The Bronze Altar and Molten Sea (1 Kings 7:23–26)
1 CPDV Also, he made a brass altar of twenty cubits in length, and of twenty cubits in width, and of ten cubits in height, BSB BSB: He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
2 CPDV as well as a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in its circumference. It had five cubits in height, and a line of thirty cubits went around it on all sides. BSB BSB: 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.
3 CPDV Also, under it there was the likeness of oxen. And certain engravings encircled the cavity of the sea, along ten cubits of the outside, as if in two rows. Now the oxen were molten. BSB BSB: 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.
4 CPDV And the sea itself was placed upon the twelve oxen, three of which were looking toward the north, and another three toward the west, then another three toward the south, and the three that remained toward the east, having the sea imposed upon them. But the posteriors of the oxen were toward the interior, under the sea. BSB BSB: 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.
5 CPDV Now its thickness had the measure of the palm of a hand, and its brim was like the lip of a cup, or like the outturned petal of a lily. And it held three thousand measures. BSB BSB: 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.
The Ten Basins, Lampstands, and Tables (1 Kings 7:38–39)
6 CPDV Also, he made ten basins. And he placed five on the right, and five on the left, so that they might wash in them all the things that they were to offer as holocausts. But the priests were to be washed in the sea. BSB BSB: 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.
7 CPDV Then he also made ten gold lampstands, according to the form by which they had been ordered to be made. And he set them in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left. BSB BSB: 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.
8 CPDV Moreover, there were also ten tables. And he placed them in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left. Also, there were one hundred gold bowls. BSB BSB: 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.
The Courts 9 CPDV Then too, he made the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he covered with brass. BSB BSB: He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
10 CPDV Now he placed the sea on the right side, facing the east, toward the south. BSB BSB: He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
Completion of the Bronze Works (1 Kings 7:40–47)
11 CPDV Then Hiram made cooking pots and hooks and bowls. And he completed every work of the king in the house of God, BSB BSB: 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:
12 CPDV that is, the two pillars, and the crossbeams, and the heads, and something like a little net, which would cover the heads above the crossbeams, BSB BSB: 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;
13 CPDV and also four hundred pomegranates, and two little nets, so that two rows of pomegranates were joined to each net, which would cover the crossbeams and the heads of the pillars. BSB BSB: 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);
14 CPDV He also made bases; and basins that he placed upon the bases; BSB BSB: the stands; the basins on the stands;
15 CPDV one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; BSB BSB: the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
16 CPDV and cooking pots and hooks and bowls. Hiram, his father, made all the vessels for Solomon, in the house of the Lord, from the purest brass. BSB BSB: 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.
17 CPDV The king cast these in the region near the Jordan, in the clay soil between Succoth and Zeredah. BSB BSB: The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 CPDV Now the multitude of the vessels was innumerable, so much so that the weight of the brass was unknown. BSB BSB: Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Completion of the Gold Furnishings (1 Kings 7:48–51)
19 CPDV And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God, and the gold altar, and the tables upon which were the bread of the presence; BSB BSB: 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;
20 CPDV and also, of the purest gold, the lampstands with their lamps, to shine before the oracle, according to the rite; BSB BSB: the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
21 CPDV and certain flowers, and lamps, and gold tongs. All these were made from the purest gold. BSB BSB: the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;
22 CPDV Also, the vessels for the perfumes, and the censers, and the bowls, and the little mortars were from the purest gold. And he engraved the doors of the inner temple, that is, for the Holy of Holies. And the doors of the outer temple were of gold. And so, every work was completed that Solomon made in the house of the Lord. BSB BSB: 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.
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