2 Chronicles 4

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

Then he made a brass altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.

2 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

He put the great water-vessel on the right side of the house to the east, facing south.

11 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;

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 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;

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 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.

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

And he made the ten bases and the ten washing-vessels which were on the bases;

15 the one sea, and the twelve oxen under it,

The great water-vessel with the twelve oxen under it.

16 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.

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

The king made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, in the soft earth between Succoth and Zeredah.

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

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 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;

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

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

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.