2 Chronicles 4

1 And he made an altar of bronze [was] twenty cubit[s] length its and [was] twenty cubit[s] breadth its and [was] ten cubits height its.

He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.

2 And he made the sea cast ten by the cubit from lip its to lip its round - all around and five by the cubit height its and a measuring-line thirty by the cubit it went round it all around.

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.

3 And [the] likeness of oxen [was] under it all around - all around going round it ten by the cubit surrounding the sea all around [were] two rows the cattle cast in casting its.

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.

4 [it was] standing On two [plus] ten cattle three [were] turning - north-ward and three [were] turning - west-ward and three - [were] turning south-ward and three [were] turning east-ward and the sea [was] on them from to above and all hindquarters their [were] inside towards.

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.

5 And thickness its [was] a hand breadth and lip its [was] like [the] work of [the] lip of a cup [the] blossom of a lily holding baths three thousand it contained.

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.

6 And he made lavers ten and he put five from [the] south and five from [the] left to wash in them [the] work of the burnt offering people rinsed in them and the sea to wash [was] for the priests in it.

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.

7 And he made [the] lampstands of gold ten according to ordinance their and he put [them] in the temple five from [the] south and five from [the] north.

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.

8 And he made tables ten and he placed [them] in the temple five from [the] south and five from [the] north and he made bowls of gold one hundred.

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.

9 And he made [the] court of the priests and the precinct great and doors for the precinct and doors their he overlaid bronze.

He made also the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he covered with brass.

10 And the sea he put from [the] side of south east-ward from in front of [the] south.

And he set the sea on the right side over against the east toward the south.

11 And he made Huram the pots and the shovels and the bowls. And he finished (Huram *Q(K)*) to do the work which he did for the king Solomon on [the] house of God.

And Hiram made caldrons, and fleshhooks, and bowls: and finished all the king’s work in the house of God:

12 Pillars two and the bowls and the capitals on [the] top of the pillars two and the networks two to cover [the] two [the] bowls of the capitals which [were] on [the] top of the pillars.

That is to say, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters, and the network, to cover the chapiters over the pommels.

13 And the pomegranates four hundred for [the] two the networks two rows pomegranates for the network one to cover [the] two [the] bowls of the capitals which [were] on [the] face of the pillars.

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.

14 And the stands he made and the lavers he made on the stands.

He made also bases, and lavers, which he set upon the bases:

15 The sea one and the cattle two [plus] ten under it.

One sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

16 And the pots and the shovels and the forks and all articles their he made Huram Abi for the king Solomon for [the] house of Yahweh bronze polished.

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.

17 In [the] valley of the Jordan he cast them the king in [the] thickness of the ground between Succoth and between Zeredah.

In the country near the Jordan did the king cast them, in a clay ground between Sochot and Saredatha.

18 And he made Solomon all the articles these to abundance exceedingly that not it was ascertained [the] weight of the bronze.

And the multitude of vessels was innumerable, so that the weight of the brass was not known.

19 And he made Solomon all the articles which [were] [the] house of God and [the] altar of gold and the tables and on them [the] bread of the presence.

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,

20 And the lampstands and lamps their to burn they according to the ordinance before the innermost room gold pure gold.

The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.

21 And the blossom and the lamps and the tongs gold it [was] perfection of gold.

And certain flowers, and lamps, and golden tongs: all were made of the finest gold.

22 And the snuffers and the bowls and the pans and the fire-pans gold pure gold and [the] entrance of the house doors its inner to [the] holy place of the holy places and [the] doors of the house of the temple gold.

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.