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2 Cronache 4
Nuova Riveduta 2006
2 Cronache 4
Nuova Riveduta 2006
L’altare, il Mare di bronzo, le bacinelle e i vari utensili del tempio
4 (A)Poi fece un altare di bronzo, lungo venti cubiti, largo venti cubiti e alto dieci cubiti[a].
2 Fece pure il Mare di metallo fuso, che aveva dieci cubiti da un orlo all’altro; era di forma perfettamente rotonda, aveva cinque cubiti d’altezza, e una corda di trenta cubiti[b] ne misurava la circonferenza. 3 Sotto l’orlo lo circondavano delle figure di buoi, dieci per cubito[c], facendo tutto il giro del Mare; erano disposti in due file ed erano stati fusi insieme con il Mare. 4 Questo posava su dodici buoi, dei quali tre guardavano a settentrione, tre a occidente, tre a mezzogiorno e tre a oriente; il Mare stava su di essi, e le parti posteriori dei buoi erano vòlte al centro. 5 Esso aveva lo spessore di un palmo; il suo orlo, fatto come l’orlo di una coppa, aveva la forma di un fiore di giglio; il Mare poteva contenere tremila bati.
6 Fece inoltre dieci conche, e ne pose cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra, perché servissero per le purificazioni; vi si lavava ciò che serviva agli olocausti. Il Mare era destinato alle abluzioni dei sacerdoti.
7 (B)Fece i dieci candelabri d’oro, conformemente alle norme che li concernevano, e li pose nel tempio, cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra.
8 Fece anche dieci tavole, che pose nel tempio, cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra. E fece cento bacinelle d’oro.
9 Fece pure il cortile dei sacerdoti e il gran cortile con le sue porte, delle quali ricoprì di bronzo i battenti.
10 Pose il Mare al lato destro della casa, verso sud-est.
11 Curam fece pure i vasi per le ceneri, le palette e le bacinelle. Così Curam compì l’opera che aveva fatta per il re Salomone nella casa di Dio: 12 le due colonne, le due sfere dei capitelli in cima alle colonne, i due reticolati per coprire le due sfere dei capitelli in cima alle colonne, 13 le quattrocento melagrane per i due reticolati, a due file di melagrane per ogni reticolato, da coprire le due sfere dei capitelli in cima alle colonne; 14 e fece le basi e le conche sulle basi, 15 il Mare, che era unico, i dodici buoi sotto il Mare 16 e i vasi per le ceneri, le palette, i forchettoni e tutti gli accessori. Curam-Abi li fece per il re Salomone, per la casa del Signore, di bronzo tirato a lucido. 17 Il re li fece fondere nella pianura del Giordano, in un suolo argilloso, fra Succot e Sereda. 18 Salomone fece tutti questi utensili in così gran quantità che non se ne poté calcolare il peso del bronzo.
19 Salomone fece fabbricare tutti gli arredi della casa di Dio: l’altare d’oro, le tavole sulle quali si mettevano i pani della presentazione; 20 i candelabri d’oro puro, con le loro lampade, da accendere, secondo la norma stabilita, davanti al santuario; 21 i fiori, le lampade, gli smoccolatoi, d’oro del più puro; 22 i coltelli, le bacinelle, le coppe e i bracieri, d’oro puro. Quanto alla porta della casa, i battenti interni, all’ingresso del luogo santissimo, e le porte della casa, all’ingresso del tempio, erano d’oro.
Footnotes
- 2 Cronache 4:1 Dieci cubiti, circa cinque metri.
- 2 Cronache 4:2 Trenta cubiti, circa quindici metri.
- 2 Cronache 4:3 Cubito, circa cinquanta centimetri.
2 Chronicles 4
New International Version
2 Chronicles 4
New International Version
The Temple’s Furnishings(A)
4 He made a bronze altar(B) twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.[a] 2 He made the Sea(C) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits[b] high. It took a line of thirty cubits[c] to measure around it. 3 Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.[d] The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
4 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east.(D) The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. 5 It was a handbreadth[e] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.[f]
6 He then made ten basins(E) 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(F) were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.
7 He made ten gold lampstands(G) according to the specifications(H) for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
8 He made ten tables(I) and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.(J)
9 He made the courtyard(K) of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze. 10 He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
11 And Huram also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls.
So Huram finished(L) 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(M) 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(N) 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(O) and Zarethan.[g] 18 All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze(P) could not be calculated.
19 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God’s temple:
the golden altar;
the tables(Q) on which was the bread of the Presence;
20 the lampstands(R) 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(S) and censers;(T) and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 That is, about 30 feet long and wide and 15 feet high or about 9 meters long and wide and 4.5 meters high
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 18,000 gallons or about 66,000 liters
- 2 Chronicles 4:17 Hebrew Zeredatha, a variant of Zarethan
2 Chronicles 4
New King James Version
2 Chronicles 4
New King James Version
Furnishings of the Temple(A)
4 Moreover he made (B)a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.
2 (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. 3 (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. 4 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. 5 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.
6 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. 7 (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. 8 (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.
9 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
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 Great laver or basin
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 About 8,000 gallons; two thousand, 1 Kin. 7:26
- 2 Chronicles 4:6 Great basin
- 2 Chronicles 4:16 Lit. father
- 2 Chronicles 4:17 Zaretan, 1 Kin. 7:46
- 2 Chronicles 4:22 Lit. house
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