2 Chronicles 4 (Brenton)

1And he made a brazen altar, the length of it twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height ten cubits.He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

2And he made the molten sea, in diameter ten cubits, entirely round, and the height of it five cubits, and the circumference thirty cubits.He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

3And beneath it the likeness of calves, they compass it round about: ten cubits compass the laver round about, they cast the calves two rows in their casting,Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

4wherein they made them twelve calves,—three looking northwards, and three westwards, and three southwards, and three eastwards: and the sea was upon them above, and their hinder parts were inward.The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

5And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim as the brim of a cup, graven with flowers of lilies, holding three thousand measures: and he finished it.It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.

6And he made ten lavers, and set five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them the instruments of the whole-burnt-offerings, and to rinse the vessels in them; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.

7And he made the ten golden candlesticks according to their pattern, and he put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

8And he made ten tables, and put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left: and he made a hundred golden bowls.Additionally, 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 bowls.

9Also he made the priests' court, and the great court, and doors to the court, and their panels were overlaid with brass.He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.

10And he set the sea at the corner of the house on the right, as it were fronting the east.He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

11And Chiram made the fleshhooks, and the fire-pans, and the grate of the altar, and all its instruments: and Chiram finished doing all the work which he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God:Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:

12two pillars, and upon them an embossed work for the chapiters on the heads of the two pillars, and two nets to cover the heads of the chapiters which are on the heads of the pillars;the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

13and four hundred golden bells for the two nets, and two rows of pomegranates in each net, to cover the two embossed rims of the chapiters which are upon the pillars.the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

14And he made the ten bases, and he made the lavers upon the bases;the stands; the basins on the stands;

15and the one sea, and the twelve calves under it;the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

16and the foot-baths, and the buckets, and the caldrons, and the flesh-hooks, and all their furniture (which Chiram made, and brought to king Solomon in the house of the Lord) of pure brass.and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.

17In the country round about Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground in the house of Socchoth, and between that and Saredatha.The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

18So Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, for the quantity of brass failed not.Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

19And Solomon made all the vessels of the house of the Lord, and the golden altar, and the tables, and upon them were to be the loaves of shewbread;Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

20also the candlesticks, and the lamps to give light according to the pattern, and in front of the oracle, of pure gold.the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

21And their snuffers, and their lamps were made, and he made the bowls, and the censers, and the fire-pans, of pure gold.the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;

22And there was the inner door of the house opening into the holy of holies, and he made the inner doors of the temple of gold. So all the work which Solomon wrought for the house of the Lord was finished.the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.

2 Chronicles 4

The Bronze Altar and Molten Sea

The Ten Basins, Lampstands, and Tables

The Courts

Completion of the Bronze Works

Completion of the Gold Furnishings

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