2 Chronicles 4 (YLT)

1And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

2And he maketh the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge unto its edge, round in compass, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass 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 the likeness of oxen is under it, all round about encompassing it, ten in the cubit, compassing the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast.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.

4It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea is upon them above, and all their hinder parts are within.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 is a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold — baths three thousand it containeth.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 maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea is for priests to wash with.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 maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, 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 maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred.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.

9And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath 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 the sea he hath placed on the right shoulder eastward, over-against the south.He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

11And Huram maketh the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finisheth to make the work that he made 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 the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two bowls of the crowns that 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 the pomegranates four hundred to the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates to the one wreath, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that are on the front 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);

14And the bases he hath made; and the lavers he hath made on the bases;the stands; the basins on the stands;

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

16and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of brass purified.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 circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

18And Solomon maketh all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

19And Solomon maketh all the vessels that are for the house of God, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and on them is bread of the presence;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;

20and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

21and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold — it is the perfection of gold;the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;

22and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the holy of holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.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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