Furnishings of the Temple(A)

Moreover he made (B)a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.

(C)Then he made the [a]Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. (D)And under it was the likeness of oxen encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows, when it was cast. It stood on twelve (E)oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward. It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained [b]three thousand baths.

He also made (F)ten lavers, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as they offered for the burnt offering they would wash in them, but the [c]Sea was for the (G)priests to wash in. (H)And he made ten lampstands of gold (I)according to their design, and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. (J)He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred (K)bowls of gold.

Furthermore (L)he made the court of the priests, and the (M)great court and doors for the court; and he overlaid these doors with bronze. 10 (N)He set the Sea on the right side, toward the southeast.

11 Then (O)Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of God: 12 the two pillars and (P)the bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars; 13 (Q)four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on the pillars); 14 he also made (R)carts and the lavers on the carts; 15 one Sea and twelve oxen under it; 16 also the pots, the shovels, the forks—and all their articles (S)Huram his [d]master craftsman made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.

17 In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth and [e]Zeredah. 18 (T)And Solomon had all these articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

19 Thus (U)Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of God: the altar of gold and the tables on which was (V)the showbread; 20 the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn (W)in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary, 21 with (X)the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold, of purest gold; 22 the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure gold. As for the entry of the [f]sanctuary, its inner doors to the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple, were gold.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:2 Great laver or basin
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:5 About 8,000 gallons; two thousand, 1 Kin. 7:26
  3. 2 Chronicles 4:6 Great basin
  4. 2 Chronicles 4:16 Lit. father
  5. 2 Chronicles 4:17 Zaretan, 1 Kin. 7:46
  6. 2 Chronicles 4:22 Lit. house

建造殿中各器皿(A)

他又做了一座銅壇,長九公尺,寬九公尺,高四公尺半。 又鑄造了一個銅海,直徑有四公尺半,是圓形的,高兩公尺兩公寸,圓周有十三公尺兩公寸。 銅海底下四周有形狀像牛的裝飾物;每四十五公分十個,共分二行,是和銅海一體鑄成的。 有十二頭銅牛馱著銅海:三頭向北,三頭向西,三頭向南,三頭向東。銅海在牛背上面,牛尾部向內。 銅海厚七公分半,邊緣像杯邊的做法,形狀似百合花,容量有六萬公升。 他又做了十個洗濯盆:五個放在銅海的右邊,五個放在左邊,用來清洗東西;獻燔祭所用的東西要在盆內清洗,但銅海是給祭司洗濯的。

又照著規定的樣式做了十個金燈臺,放在殿內;五個在右邊,五個在左邊。 又做了十張桌子,安放在殿內;五張在右邊,五張在左邊。又做了一百個金碗。 又建造祭司院、大院和大院的門;門都包上銅。 10 又把銅海放在殿的右邊,就是東南方。

11 戶蘭又做了鍋、鏟和碗。這樣,戶蘭為所羅門王完成了神殿的工程, 12 就是兩根柱子和在柱子上面兩個碗形柱頂,以及兩個網子,遮蓋柱子上面兩個碗形的柱頂, 13 又有四百個石榴,安放在兩個網子上,每個網子有兩行石榴,遮蓋柱子上頭兩個碗形的柱頂。 14 又做了十個盆座和盆座上的十個洗濯盆, 15 還有一個銅海和銅海底下的十二頭銅牛。 16 鍋、鏟、肉叉和一切相關的器皿,都是戶蘭用磨光的銅給所羅門王,為耶和華的殿所做的。 17 是王在約旦平原,在疏割和撒利但之間,用膠泥模鑄成的。 18 所羅門所做的這一切器皿,數量很多;銅的重量無法估計。

19 所羅門又做了神殿裡的一切器具,就是金壇和放陳設餅的桌子, 20 用純金做的燈臺和燈盞,按定例在內殿門前燃點, 21 還有燈花、燈盞和燭剪,都是精金做的。 22 又有剪刀、盤子、調羹和火鼎,都是用精金做的。殿門,就是進入至聖所裡面的門和正殿的門,都是金的。