2 Chronicles 4
1 Solomon made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.
2 He made a “Sea” from cast metal, ten cubits in diameter, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
And he maketh the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge unto its edge, round in compass, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it, round about.
3 Below it were ornamental bulls all around it, ten per cubit. They were in two rows when it was all cast.
And the likeness of oxen [is] under it, all round about encompassing it, ten in the cubit, compassing the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being 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 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] upon them above, and all their hinder parts [are] within.
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.
And its thickness [is] a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold — baths three thousand it containeth.
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.
And he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea [is] for priests to wash with.
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.
And he maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, 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.
And he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred.
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.
And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass.
10 He placed the Sea on the south side, by the southeast corner.
And the sea he hath placed on the right shoulder eastward, over-against 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:
And Huram maketh the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finisheth to make the work that he made for king Solomon in the house of God;
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;
two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the heads 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 pomegranates four hundred to the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates to the one wreath, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the front of the pillars.
14 the water carts and the basins on the water carts;
And the bases he hath made; and the lavers he hath made on the bases;
15 the Sea and the twelve bull statues that supported it; the pots, shovels, forks, and everything else.
the 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.
and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of brass purified.
17 The king cast them in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.
In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.
18 Solomon made so many of these things that the weight of the bronze used could not be measured.
And Solomon maketh all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.
19 Solomon also made everything used in the Temple of God: the golden altar; the tables where the Bread of the Presence was displayed;
And Solomon maketh 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 presence;
20 the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps that were to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as specified;
and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;
21 the decorative flowers, lamps, and tongs—all made of solid gold;
and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold — it [is] the perfection of 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, 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.
