¹² The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses^(A) of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the Lord with its portico.

The Temple’s Furnishings^(B)(C)

¹³ King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,^{[a](D) 14} whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom,^(E) with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all^(F) the work assigned to him.