2 Chronicles 4
1 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.
Solomon made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
2 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.
He made a “Sea” from cast metal, ten cubits in diameter, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
3 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.
Below it were ornamental bulls all around it, ten per cubit. They were in two rows when it was all cast.
4 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.
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.
5 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.
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.
6 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.
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.
7 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.
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.
8 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.
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.
9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.
Solomon also built a courtyard of the priests, and the large courtyard and doors for the courtyard, and he covered the doors with bronze.
10 He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
He placed the Sea on the south side, by the southeast corner.
11 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:
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:
12 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,
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;
13 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.
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;
14 He made also the bases, and the basins made he on the bases;
the water carts and the basins on the water carts;
15 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
the Sea and the twelve bull statues that supported it; the pots, shovels, forks, and everything else.
16 The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels Hiram Abi made for king Solomon for the house of YHWH of bright bronze.
All the metalwork Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord was of polished bronze.
17 The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
The king cast them in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the bronze could not be found out.
Solomon made so many of these things that the weight of the bronze used could not be measured.
19 Solomon made all the vessels that were in God's house, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;
Solomon also made everything used in the Temple of God: the golden altar; the tables where the Bread of the Presence was displayed;
20 and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold;
the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps that were to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as specified;
21 and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;
the decorative flowers, lamps, and tongs—all made of solid gold;
22 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.
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.
