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2 Chronicles 4
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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

  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
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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

  1. 2 Crónicas 4:1 Un codo equivale aprox. a 45 cm.
  2. 2 Crónicas 4:2 Lit., un cordel de 30 codos lo rodeaba por completo
  3. 2 Crónicas 4:3 Lit., en su molde
  4. 2 Crónicas 4:5 Un bato equivale aprox. a 22 litros
  5. 2 Crónicas 4:7 Lit., según la manera prescrita para ellos
  6. 2 Crónicas 4:10 Lit., hombro
  7. 2 Crónicas 4:11 O, Huram
  8. 2 Crónicas 4:15 Lit., un
  9. 2 Crónicas 4:19 Lit., y el
  10. 2 Crónicas 4:19 O, de la Proposición; lit., del Rostro
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2 Chronicles 4
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The Furnishings of Solomon’s Temple

4 And he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits was its length, and twenty cubits was its width, and ten cubits was its height. 2 Then he made the sea of molten metal, from brim to brim it was ten cubits, completely round. And it was five cubits in height, and its circumference measured[a] thirty cubits. 3 Under it were figures of oxen all around it, ten cubits high, encircling the sea all around. The oxen were in two rows cast as one piece with it.[b] 4 It was standing upon twelve oxen, three facing north, and three facing west, and three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set upon them from above, and all their hindquarters faced inward.[c] 5 And its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was like the working of the lip of a cup, the blossom of a lily. And it held three thousand baths. 6 And he made ten basins. And he set five on the south and five on the north in which to wash; they washed off the work of the burnt offering in them, but the sea was for the priests to wash therein. 7 And he made ten golden lampstands according to their custom, and he set them in the temple, five on the south and five on the north. 8 And he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south and five on the north. And he made a hundred drinking bowls of gold. 9 And he made the courtyard of the priests and the great outer courtyard and the doors for the outer court. And he overlaid their doors with bronze. 10 And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the temple. 11 And Huram[d] made the pots, the shovels, and the drinking bowls. So Hiram[e] finished making the work that he made on the house of God for King Solomon: 12 the two columns, the bowls, and the two capitals on top of the columns, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on top of the columns, 13 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for the latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were before the columns. 14 And he made the water carts, and he made the basins on the water carts, 15 and the one sea and the twelve oxen underneath it.

16 And Huram-abi made for King Solomon the pots, the shovels, the three-pronged meat forks, and all the utensils of polished bronze for the house of Yahweh. 17 The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay soil between Succoth and Zeredah. 18 Solomon made all these utensils in great abundance, for the weight of the bronze could not be determined. 19 So Solomon made all the objects that were in the house of God: the altar of gold; the tables upon which was the bread of the presence; 20 the lampstands, and the lamps for burning according to the custom before the inner sanctuary, of solid gold; 21 and the blossoms, the lamps, and the tongs that were of solid gold; 22 and the snuffers, the drinking bowls, the dishes, and the firepans, of solid gold; and the entrance to the house, the inner doors to the most holy place, and the doors to the house of the temple were of gold.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:2 Literally “and it measured a line all around it”
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:3 Literally “molten with its casting”
  3. 2 Chronicles 4:4 Literally “into the house”
  4. 2 Chronicles 4:11 This is the spelling in Hebrew, though many translations have “Hiram”
  5. 2 Chronicles 4:11 The spelling (“Hiram”) is different here than in the previous occurrences
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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

  1. 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. 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters
  3. 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters
  4. 2 Chronicles 4:3 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  5. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
  6. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 18,000 gallons or about 66,000 liters
  7. 2 Chronicles 4:17 Hebrew Zeredatha, a variant of Zarethan
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