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44 the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,[a] 45 and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord’s temple[b] were made from polished bronze. 46 The king had them cast in earth foundries[c] in the region of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:44 tn Heb “underneath ‘The Sea.’”
  2. 1 Kings 7:45 tn Heb “which Hiram made for King Solomon [for] the house of the Lord.”
  3. 1 Kings 7:46 tn Or perhaps, “molds.”

44 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

45 the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.(A)

All these objects that Huram(B) made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of burnished bronze. 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain(C) of the Jordan between Sukkoth(D) and Zarethan.(E)

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