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2 Chronicles 4
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The Altar and Basins

4 He made a bronze altar(A) 30 feet[a] long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet[b] high.

2 Then he made the cast metal basin,[c](B) 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7½ feet[d] high and 45 feet[e] in circumference. 3 The likeness of oxen[f] was below it, completely encircling it, ten every half yard,[g] completely surrounding the basin. The oxen were cast in two rows when the basin was cast. 4 It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The basin was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center. 5 The basin was three inches[h] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold eleven thousand gallons.[i]

6 He made ten basins for washing and he put five on the right and five on the left.(C) The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them,(D) but the basin was used by the priests for washing.

The Lampstands, Tables, and Courts

7 He made the ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left.(E) 8 He made ten tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left.(F) He also made a hundred gold bowls.

9 He made the courtyard(G) of the priests and the large court, and doors for the court. He overlaid the doors with bronze. 10 He put the basin on the right side, toward the southeast.(H) 11 Then Huram[j](I) made(J) the pots, the shovels, and the bowls.

Completion of the Bronze Furnishings

So Huram finished doing the work that he was doing for King Solomon in God’s temple: 12 two pillars; the bowls and the capitals on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars; 13 the four hundred pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals’ bowls on top of the pillars(K)). 14 He also made the water carts[k](L) and the basins on the water carts. 15 The one basin and the twelve oxen underneath it, 16 the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their utensils—Huram-abi[l](M) made them for King Solomon for the Lord’s temple. All these were made of polished bronze. 17 The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. 18 Solomon made all these utensils in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

Completion of the Gold Furnishings

19 Solomon also made all the equipment in God’s temple: the gold altar; the tables on which to put the Bread of the Presence;(N) 20 the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications;(O) 21 the flowers, lamps, and gold tongs—of purest gold; 22 the wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles,[m] and firepans—of purest gold; and the entryway to the temple, its inner doors to the most holy place, and the doors of the temple sanctuary—of gold.

Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Lit 20 cubits
  2. 4:1 Lit 10 cubits, also in v. 2
  3. 4:2 Lit sea
  4. 4:2 Lit five cubits
  5. 4:2 Lit 30 cubits
  6. 4:3 = gourds in 1Kg 7:24
  7. 4:3 Lit 10 per cubit
  8. 4:5 Lit a handbreadth
  9. 4:5 Text emended; MT reads 3,000 baths in 1Kg 7:26
  10. 4:11 = Hiram in 1Kg 7:13,40,45
  11. 4:14 Lit the stands
  12. 4:16 Lit Huram my father
  13. 4:22 Or dishes, or spoons; lit palms
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Templet inreds

4 (A) Salomo gjorde ett altare av koppar, tjugo alnar långt, tjugo alnar brett och tio alnar[a] högt. 2 (B) Han gjorde också havet i gjutet arbete. Det var tio alnar från den ena kanten till den andra, helt runt och fem alnar högt. Ett snöre som var trettio alnar[b] långt mätte omkretsen. 3 Runt omkring nertill fanns bilder som föreställde oxar, tio på varje aln, så att de omslöt havet runtom. Oxarna bildade två rader och var gjutna i ett stycke med det övriga. 4 Havet stod på tolv oxar. Tre var vända mot norr, tre mot väster, tre mot söder och tre mot öster. Havet stod ovanpå oxarna, och deras bakdelar var alla vända inåt. 5 Havets tjocklek var en handsbredd, och kanten var gjord som kanten på en bägare, och liknade en utslagen lilja. Det rymde tretusen bat.[c]

6 (C) Han gjorde också tio tvättkar och ställde fem på högra sidan och fem på vänstra. De skulle användas vid tvättning. I dem skulle man skölja det som hörde till brännoffret. Men havet var för prästerna att tvätta sig i.

7 (D) Han gjorde också ljusstakarna av guld, tio stycken, sådana de skulle vara och ställde dem i tempelsalen, fem på högra sidan och fem på vänstra.

8 Han gjorde också tio bord och satte dem i tempelsalen, fem på högra sidan och fem på vänstra. Han gjorde också hundra skålar av guld.

9 (E) Och han byggde prästernas förgård och den stora yttre förgården och dörrarna till denna förgård. Dörrarna överdrog han med koppar. 10 Havet ställde han på högra sidan, åt sydost.

11 (F) Dessutom gjorde Huram askkärlen, skovlarna och skålarna.

Så slutförde Huram det arbete han skulle göra åt kung Salomo i Guds hus. 12 Han gjorde två pelare och två klotformiga pelarhuvuden ovanpå pelarna samt de två flätverk som skulle täcka de båda klotformiga pelarhuvuden som satt ovanpå pelarna.

13 Han gjorde också de fyrahundra granatäpplena till de båda flätverken, två rader granatäpplen till varje flätverk, för att de båda klotformiga pelarhuvuden som satt ovanpå pelarna, skulle bli täckta.

14 Dessutom gjorde också faten och underredena att ställa faten på. 15 Han gjorde också havet – det var bara ett – och de tolv oxarna under det. 16 Askkärlen, skovlarna och gafflarna och alla de föremål som hörde dit gjorde Huram-Abib åt kung Salomo till Herrens hus. Allt var av blank koppar. 17 På Jordanslätten, mellan Suckot[d] och Sereda, lät kungen gjuta det i lerformar. 18 Och Salomo lät göra alla dessa föremål i så stort antal att kopparns vikt inte kunde fastställas.

19 (G) Salomo gjorde alla de föremål som skulle finnas i Guds hus: det gyllene altaret, borden där skådebröden skulle ligga, 20 liksom ljusstakarna av fint guld med sina lampor som skulle tändas framför koret på föreskrivet sätt, 21 dessutom blomverket, lamporna och lamptängerna av guld – allt av finaste guld. 22 Han lät också göra knivarna, de båda slagen av skålar och eldfaten av dyrbart guld. Beträffande ingångarna i huset, så var både de dörrar i det innersta som ledde till det allra heligaste, och de dörrar som ledde till tempelsalen, gjorda av guld.

Footnotes

  1. 4:1 altare … tjugo … tio alnar   Ca 10 x 10 x 5 meter.
  2. 4:2 havet … tio … fem … trettio alnar   Ca 5 meter i diameter, 2,5 m högt och 15 meter i omkrets.
  3. 4:5 tretusen bat   Ca 65 000 liter. Kanske ett avskrivningsfel för ”tvåtusen bat” (se 1 Kung 7:26).
  4. 4:17 Suckot   Ort strax öster om Jordan, vid bifloden Jabbok (1 Mos 33:17).
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2 Chronicles 4
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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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