38 He then made ten bronze basins,(A) each holding forty baths[a] and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:38 That is, about 240 gallons or about 880 liters

39 He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

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He then made ten basins(A) for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings(B) were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.

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36 And he built the inner courtyard(A) of three courses(B) of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.

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He made the courtyard(A) of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze.

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40 He also made the pots[a] and shovels and sprinkling bowls.(A)

So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the Lord:

41 the two pillars;

the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

42 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals(B) on top of the pillars);

43 the ten stands with their ten basins;

44 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

45 the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.(C)

All these objects that Huram(D) made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of burnished bronze. 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain(E) of the Jordan between Sukkoth(F) and Zarethan.(G) 47 Solomon left all these things unweighed,(H) because there were so many;(I) the weight of the bronze(J) was not determined.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:40 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate (see also verse 45 and 2 Chron. 4:11); many other Hebrew manuscripts basins

11 And Huram also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls.

So Huram finished(A) the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God:

12 the two pillars;

the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

13 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network, decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);

14 the stands(B) with their basins;

15 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

16 the pots, shovels, meat forks and all related articles.

All the objects that Huram-Abi(C) made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of polished bronze. 17 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth(D) and Zarethan.[a] 18 All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze(E) could not be calculated.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 4:17 Hebrew Zeredatha, a variant of Zarethan

48 Solomon also made all(A) the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple:

the golden altar;

the golden table(B) on which was the bread of the Presence;(C)

49 the lampstands(D) of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary);

the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;

50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes(E) and censers;(F)

and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

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He made ten gold lampstands(A) according to the specifications(B) for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

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He made ten tables(A) and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.(B)

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19 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God’s temple:

the golden altar;

the tables(A) on which was the bread of the Presence;

20 the lampstands(B) of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

21 the gold floral work and lamps and tongs (they were solid gold);

22 the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes(C) and censers;(D) and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.

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51 When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated(A)—the silver and gold and the furnishings(B)—and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

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When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished,(A) he brought in the things his father David had dedicated(B)—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple.

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25 Three(A) times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense before the Lord along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.

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12 On the altar(A) of the Lord that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord, 13 according to the daily requirement(B) for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths,(C) the New Moons(D) and the three(E) annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(F) the Festival of Weeks(G) and the Festival of Tabernacles.(H) 14 In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions(I) of the priests for their duties, and the Levites(J) to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers(K) by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God(L) had ordered.(M) 15 They did not deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.

16 All Solomon’s work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid until its completion. So the temple of the Lord was finished.

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