make our Blue Moon as beautiful and hospitable as possible to the Temple Solomon HAD Huram design and place in the Temple!
5. The naming of the pillars gives me comfort. I Name houses, cars, musical instruments. So Huram and I got the same thing going.
6. Artists have never and will never be anything other than necessary to create and produce. They are vital to our humanity and our image of god functions.

We are made in the image of God. Let our homes magnify and honor Him. As the Temple magnifies and honors Him.

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CC
6/22/2018 07:05:09 pm

I never really keyed in on the pillars having names before. ....and I'm glad it gives you comfort!!

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Rc
6/23/2018 05:39:19 am

I really found that interesting!




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