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,

Then he made an altar of bronze, thirty-four feet and five inches, its length, and thirty-four feet and five inches, its breadth, and seventeen feet and three inches 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.

Also he made the molten sea seventeen feet and three inches from brim to brim, round in compass; and its height was eight feet and seven inches; and a line of fifty-one feet and eight inches encircled it.

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.

Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for seventeen feet and three inches, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was 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 stood on 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 on them above, and all their backs were toward the center.

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.

It was almost three inches thick; and its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held 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.

He made also ten basins, 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.

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.

He made the ten lampstands 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.

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.

He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins 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.

Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.

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

He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, 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 Hiram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing the work that he did for king Solomon in God's house:

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,

the 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,

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 each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.

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

He made also the bases, and the basins made he on the bases;

15 one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

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.

The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels Hiram Abi made for king Solomon for the house of Jehovah of bright bronze.

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

The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

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

Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the bronze could not be found 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;

Solomon made all the vessels that were in God's house, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;

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

and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold;

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, and that perfect 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 basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.