Top Verses from 1 Kings 7  

And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married. (NIV)

His house where he was to dwell had another court behind the Porch of Judgment of similar work. Solomon also made a house like this porch for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married. (AMP)

And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. (KJV)

All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and trimmed with a saw on their inner and outer faces. (NIV)

All were of costly stones hewn according to measure, sawed with saws back and front, even from foundation to coping, and from the outside to the great court. (AMP)

All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. (KJV)

The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight. (NIV)

The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones of eight and ten cubits. (AMP)

And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. (KJV)

Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. (NIV)

And above were costly stones hewn according to measure, and cedar timbers. (AMP)

And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. (KJV)

King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram (NIV)

King Solomon brought Hiram from Tyre. (AMP)

And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. (KJV)

The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the LORD with its portico. (NIV)

Also the great encircling court had three courses of hewn stone and a course of cedar beams, like was around the inner court of the house of the Lord and the porch of the house. (AMP)

And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. (KJV)

He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. (NIV)

He fashioned the two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. (AMP)

For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. (KJV)

Whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled worker in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him. (NIV)

He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. He was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill to do any kind of work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his [bronze] work. (AMP)

He was a widow's son 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 cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. (KJV)

It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. (NIV)

SOLOMON WAS building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all of it. (AMP)

But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. (KJV)

He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits high. (NIV)

He made two capitals of molten bronze to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of each capital was five cubits. (AMP)

And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: (KJV)