1 Chronicles 28:13 Cross References - ISV

¹³ for use by the ranks of priests and descendants of Levi, for all the work of service responsibilities in the Temple of the LORD, and for all of the utensils used in the work of the Temple of the LORD.

¹ Solomon’s PalaceBut Solomon took thirteen years to build his own palace, and finally finished it. ² He built his own palace out of timber supplied from the forest of Lebanon. It was 100 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, 20 cubits tall, and was constructed on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams interlocking the pillars. ³ There were 45 pillars paneled with cedar above the side chambers, with rows of fifteen pillars, ⁴ with three rows of framed windows facing each other in three ranks. ⁵ All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames, with the doorways facing each other in three tiers. ⁶ There was also a hall of pillars 50 cubits long and 30 cubits wide, and a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of the pillars. ⁷ He constructed the Judgment Hall for the throne room where he would be ruling, paneling it with cedar from floor to ceiling. ⁸ Solomon’s personal dwelling quarters, a separate court behind the hall, was of similar workmanship. Solomon also built a house similar to this for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had married.
⁹ All of these were made with expensive stones, pre-cut according to specifications, hand-sawed inside and out from the foundation to the coping, including from inside to the great court. ¹⁰ The foundation was made of expensive stone, including large stones ten cubits long and stones eight cubits long. ¹¹ Above these were expensive stones cut according to specifications, and cedar. ¹² So the great court was surrounded by three rows of cut stone, along with a row of cedar beams, just like the inner court of the LORD’s Temple and the porch surrounding the Temple.
¹³ Contributions by Hiram the Bronzeworker
King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre, ¹⁴ the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, whose father was from Tyre. A bronze worker, he was wise, knowledgeable, and was skilled in all sorts of bronze working. He went to King Solomon and did all of his work.
¹⁵ He fashioned two bronze pillars, each one eighteen cubits high, with a circumference of twelve cubits. ¹⁶ He also crafted two capitals of cast bronze and set them on top of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. ¹⁷ A network of latticework on top of the pillars was inlaid with ornamental wreaths and chains, the top of each pillar containing seven groups of ornamental structures. ¹⁸ The pillars contained two rows of ornaments shaped like pomegranates around the latticework covering the top of each pillar. ¹⁹ The capitals on top of each pillar above the rounded latticework contained four cubits of lily designs, ²⁰ with the capitals on the two pillars covered by 200 pomegranates in rows around both the capitals above and adjoining the rounded latticework. ²¹ That’s how he designed the pillars at the portico of the sanctuary. When he set up the right pillar, he named it Jachin. When he set up the left pillar, he named it Boaz. ²² The work on the pillars was finished with a lily design on top of the pillars.
²³ The Bronze SeaHiram also made a sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in shape and five cubits and 30 cubits in its inner circumference. ²⁴ Under the brim, completely encircling it, were two rows of gourds inlaid as part of the original casting, ten to a cubit. ²⁵ The sea stood on top of twelve oxen. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east. The sea was set on top of them, and their hind parts faced the center. ²⁶ The reservoir, which held about 2,000 baths, stood about a handbreadth thick, and its rim looked like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom.
²⁷ The Ten Water CartsHiram also made ten bronze water carts. Each one was four cubits wide, four cubits long, and three cubits high. ²⁸ The carts were designed with borders between cross-pieces, ²⁹ and on the borders between the cross-pieces were lions, oxen, and cherubim. A pedestal was placed above the cross-pieces, and beneath the lions and oxen there were wreaths hanging down. ³⁰ Each cart had four bronze wheels equipped with bronze axles with four support feet. Beneath the basin were cast support structures made like wreaths on each side. ³¹ The opening to each water cart inside the crown on top was one cubit wide, with engravings on the opening. The borders to the frames surrounding the opening were square, not round. ³² The four wheels were placed underneath the borders, and the axles for the wheels were on the stand. Each wheel stood one and a half cubits high. ³³ The wheels resembled those of a chariot, with their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs made of cast bronze. ³⁴ Four supports stood at the four corners of each cart, built into the carts themselves. ³⁵ On top of each stand was a circular structure one half of one cubit high, with its braces and support frames integral with it, forming a single piece. ³⁶ Hiram engraved ornamental cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and frames wherever there was space to do so, and encircled the artwork with wreaths. ³⁷ He made ten identical water carts by using the same plans, castings, and shapes for all of them.
³⁸ The Other Bronze ImplementsHiram also fashioned ten bronze basins, each holding about 40 baths, each basin measuring four cubits in diameter, with one basin for each stand. ³⁹ He set five of the stands on the right side of the Temple and five on the left side of the Temple. He set the bronze sea on the right side of the Temple eastward facing the south. ⁴⁰ Hiram also made the basins, shovels, and bowls to complete the work that he performed for King Solomon in the LORD’s Temple, ⁴¹ including the two pillars and the bowls for the capitals that stood on top of the two pillars, along with the two lattices that covered the two bowls of the capitals that stood on top of the pillars, ⁴² plus the 400 pomegranates for the two lattices (that is, the two rows of pomegranates for each lattice to cover the two bowls of the capitals that stood on top of the pillars), ⁴³ the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands, ⁴⁴ the single bronze sea and the twelve oxen that stood under the sea, ⁴⁵ and the pots, shovels, and bowls—all of these utensils that Hiram made for King Solomon for the LORD’s Temple were made from polished bronze.
⁴⁶ The king had them cast in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan in the Jordan plain. ⁴⁷ Solomon never inventoried the weight of the bronze used, because there were too many utensils, so the weight of the bronze used was never ascertained. ⁴⁸ Solomon made all the furnishings that were placed in the LORD’s Temple, including the golden altar and the golden table on which the bread of the Presence was placed, ⁴⁹ along with the lamp stands (five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary), all made of pure gold, as well as the flower blossoms, lamps, and tongs of gold, ⁵⁰ and the cups, snuffers, bowls, spoons, and the fire pans, all made of pure gold, and hinges for the doors of the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place, and for the gates of the Temple that led to the nave, also of gold.
⁵¹ Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the LORD’s Temple was finished. Then Solomon brought in the articles that had been dedicated by his father David, including silver, gold, and other utensils, and he placed them into storage in the treasuries of the LORD’s Temple.

