⁸ From Betah and from Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great amount of bronze.

⁸ From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a vast quantity of bronze; with it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.^(A)

¹⁶ Berothah, Sibraim (which lies between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.^(A)

Furnishings of the Temple

4 He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.^{(A) 2} Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. A line of thirty cubits would encircle it completely.^{(B) 3} Under it were figures of bulls all around, each of ten cubits, surrounding the sea; there were two rows of bulls, cast when it was cast.^{(C) 4} It stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea was set on them. The hindquarters of each were toward the inside. ⁵ Its thickness was a handbreadth; its rim was made like the rim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held three thousand baths.^{[a](D) 6} He also made ten basins in which to wash and set five on the right side and five on the left. In these they were to rinse what was used for the burnt offering. The sea was for the priests to wash in.^(E)

⁷ He made ten golden lampstands as prescribed and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.^{(F) 8} 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 basins of gold.^{(G) 9} He made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court; he overlaid their doors with bronze.^{(H) 10} He set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.^(I)

¹¹ And Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. Thus Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:^{(J) 12} the two pillars, the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;^{(K) 13} the four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.^{(L) 14} He made the stands, the basins on the stands,^{(M) 15} the one sea, and the twelve bulls underneath it. ¹⁶ The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all the equipment for these Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.^{(N) 17} In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.^{(O) 18} Solomon made all these things in great quantities, so that the weight of the bronze was not determined.^(P)

⁷ They gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.^(A)

¹⁶ gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.”^(A)

¹⁴ With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone also I have provided. To these you must add more.^(A)