2 Chronicles 4

1 Solomon made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

2 He made a “Sea” from cast metal, ten cubits in diameter, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

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 Below it were ornamental bulls all around it, ten per cubit. They were in two rows when it was all 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.

4 The Sea was supported by twelve statues of bulls three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea was placed on them, with their rears toward the center.

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 It was as thick as the width of a hand, and its edge was like the flared edge of a cup or a lily flower. It held three thousand baths.

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.

6 He also made ten basins on carts for washing. He placed five on the south side, and five on the north. They were used for cleaning what was used in burnt offerings, but the Sea was used by the priests for washing.

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 He made ten gold lampstands as had been specified, and placed them in the Temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

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 In addition 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 basins.

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.

9 Solomon also built a courtyard of the priests, and the large courtyard and doors for the courtyard, and he covered the doors with bronze.

He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.

10 He placed the Sea on the south side, by the southeast corner.

He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

11 Hiram also made the pots, shovels, and basins. Hiram completed the work that he had been doing for King Solomon on the Temple 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:

12 the two columns; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the columns; the two sets of network that covered both bowls of the capitals on top of the columns;

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 the four hundred ornamental pomegranates for the two sets of network—two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the columns;

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 the water carts and the basins on the water carts;

the stands; the basins on the stands;

15 the Sea and the twelve bull statues that supported it; the pots, shovels, forks, and everything else.

the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

16 All the metalwork Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord was of polished bronze.

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 The king cast them in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

18 Solomon made so many of these things that the weight of the bronze used could not be measured.

Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

19 Solomon also made everything used in the Temple of God: the golden altar; the tables where the Bread of the Presence was displayed;

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 the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps that were to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as specified;

the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

21 the decorative flowers, lamps, and tongs—all made of solid gold;

the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;

22 the wick trimmers, basins, dishes and censers—all made of gold; and the doors of the Temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the main hall—all covered with gold.

the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest 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.