²⁹ Others were responsible for the furniture and for all of the holy utensils, including the flour, wine, oil, incense, and spices.

⁶ David divided them into divisions based on Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, Levi’s sons.

¹ The Priestly DivisionsWith respect to the descendants of Aaron, classes of service were organized for Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, the descendants of Aaron. ² But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, leaving no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar became priests. ³ Along with Zadok, one of Eleazar’s descendants, and Ahimelech, one of Ithamar’s descendants, David organized their service according to their assigned responsibilities.
⁴ More leaders were located among Eleazar’s descendants than among those of Ithamar, so sixteen leaders were appointed from the leaders of the ancestral households of Eleazar’s descendants and eight from those of Ithamar. ⁵ They were chosen by impartial lottery, since there were trustees of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s descendants and among Ithamar’s descendants. ⁶ Nethanel’s son Shemaiah, a Levitical scribe, made an official record of them for the king, the officers, Zadok the priest, Abiathar’s son Ahimelech, and the heads of ancestral households of both the priests and the descendants of Levi. One ancestral house was chosen for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.
⁷ The first lottery was chosen in favor of Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah, ⁸ third for Harim, the fourth for Seorim, ⁹ the fifth for Malchijah, the sixth for Mijamin, ¹⁰ the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah, ¹¹ the ninth for Jeshua, the tenth for Shecaniah, ¹² the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim, ¹³ the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab, ¹⁴ the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer, ¹⁵ the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizzez, ¹⁶ the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Jehezkel, ¹⁷ the twenty-first for Jachin, the twenty-second for Gamul, ¹⁸ the twenty-third for Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth for Maaziah. ¹⁹ These were appointed to enter the Temple of the LORD according to their protocols established by their ancestor Aaron, as commanded by the LORD God of Israel.

¹ The MusiciansAlong with officers in his army, David consecrated to assist in service to the descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun those who prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals.
The list of those who participated in this service included: ² from the descendants of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph mentored by Asaph himself, who prophesied under the supervision of the king; ³ from Jeduthun, these six of his descendants: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, mentored by their father Jeduthun, who played a lyre and prophesied, giving thanks and praise to the LORD; ⁴ from Heman, these descendants: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. ⁵ All of these were descendants of Heman the king’s seer, according to God’s promise to exalt him, since God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ They were all under their father’s supervision regarding music in the Temple of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the Temple of God.
Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under command of the king. ⁷ They and their relatives who had been skillfully trained in singing to the LORD, numbered 288. ⁸ Their duties, whether significant or insignificant, whether performed by teacher or pupil alike, were assigned by lottery.
⁹ Asaph’s first lottery was cast in favor of Joseph; the second went to Gedaliah, that is, to him, to his relatives, and his sons, for a total of twelve; ¹⁰ the third to Zaccur, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ¹¹ the fourth to Izri, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ¹² the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ¹³ the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ¹⁴ the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ¹⁵ the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ¹⁶ the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ¹⁷ the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ¹⁸ the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ¹⁹ the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ²⁰ the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ²¹ the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ²² the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ²³ the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ²⁴ the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ²⁵ the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ²⁶ the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ²⁷ the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ²⁸ the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ²⁹ the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ³⁰ the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve; ³¹ the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve.

²⁵ and divided between them the silver, the gold, the vessels, and the offering for the Temple of our God which the king had offered, along with his advisors, his senior officials, and all of Israel assembled there. ²⁶ I divided among them 650 silver talents, silver utensils weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold, ²⁷ 20 gold basins weighing 1,000 darics each, and two vessels made of polished brass, as valuable as gold.
²⁸ I told them, “You are consecrated to the LORD, and the vessels are also consecrated. The silver and the gold are a freely given offering to the LORD God of your ancestors. ²⁹ Guard and protect them until you disperse them to the chief priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the family leaders of Israel at Jerusalem in the chambers of the Temple of the LORD.”
³⁰ So the priests and descendants of Levi took possession of the silver, the gold, and the vessels in order to bring them to Jerusalem, to the Temple of our God.

³³ On the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the vessels were distributed at the Temple of our God into the care of Uriah’s son Meremoth the priest, Phinehas’ son Eleazar, Jeshua’s son Jozabad, and Binnui’s son Noadiah, the descendants of Levi.