2 Chronicles 4
The Message
Temple Furnishings
4 He made the Bronze Altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and ten feet high.
2-5 He made a Sea—an immense round basin of cast metal fifteen feet in diameter, seven and a half feet high, and forty-five feet in circumference. Just under the rim, there were two parallel bands of something like bulls, ten to each foot and a half. The figures were cast in one piece with the Sea. The Sea was set on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. All the bulls faced outward and supported the Sea on their hindquarters. The Sea was three inches thick and flared at the rim like a cup, or a lily. It held about 18,000 gallons.
6 He made ten Washbasins, five set on the right and five on the left, for rinsing the things used for the Whole-Burnt-Offerings. The priests washed themselves in the Sea.
7 He made ten gold Lampstands, following the specified pattern, and placed five on the right and five on the left.
8 He made ten tables and set five on the right and five on the left. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
9 He built a Courtyard especially for the priests and then the great court and doors for the court. The doors were covered with bronze.
10 He placed the Sea on the right side of The Temple at the southeast corner.
11-16 He also made ash buckets, shovels, and bowls.
And that about wrapped it up: Huram completed the work he had contracted to do for King Solomon:
two pillars;
two bowl-shaped capitals for the tops of the pillars;
two decorative filigrees for the capitals;
four hundred pomegranates for the filigrees (a double row of pomegranates for each filigree);
ten washstands with their basins;
one Sea and the twelve bulls under it;
miscellaneous buckets, forks, shovels, and bowls.
16-18 All these artifacts that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for The Temple of God were made of burnished bronze. The king had them cast in clay in a foundry on the Jordan plain between Succoth and Zarethan. These artifacts were never weighed—there were far too many! Nobody has any idea how much bronze was used.
19-22 Solomon was also responsible for the furniture and accessories in The Temple of God:
the gold Altar;
the tables that held the Bread of the Presence;
the Lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to be lighted before the Inner Sanctuary, the Holy of Holies;
the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs (all solid gold);
the gold wick trimmers, bowls, ladles, and censers;
the gold doors of The Temple, doors to the Holy of Holies, and the doors to the main sanctuary.
2 Chronicles 4
Common English Bible
Solomon’s temple equipment
4 He[a] also made a bronze altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and fifteen feet high. 2 Then he made a tank of cast metal called the Sea. It was circular in shape, fifteen feet from rim to rim, seven and a half feet high, and forty-five feet in circumference. 3 Under the rim were two rows of oxlike figures completely encircling it, ten every eighteen inches, each cast in its mold. 4 The Sea rested on twelve oxen with their backs toward the center, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. 5 The Sea was as thick as the width of a hand. Its rim was shaped like a cup or an open lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.[b] 6 He also made ten washbasins and put five on the south and five on the north. The items used for the entirely burned offerings were rinsed in these. The priests washed in the Sea. 7 He made ten gold lampstands as prescribed and put them in the sanctuary, five on the south and five on the north. 8 He also made ten tables and put them in the sanctuary, five on the south and five on the north, as well as a hundred gold bowls. 9 He made the courtyard of the priests and the great courtyard, with doors covered with bronze for the courtyard. 10 He placed the Sea at the southeast corner.
11 Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the bowls. So Huram finished all his work on God’s temple for King Solomon:
12 two columns;
two circular capitals on top of the columns;
two networks adorning the two circular capitals on top of the columns;
13 four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, with two rows of pomegranates for each network that adorned the two circular capitals on top of the columns;
14 ten[c] stands with ten[d] basins on them;
15 one Sea;
twelve oxen beneath the Sea;
16 and the pots, the shovels, and the meat forks.
All the things that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the Lord’s temple were made of polished bronze. 17 The king cast them in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.[e] 18 Due to the very large number of objects, Solomon didn’t even try to weigh the bronze. 19 Solomon also made all the equipment for God’s temple: the gold altar; the tables for the bread of the presence; 20 the lampstands with their lamps, all of pure gold, to burn before the inner sanctuary as prescribed; 21 the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of pure gold; 22 and the wick trimmers, bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold. As for the temple entrance, the inner doors to the most holy place as well as the doors to the main hall were made of gold.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 Solomon or Huram; this ambiguity with the pronoun continues in the following verses, but compare 2 Chron 3:1, 3; 4:11. If Huram is meant, this is a worker whose name is spelled Hiram in 1 Kgs 7:13-14.
