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The Second Book of the Chronicles

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- Chapter 4 -

(1 Kings 7:23–26)
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He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.
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Also a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass: it was five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
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And under it there was the likeness of oxen, and certain engravings on the outside of ten cubits compassed the belly of the sea, as it were with two rows.
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And the oxen were cast: and the sea itself was set upon the twelve oxen, three of which looked toward the north, and other three toward the west: and other three toward the south, and the other three that remained toward the east, and the sea stood upon them: and the hinder parts of the oxen were inward under the sea.
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Now the thickness of it was a handbreadth, and the brim of it was like the brim of a cup, or of a crisped lily: and it held three thousand measures.

The Ten Basins, Lampstands, and Tables

(1 Kings 7:38–39)
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He made also ten lavers: and he see five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them all such things as they mere to offer for holocausts: but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
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And he made ten golden candlesticks, according to the form which they were commanded to be made by: and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
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Moreover also ten tables: and he set them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. Also a hundred bowls of gold.

The Courts

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He made also the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he covered with brass.
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And he set the sea on the right side over against the east toward the south.

Completion of the Bronze Works

(1 Kings 7:40–47)
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And Hiram made caldrons, and fleshhooks, and bowls: and finished all the king’s work in the house of God:
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That is to say, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters, and the network, to cover the chapiters over the pommels.
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And four hundred pomegranates, and two wreaths of network, so that two rows of pomegranates were joined to each wreath, to cover the pommels, and the chapiters of the pillars.
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He made also bases, and lavers, which he set upon the bases:
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One sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
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And the caldrons, and fleshhooks, and bowls. All the vessels did Hiram his father make for Solomon in the house of the Lord of the finest brass.
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In the country near the Jordan did the king cast them, in a clay ground between Sochot and Saredatha.
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And the multitude of vessels was innumerable, so that the weight of the brass was not known.

Completion of the Gold Furnishings

(1 Kings 7:48–51)
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And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables, upon which were the leaves of proposition,
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The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.
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And certain flowers, and lamps, and golden tongs: all were made of the finest gold.
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The vessels also for the perfumes, and the censers, and the bowls, and the mortars, of pure gold. And he graved the doors of the inner temple, that is, for the holy of holies: and the doors of the temple without were of gold. And thus all the work was finished which Solomon made in the house of the Lord.
(1 Kings 7:23–26)
1
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)
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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.
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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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