2 Chronicles 4

1 Then he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

Solomon’s workers made a square bronze altar that was 10 yards wide on each side, and it was 5 yards high.

2 Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim. It was round, five cubits high, and thirty cubits in circumference.

They also made a very large round tank that was made of metal and cast [in a clay mold]. It was 10 yards wide/across, and 5 yards high. It was 15 yards around it.

3 Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

Below the outer rim there were two rows of [small figures of] bulls that were part of the metal of the basin. Each row had 300 figures of bulls.

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

The basin was set on twelve [statues of] bulls. There were three statues that faced north, three that faced west, three that faced south, and three that faced east.

5 It was a handbreadth thick. Its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It received and held three thousand baths.

The sides of the tank were 3 inches thick, and its rim was shaped like a cup that curved outward like the petals of flowers. The basin held about 16,500 gallons [of water].

6 He also made ten basins, and put five on the right hand and five on the left, to wash in them. The things that belonged to the burnt offering were washed in them, but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

They also made ten basins for washing the [animals that were] to be sacrificed. The priests used the very large tank for washing themselves.

7 He made the ten lamp stands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.

They also made ten gold lampstands according to what Solomon had instructed them. They put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side.

8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold.

They made ten tables and put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side. They also made 100 gold bowls.

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

They also constructed one courtyard for the priests, and a larger courtyard [for the other people]. They made doors for the courtyards and covered them with [thin sheets of] bronze.

10 He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

They placed the very large tank [on the south side of the temple, ] at the southeast corner.

11 Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished doing the work that he did for King Solomon in God’s house:

They also made pots and shovels [for the ashes of the altar], and other small bowls. So Huram [and his workers] finished the work that King Solomon had given him to do at the temple of God.

12 the two pillars, the bowls, the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,

[These were the things that they made: ] the two large pillars, the two bowl-shaped top parts on top of the pillars, the two sets of carvings that resembled chains to decorate the tops of the two pillars,

13 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks—two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.

the 400 carvings that resembled pomegranates that were placed in two rows, that decorated the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars,

14 He also made the bases, and he made the basins on the bases—

the stands, and the basins that were placed on them,

15 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.

the very large tank, and the [statues of] twelve bulls underneath it,

16 Huram-abi also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for King Solomon, for Yahweh’s house, of bright bronze.

the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other things [needed for the work at the altar]. All those things that Huram [and his workers] made for King Solomon were made of polished bronze.

17 The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan [river] between Succoth and Zarethan [cities].

18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, so that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

All of those things that Solomon [told them to] make used a very large amount of bronze; no one tried to weigh it all.

19 Solomon made all the vessels that were in God’s house: the golden altar, the tables with the show bread on them,

Solomon’s workers also made all these things that were put at the temple: the golden altar, the tables on which the priests put the sacred bread,

20 and the lamp stands with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold;

the pure gold lampstands and the pure gold lamps, [in which the priests put oil] to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as God had told [Moses that the priests should do],

21 and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold that was purest gold;

the pure gold decorations that resembled flowers, and the lamps and tongs,

22 and the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.

the pure gold wick trimmers and bowls for sprinkling, and dishes and lamp snuffers, the gold doors of the temple and the doors to the main hall.