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- Chapter 4 -

(1 Kings 7:23–26)
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He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.(a)
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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.(b)
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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.
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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.
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It was a handbreadth thick,(c) and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.(d)

The Ten Basins, Lampstands, and Tables

(1 Kings 7:38–39)
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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.
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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.
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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.

The Courts

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He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
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He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

Completion of the Bronze Works

(1 Kings 7:40–47)
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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:
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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;
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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);
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the stands; the basins on the stands;
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the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
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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.
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The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.(e)
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Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

Completion of the Gold Furnishings

(1 Kings 7:48–51)
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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;
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the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
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the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;
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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 (f) as well as the doors of the main hall.

Footnotes

(a)4:1 The altar was approximately 30 feet in length and width and 15 feet high (9.1 meters in length and width and 4.6 meters high).
(b)4:2 The Sea was approximately 15 feet from rim to rim, 7.5 feet in height, and 45 feet in circumference (4.6 meters from rim to rim, 2.3 meters in height, and 13.7 meters in circumference).
(c)4:5 A handbreadth is approximately 2.9 inches or 7.4 centimeters.
(d)4:5 3,000 baths is approximately 17,400 gallons or 66,000 liters.
(e)4:17 Zeredah is a variant of Zarethan; see 1 Kings 7:46.
(f)4:22 Or the Holy of Holies
(1 Kings 7:23–26)
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Then he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits(a) long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
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Also he made the molten sea (b) of ten cubits from brim to brim. It was round, five cubits high, and thirty cubits in circumference.
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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.
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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.
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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.(c)

The Ten Basins, Lampstands, and Tables

(1 Kings 7:38–39)
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.
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.
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.

The Courts

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Furthermore he made the court of the priests, the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.
10
He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

Completion of the Bronze Works

(1 Kings 7:40–47)
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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:
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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,
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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.
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He also made the bases, and he made the basins on the bases—
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one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
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Huram-abi (d) also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for King Solomon, for the LORD’s house, of bright bronze.
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The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
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Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, so that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

Completion of the Gold Furnishings

(1 Kings 7:48–51)
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Solomon made all the vessels that were in God’s house: the golden altar, the tables with the show bread on them,
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and the lamp stands with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold;
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and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold that was purest gold;
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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.

Footnotes

(a)4:1 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
(b)4:2 or, pool, or, reservoir
(c)4:5 A bath is about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21.1 liters, so 3,000 baths is about 16,800 gallons or 63.3 kiloliters.
(d)4:16 “abi” means “his father”
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