2 Chronicles 4

1 And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits.

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

2 And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.

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

3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, encompassing it round about, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about, two rows of oxen, cast when it was cast.

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

4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

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.

5 And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; in capacity it held three thousand baths.

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.

6 And he made ten lavers, and put five on the right and five on the left, to wash in them: they rinsed in them what they prepared for the burnt-offering; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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.

7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance respecting them, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.

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.

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

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.

9 And he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors thereof with bronze.

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

10 And he set the sea on the right side eastward, over against the south.

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

11 And Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram ended doing the work that he made for king Solomon in the house of God:

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:

12 two pillars, and the globes and the capitals on the top of the pillars, two; and the two networks, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;

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;

13 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were upon the pillars.

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;

14 And he made the bases, and he made the lavers on the bases;

the water carts and the basins on the water carts;

15 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.

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

16 And the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their instruments did Huram Abiv make king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.

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

17 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

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

18 And Solomon made all these vessels in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained.

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

19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were [in] the house of God: the golden altar; and the tables whereon was the shewbread;

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

20 and the candlesticks with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

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

21 and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold (it was perfect gold);

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

22 and the knives, and the bowls, and the cups, and the censers, of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, the inner folding-doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, of the temple, of gold.

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.