4 He made a bronze altar ·thirty feet [^Ltwenty cubits] long, ·thirty feet [^Ltwenty cubits] wide, and ·fifteen feet [^Lten cubits] tall. ² Then he made from ·bronze [cast metal] a large round ·bowl [basin], which was called the Sea [^Csymbol of chaos subdued; 1 Kin. 7:23]. It was ·forty-five feet [^Lthirty cubits] ·around [in circumference], ·fifteen feet [^Lten cubits] ·across [from rim to rim], and ·seven and one-half feet [^Lfive cubits] ·deep [high]. ³ There were ·carvings [figures; images] of ·bulls [oxen] under the rim of the bowl—ten ·bulls [oxen] every ·eighteen inches [^Lcubit]. They were in two rows and were ·made [cast] in one piece with the bowl.

⁴ The bowl rested on the backs of twelve bronze ·bulls [oxen] ·that faced outward from the center of the bowl [^Lall their hindquarters were toward the inside]. Three ·bulls [oxen] faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east. ⁵ The sides of the bowl were ·four inches [four fingers; ^La handbreadth] thick, and it held ·about seventeen thousand five hundred gallons [^Lthree thousand baths]. The rim of the bowl was like the rim of a cup ·or like [and resembled] a lily blossom.

⁶ He made ten ·smaller bowls [basins] and put five on the ·south [^Lright] side and five on the ·north [^Lleft]. They were for ·washing [rinsing] the ·animals [or utensils; ^Lthings] for the burnt offerings [Lev. 1:1–17], but the ·large bowl [^LSea; v. 2] was for the priests to wash in.

⁷ He ·made [cast] ten lampstands of gold, ·following the plans [according to the specifications]. He put them in the Temple, five on the ·south [^Lright] side and five on the ·north [^Lleft].

⁸ He made ten tables and put them in the Temple, five on the ·south [^Lright] side and five on the ·north [^Lleft]. And he used gold to ·make [mold] a hundred other ·bowls [basins].

⁹ He also made the priests’ courtyard and the large courtyard. He made the doors that opened to the courtyard and ·covered [overlaid] them with bronze. ¹⁰ Then he put the large ·bowl [basin; ^Cthe Sea] on the right side toward the southeast corner.

¹¹ Huram also made ·bowls [pots; pails; washbasins], shovels, and ·small [or sprinkling] bowls. So he finished his work for King Solomon on the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of God:

All the things that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord were made of ·polished [burnished] bronze. ¹⁷ The king had these things ·poured [cast] into clay molds that were made in the plain of the Jordan River between Succoth and Zarethan. ¹⁸ Solomon had so many things made that the total weight of all the bronze ·was never known [could not be/was not calculated].

¹⁹ Solomon also made all the ·things [furnishings] for God’s ·Temple [^Lhouse]: the golden altar; tables which held the bread ·that shows God’s people are in his presence [^Lof Presence; Ex. 25:23–30]; ²⁰ the lampstands and their lamps of ·pure [solid] gold, to burn in front of the ·Most Holy Place [inner sanctuary] as ·planned [prescribed; specified]; ²¹ the flowers, lamps, and tongs of pure gold; ²² the pure gold ·wick trimmers [lamp snuffers], small bowls, pans, and dishes ·used to carry coals [and incense burners/censers], the gold doors for the ·Temple [^Lhouse], and the inside doors of the ·Most Holy Place [^THoly of Holies] and of the ·main room [main hall; nave].