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 One bath is approximately twenty quarts or five gallons.
- 2 Chronicles 4:14 LXX and 1 Kgs 7:43; MT he made
- 2 Chronicles 4:14 1 Kgs 7:43; MT he made
- 2 Chronicles 4:17 With 1 Kgs 7:46; Heb Zeredah
2 Crónicas 4
La Biblia de las Américas
Mobiliario del templo
4 (A)Entonces hizo un altar de bronce(B) de veinte codos[a] de largo, de veinte codos de ancho y de diez codos de alto. 2 (C)Hizo también el mar de metal fundido, de diez codos de borde a borde, en forma circular; su altura era de cinco codos y su circunferencia de treinta codos[b]. 3 Y había figuras como de bueyes debajo de él y todo alrededor, diez en cada codo, rodeando por completo el mar. Los bueyes estaban en dos hileras, fundidos en una sola pieza[c]. 4 El mar descansaba sobre doce bueyes; tres mirando al norte, tres mirando al occidente, tres mirando al sur y tres mirando al oriente; el mar descansaba sobre ellos y todas sus ancas estaban hacia adentro. 5 Su grueso era de un palmo, y su borde estaba hecho como el borde de un cáliz, como una flor de lirio; cabían en él tres mil batos[d](D). 6 Hizo también diez pilas para lavar, y puso cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda para lavar las cosas para el holocausto(E); pero el mar era para que los sacerdotes se lavaran en él.
7 Entonces hizo los diez candelabros de oro según su diseño[e] y los puso en el templo, cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda(F). 8 Hizo además diez mesas(G) y las colocó en el templo, cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda. Hizo también cien tazones de oro. 9 Después hizo el atrio(H) de los sacerdotes, el gran atrio(I) y las puertas para el atrio, y revistió las puertas de bronce. 10 Y puso el mar al lado[f] derecho de la casa, hacia el sureste(J).
11 (K)Hiram[g] hizo también los calderos, las palas y los tazones. Así terminó Hiram la obra que hizo para el rey Salomón en la casa de Dios: 12 las dos columnas, los tazones y los capiteles en lo alto de las dos columnas, y las dos mallas para cubrir los dos tazones de los capiteles que estaban encima de las columnas, 13 y las cuatrocientas granadas para las dos mallas, dos hileras de granadas para cada malla, para cubrir los dos tazones de los capiteles que estaban sobre las columnas(L). 14 Hizo también las basas, e hizo las pilas sobre las basas(M), 15 y el[h] mar con los doce bueyes debajo de él. 16 Los calderos, las palas, los garfios y todos sus utensilios los hizo Hiram-abí para el rey Salomón(N), para la casa del Señor, de bronce pulido. 17 El rey los fundió en la llanura del Jordán, en la tierra arcillosa entre Sucot y Seredata. 18 Y Salomón hizo todos estos utensilios en gran cantidad, de tal manera que el peso del bronce no se pudo determinar(O).
19 También hizo Salomón todas las cosas que estaban en la casa de Dios: el[i] altar de oro, las mesas con el pan de la Presencia[j] sobre ellas(P), 20 los candelabros con sus lámparas de oro puro, para que ardieran frente al santuario interior(Q) en la manera designada; 21 las flores, las lámparas y las tenazas de oro, de oro purísimo; 22 y las despabiladeras, los tazones, las cucharas y los incensarios de oro puro. La entrada de la casa, sus puertas interiores para el lugar santísimo y las puertas de la casa para la nave eran también de oro.
Footnotes
- 2 Crónicas 4:1 Un codo equivale aprox. a 45 cm.
- 2 Crónicas 4:2 Lit., un cordel de 30 codos lo rodeaba por completo
- 2 Crónicas 4:3 Lit., en su molde
- 2 Crónicas 4:5 Un bato equivale aprox. a 22 litros
- 2 Crónicas 4:7 Lit., según la manera prescrita para ellos
- 2 Crónicas 4:10 Lit., hombro
- 2 Crónicas 4:11 O, Huram
- 2 Crónicas 4:15 Lit., un
- 2 Crónicas 4:19 Lit., y el
- 2 Crónicas 4:19 O, de la Proposición; lit., del Rostro
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