The Second Book of the Chronicles

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(1 Kings 7:23–26)

And hee made an altar of brasse twentie cubites long, and twentie cubites broade, and ten cubites hie.

And he made a molten Sea of ten cubites from brim to brim, rounde in compasse, and fiue cubites hie: and a line of thirtie cubites did compasse it about.

And vnder it was ye facion of oxen, which did compasse it rounde about, tenne in a cubite compassing the Sea about: two rowes of oxen were cast when it was molten.

It stoode vpon twelue oxen: three looked toward the North, and three looked towarde the West, and three looked towarde the South, and three looked towarde the East, and the Sea stoode about vpon them, and all their hinder parts were inwarde.

And the thickenesse thereof was an hande breadth, and the brim thereof was like the worke of the brim of a cuppe with floures of lilies: it conteined three thousand baths.

The Ten Basins, Lampstands, and Tables

(1 Kings 7:38–39)

He made also ten caldrons, and put fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left, to wash in them, and to clense in them that which apperteined to the burnt offrings: but the Sea was for the Priests to wash in.

And he made ten candlestickes of golde (according to their forme) and put them in the Temple, fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left.

And he made ten tables, and put them in the Temple, fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left: and he made an hundreth basens of golde.

The Courts

And he made the court of the Priests, and the great court and doores for the court, and ouerlayd the doores thereof with brasse.

And he set the Sea on the right side Eastward toward the South.

Completion of the Bronze Works

(1 Kings 7:40–47)

And Huram made pottes and besoms and basens, and Huram finished the worke that hee shoulde make for King Salomon for the house of God,

To wit, two pillars, and the bowles and the chapiters on the top of ye two pillars, and two grates to couer the two bowles of the chapiters which were vpon the toppe of the pillars:

And foure hundreth pomegranates for the two grates, two rowes of pomegranates for euery grate to couer the two bowles of the chapiters, that were vpon the pillars.

He made also bases, and made caldrons vpon the bases:

And a Sea, and twelue bulles vnder it:

Pottes also and besomes, and fleshhookes, and all these vessels made Huram his father, to King Salomon for the house of the Lord, of shining brasse.

In the playne of Iorden did the King cast them in clay betweene Succoth and Zeredathah.

And Salomon made al these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of brasse could not be rekoned.

Completion of the Gold Furnishings

(1 Kings 7:48–51)

And Salomon made al the vessels that were for the house of God: the golden altar also and the tables, whereon the shewbread stoode.

Moreouer the candlestickes, with their lampes to burne them after the maner, before the oracle, of pure golde.

And the floures and the lampes, and the snuffers of gold, which was fine golde.

And the hookes, and the basens, and the spoones, and the ashpans of pure golde: the entrie also of the house and doores thereof within, euen of the most holy place: and the doores of the house, to wit, of the Temple were of golde.

(1 Kings 7:23–26)

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

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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

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

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)

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:

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,

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.

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

one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.

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.

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

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)

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

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

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

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.

Fußnoten

(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

(d)4:16 “abi” means “his father”