5. And all the doorways had rectangular frame, and with window opposite to window in three tiers.
6. He also made a portico of columns, 50 cubits long and 30 cubits wide, with a porch in front, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.
7. He also made the Hall of the Throne where he would judge—the Hall of Justice. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the ceiling.
8. His house where he would dwell, set farther back of the hall, was of the same construction. He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had taken to wife.
9. All these were made of expensive stones—stone cut to size and sawed with saws inside and outside—from the foundation to the top and from the outside to the great court.
10. The foundation was also made of expensive stones—huge stones, stones eight cubits and stones ten cubits.
11. Above were expensive stones, cut to measure, and cedar wood.
12. The surrounding great courtyard had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams, the same as the inner court of the House of Adonai and the portico of the House.
13. King Solomon sent for and had Hiram brought from Tyre.
14. He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, while his father was a man of Tyre, a coppersmith, and he was filled with wisdom, understanding and skill to do any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and executed all his work.
15. He fashioned the two bronze pillars, 18 cubits high and 12 cubits in circumference each.
16. He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set upon the tops of the pillars (the height of each capital was five cubits),
17. nettings of latticework and twisted threads of chain work for the capitals were on top of the pillars—seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital.