2 Chronicles 4

1 Solomon made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

Then he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

2 He made a “Sea” from cast metal, ten cubits in diameter, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim. It was round, five cubits high, and thirty cubits in circumference.

3 Below it were ornamental bulls all around it, ten per cubit. They were in two rows when it was all cast.

Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

4 The Sea was supported by twelve statues of bulls three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea was placed on them, with their rears toward the center.

It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above, and all their hindquarters were inward.

5 It was as thick as the width of a hand, and its edge was like the flared edge of a cup or a lily flower. It held three thousand baths.

It was a handbreadth thick. Its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It received and held three thousand baths.

6 He also made ten basins on carts for washing. He placed five on the south side, and five on the north. They were used for cleaning what was used in burnt offerings, but the Sea was used by the priests for washing.

He also made ten basins, and put five on the right hand and five on the left, to wash in them. The things that belonged to the burnt offering were washed in them, but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

7 He made ten gold lampstands as had been specified, and placed them in the Temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

He made the ten lamp stands 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 In addition he made ten tables and placed them in the Temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold basins.

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 Solomon also built a courtyard of the priests, and the large courtyard and doors for the courtyard, and he covered the doors with bronze.

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

10 He placed the Sea on the south side, by the southeast corner.

He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

11 Hiram also made the pots, shovels, and basins. Hiram completed the work that he had been doing for King Solomon on the Temple of God:

Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished doing the work that he did for King Solomon in God’s house:

12 the two columns; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the columns; the two sets of network that covered both bowls of the capitals on top of the columns;

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

13 the four hundred ornamental pomegranates for the two sets of network—two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the columns;

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 the water carts and the basins on the water carts;

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

15 the Sea and the twelve bull statues that supported it; the pots, shovels, forks, and everything else.

one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.

16 All the metalwork Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord was of polished bronze.

Huram-abi also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for King Solomon, for the LORD’s house, of bright bronze.

17 The king cast them in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

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

18 Solomon made so many of these things that the weight of the bronze used could not be measured.

Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, so that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

19 Solomon also made everything used in the Temple of God: the golden altar; the tables where the Bread of the Presence was displayed;

Solomon made all the vessels that were in God’s house: the golden altar, the tables with the show bread on them,

20 the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps that were to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as specified;

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

21 the decorative flowers, lamps, and tongs—all made of solid gold;

and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold that was purest gold;

22 the wick trimmers, basins, dishes and censers—all made of gold; and the doors of the Temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the main hall—all covered with gold.

and the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.