2 Chronicles 4

1 Moreover he made an altar of bronze; its length was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits. Its height was ten cubits.

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

2 He also made the round sea of cast metal, ten cubits from brim to brim. Its height was five cubits, and the sea was thirty cubits in circumference.

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 Under the brim encircling the sea were bulls, ten to each cubit, cast in one piece with the sea when the sea itself was 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 The large basin known as “The Sea” was set upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east. “The Sea” was set on top of them, and all their hindquarters were toward the inside.

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 “The Sea” was as thick as the width of a hand, and its brim was forged like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. “The Sea” held three thousand baths of water.

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 He made also ten basins for washing things; he put five on the south side, and five on the north; items used in performing the burnt offering were to be washed in them. The large basin known as “The Sea” was used by the priests for them to wash.

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 He made the ten lampstands of gold that were made from the instructions for their design; he placed them in the temple, five on the right hand, 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 He made 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.

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 Furthermore he made the courtyard of the priests, and the great court and the doors for the court and 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 He placed the basin known as “The Sea” on the east side of the temple, facing toward the south.

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

11 Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he did 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 the two pillars, the bowl-like capitals that were on top of the two pillars, and the two sets of decorative latticework to cover the two bowl-like capitals that were on top 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 He had made the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of decorative latticework: two rows of pomegranates for each set of latticework to cover the two bowl-like capitals that were on 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 He also made the stands and the basins to go on the stands;

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

15 one sea and the twelve bulls under it,

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

16 also the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other implements that Huram-Abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh.

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 had cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

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

18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; indeed, the weight of the bronze could not be known.

So Solomon made all these vessels, a very great store of them, and the weight of the brass used was not measured.

19 Solomon made all the furnishings that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables on which the bread of the presence was to be placed;

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 the lampstands with their lamps, that were designed to burn before the inner room—these were made of pure gold;

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, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, pure 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 Also the lamp trimmers, basins, spoons, and incense burners were all made of pure gold. As for the entrance into the house, its inner doors into the most holy place and the doors of the house, that is, of the temple, were made 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.