2 Chronicles 4
1 He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.
Then he made a brass altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
2 Also a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass: it was five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
And he made the great water-vessel of metal, round in form, measuring ten cubits across from edge to edge; it was five cubits high and thirty cubits round.
3 And under it there was the likeness of oxen, and certain engravings on the outside of ten cubits compassed the belly of the sea, as it were with two rows.
And under it was a design of flowers all round it, ten to a cubit, circling the water-vessel in two lines; they were made from liquid metal at the same time as the water-vessel.
4 And the oxen were cast: and the sea itself was set upon the twelve oxen, three of which looked toward the north, and other three toward the west: and other three toward the south, and the other three that remained toward the east, and the sea stood upon them: and the hinder parts of the oxen were inward under the sea.
It was supported on twelve oxen, three facing to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east, the water-vessel resting on top of them; their back parts were all turned to the middle of it.
5 Now the thickness of it was a handbreadth, and the brim of it was like the brim of a cup, or of a crisped lily: and it held three thousand measures.
It was as thick as a man's open hand, and the edge of it was curved like the edge of a cup, like a lily flower; it would take three thousand baths.
6 He made also ten lavers: and he see five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them all such things as they mere to offer for holocausts: but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
And he made ten washing-vessels, putting five on the right side and five on the left; such things as were used in making the burned offering were washed in them; but the great water-vessel was to be used by the priests for washing themselves.
7 And he made ten golden candlesticks, according to the form which they were commanded to be made by: and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
And he made the ten gold supports for the lights, as directions had been given for them, and he put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left.
8 Moreover also ten tables: and he set them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. Also a hundred bowls of gold.
He made ten tables, and put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred gold basins.
9 He made also the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he covered with brass.
Then he made the open space for the priests, and the great open space and its doors, plating the doors with brass.
10 And he set the sea on the right side over against the east toward the south.
He put the great water-vessel on the right side of the house to the east, facing south.
11 And Hiram made caldrons, and fleshhooks, and bowls: and finished all the king’s work in the house of God:
And Huram made all the pots and the spades and the basins. So he came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of God:
12 That is to say, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters, and the network, to cover the chapiters over the pommels.
The two pillars, and the two crowns on the tops of the pillars, and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the tops of the pillars;
13 And four hundred pomegranates, and two wreaths of network, so that two rows of pomegranates were joined to each wreath, to cover the pommels, and the chapiters of the pillars.
And the four hundred apples for the network, two lines of apples for the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the pillars.
14 He made also bases, and lavers, which he set upon the bases:
And he made the ten bases and the ten washing-vessels which were on the bases;
15 One sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
The great water-vessel with the twelve oxen under it.
16 And the caldrons, and fleshhooks, and bowls. All the vessels did Hiram his father make for Solomon in the house of the Lord of the finest brass.
All the pots and the spades and the meat-hooks and their vessels, which Huram, who was as his father, made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.
17 In the country near the Jordan did the king cast them, in a clay ground between Sochot and Saredatha.
The king made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, in the soft earth between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 And the multitude of vessels was innumerable, so that the weight of the brass was not known.
So Solomon made all these vessels, a very great store of them, and the weight of the brass used was not measured.
19 And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables, upon which were the leaves of proposition,
And Solomon made all the vessels used in the house of God, the gold altar and the tables on which the holy bread was placed,
20 The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.
And the supports for the lights with their lights, to be burning in the regular way in front of the inmost room, of the best gold;
21 And certain flowers, and lamps, and golden tongs: all were made of the finest gold.
The flowers and the vessels for the lights and the instruments used for them, were all of gold; it was the best gold.
22 The vessels also for the perfumes, and the censers, and the bowls, and the mortars, of pure gold. And he graved the doors of the inner temple, that is, for the holy of holies: and the doors of the temple without were of gold. And thus all the work was finished which Solomon made in the house of the Lord.
The scissors and the basins and the spoons and the fire-trays, of the best gold; and the inner doors of the house, opening into the most holy place, and the doors of the Temple, were all of gold.
