12 So (A)the great court all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams even as the inner court of the house of the Lord, and (B)the porch of the house.

Hiram’s Work in the Temple

13 Now (C)King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. 14 (D)He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and (E)he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and (F)performed all his work.

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