2 Chronicles 4 (DRA)

1He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

2Also 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.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 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.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.

4And 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.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.

5Now 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.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.

6He 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.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 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.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.

8Moreover 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.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.

9He made also the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he covered 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 on the right side over against the east toward the south.He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

11And Hiram made caldrons, and fleshhooks, and bowls: and finished all the king’s work 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:

12That is to say, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters, and the network, to cover the chapiters over the pommels.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 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.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);

14He made also bases, and lavers, which he set upon the bases:the stands; the basins on the stands;

15One sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

16And 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.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 near the Jordan did the king cast them, in a clay ground between Sochot and Saredatha.The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

18And the multitude of vessels was innumerable, so that the weight of the brass was not known.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 for the house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables, upon which were the leaves of proposition,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;

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

21And certain flowers, and lamps, and golden tongs: all were made of the finest gold.the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;

22The 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.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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