2 Chronicles 4

1 Also, he made a brass altar of twenty cubits in length, and of twenty cubits in width, and of ten cubits in height,

And he makes an altar of bronze: twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.

2 as well as a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in its circumference. It had five cubits in height, and a line of thirty cubits went around it on all sides.

And he makes the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge to its edge, round in encompassment, and its height [is] five by the cubit, and a line of thirty by the cubit surrounds it around.

3 Also, under it there was the likeness of oxen. And certain engravings encircled the cavity of the sea, along ten cubits of the outside, as if in two rows. Now the oxen were molten.

And the likeness of oxen [is] under it, encompassing it all around, ten to the cubit, surrounding the sea around; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast.

4 And the sea itself was placed upon the twelve oxen, three of which were looking toward the north, and another three toward the west, then another three toward the south, and the three that remained toward the east, having the sea imposed upon them. But the posteriors of the oxen were toward the interior, under the sea.

It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea [is] on them above, and all their back parts [are] within.

5 Now its thickness had the measure of the palm of a hand, and its brim was like the lip of a cup, or like the outturned petal of a lily. And it held three thousand measures.

And its thickness [is] a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; holding [within]—it contains three thousand baths.

6 Also, he made ten basins. And he placed five on the right, and five on the left, so that they might wash in them all the things that they were to offer as holocausts. But the priests were to be washed in the sea.

And he makes ten lavers, and puts five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; they purge the work of the burnt-offering with them; and the sea [is] for priests to wash with.

7 Then he also made ten gold lampstands, according to the form by which they had been ordered to be made. And he set them in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left.

And he makes the ten lampstands of gold, according to their ordinance, and places [them] in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left.

8 Moreover, there were also ten tables. And he placed them in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left. Also, there were one hundred gold bowls.

And he makes ten tables, and places [them] in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he makes one hundred bowls of gold.

9 Then too, he made the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he covered with brass.

And he makes the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and he has overlaid their doors with bronze.

10 Now he placed the sea on the right side, facing the east, toward the south.

And he has placed the sea on the right shoulder eastward, from toward the south.

11 Then Hiram made cooking pots and hooks and bowls. And he completed every work of the king in the house of God,

And Huram makes the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finishes to make the work that he made for King Solomon in the house of God;

12 that is, the two pillars, and the crossbeams, and the heads, and something like a little net, which would cover the heads above the crossbeams,

two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the heads of the pillars;

13 and also four hundred pomegranates, and two little nets, so that two rows of pomegranates were joined to each net, which would cover the crossbeams and the heads of the pillars.

and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for the one network, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the front of the pillars.

14 He also made bases; and basins that he placed upon the bases;

And he has made the bases; and he has made the lavers on the bases;

15 one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

the one sea, and the twelve oxen under it,

16 and cooking pots and hooks and bowls. Hiram, his father, made all the vessels for Solomon, in the house of the Lord, from the purest brass.

and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, his father Huram has made for King Solomon, for the house of YHWH, of bronze purified.

17 The king cast these in the region near the Jordan, in the clay soil between Succoth and Zeredah.

The king has cast them in the circuit of the Jordan, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.

18 Now the multitude of the vessels was innumerable, so much so that the weight of the brass was unknown.

And Solomon makes all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the bronze has not been searched out.

19 And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God, and the gold altar, and the tables upon which were the bread of the presence;

And Solomon makes all the vessels that [are for] the house of God, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and on them [is] Bread of the Presentation;

20 and also, of the purest gold, the lampstands with their lamps, to shine before the oracle, according to the rite;

and the lampstands, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;

21 and certain flowers, and lamps, and gold tongs. All these were made from the purest gold.

and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold—it [is] the perfection of gold;

22 Also, the vessels for the perfumes, and the censers, and the bowls, and the little mortars were from the purest gold. And he engraved the doors of the inner temple, that is, for the Holy of Holies. And the doors of the outer temple were of gold. And so, every work was completed that Solomon made in the house of the Lord.

and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the Holy of Holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.