2 Chronicles 4

1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

1Solomon made a bronze altar that was thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and fifteen feet high.

2Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

2He also made a large round tank out of molten metal called the Sea. It was fifteen feet across from rim to rim, seven and a half feet deep, and forty-five feet all the way around.

3And under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

3Below the rim, it was encircled by figures of oxen, ten every eighteen inches, going all the way around the tank. The oxen were in two rows and were cast as one piece with the tank.

4It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.

4The Sea sat on twelve oxen; three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east. The tank rested on top of them, and all their hindquarters faced inward.

5And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.

5The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was shaped like the rim of a cup, like a blooming lily. It could hold about eighteen thousand gallons.

6He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

6He also made ten washbasins and put five on the south side and five on the north side. They were used to rinse the items used for the burnt offerings, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.

7And he made the ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

7He made ten gold lampstands according to the specific plans for them. He placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side.

8He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.

8He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side. He also made one hundred gold sprinkling bowls.

9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

9He built the courtyard for the priests and the large outer courtyard. He made doors for the courtyards and covered the doors with bronze.

10And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

10He placed the Sea on the south side of the temple, at the southeast corner.

11And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end of doing the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God:

11Huram also made the pots, the shovels, and the bowls. So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:

12the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,

12the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two sets of latticework to decorate the two capitals;

13and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars.

13the four hundred bronze pomegranates for the two sets of latticework (two rows of pomegranates for each latticework covering the capitals on top of the pillars);

14He made also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases;

14the movable stands and the washbasins on the stands;

15one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.

15the one Sea and the twelve oxen under it;

16The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels thereof, did Huram his father make for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.

16and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the related equipment. Huram-abi made all these things out of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD.

17In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

17The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah.

18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

18Solomon made so many of these items that no one tried to calculate the total weight of the bronze.

19And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon was the showbread;

19Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the gold altar; the tables for the bread of the Presence;

20and the candlesticks with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

20the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

21and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

21the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs of the purest gold;

22and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold. And as for the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, were of gold.

22and the wick snuffers, bowls, ladles, and incense burners of pure gold. The gold doors at the entrance to the temple—both the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors to the main hall—were also made of gold.