2 Chronicles 4:1-5
Modern English Version
The Furnishings of the Temple(A)
4 Then he made a bronze altar that was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits[a] high. 2 And he made a cast metal sea as a water basin. It was round and ten cubits from edge to edge, five cubits high,[b] and a line of thirty cubits[c] measured its circumference. 3 Figures like oxen were underneath it, going all the way around the sea basin, ten cubits[d] on each side.[e] There were two rows of oxen that were poured as cast metal.
4 It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and their back sides were facing inward. 5 The thickness of the sea was a palm,[f] and its brim was like the brim of a cup, as the flower of a lily. It held three thousand baths[g] securely.
6 Then he made ten water basins, and he set five on the southern right side and five on the northern left side to rinse off in them the instruments of the burnt offering. And the sea basin was for the priests to wash in.
7 And he made ten lampstands of gold according to the specifications, and he set them in the temple, five on the southern, right side and five on the northern, left side.
8 Then he made ten tables and put them in the temple, five on the southern, right side and five on the northern, left side; and he made a hundred basins of gold.
9 Then he made the court of the priests and the great enclosure and the doors for the enclosure, and he overlaid the doors with bronze. 10 And he set the sea basin at the southeast side, opposite the southern side of the house.
11 And Huram made the pots, shovels, and bowls.
So Huram completed the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God: 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; 13 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two pieces of grating, with two rows of pomegranates for each screen grate that covered the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars. 14 And he made the supporting stands and the basins on top of the stands, 15 and the sea basin and the twelve oxen underneath it; 16 the pots, shovels, utensils, and all the vessels from polished bronze, Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.
17 The king cast these vessels in the district of the Jordan in earthen foundries between Sukkoth and Zeredatha.[h] 18 And Solomon made all of these items in a great abundance such that they did not consider the weight of the bronze.
19 So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the gold altar and the tables displaying the showbread, 20 and the finely hammered lampstands with their lamps to burn before the Most Holy Place as prescribed; 21 the golden flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs, of purest gold; 22 the snuffers, basins, ladles, and fire pans, of pure gold. As for the entrance to the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.
5 Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated: the silver and the gold and all the furnishings in the treasury of the house of God.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 About 30 feet long and wide and 15 feet high, or 9 meters long and wide and 4.5 meters high.
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 About 7½ feet, or 2.3 meters.
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 About 45 feet, or 14 meters.
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 About 18 inches, or 45 centimeters.
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 Or ten oxen for a cubit.
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 About 3 inches, or 7.5 centimeters.
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 About 18,000 gallons, or 66,000 liters.
- 2 Chronicles 4:17 Zarethan in 1Ki 7:46.
2 Chronicles 4:1-5
21st Century King James Version
4 Moreover he made an altar of brass: twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits he height thereof.
2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line f thirty cubits did compass it round about.
3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which compassed it round about, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two ows of oxen were cast when it was cast.
4 It stood upon twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the outh, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
5 And the thickness of it was a handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and t received and held three thousand baths.
6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand and five on the left, to wash in them. Such things as they offered or the burnt offering they washed in them, but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form and set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on he left.
8 He made also ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred asins of gold.
9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with rass.
10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end toward the south.
11 And Hiram made the pots and the shovels and the basins. And Hiram finished the work that he was to do for King Solomon for he house of God,
12 to wit: the two pillars, and the globes and the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to over the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;
13 and four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates on each wreath to cover the two globes of the apitals which were upon the pillars.
14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
15 one sea and twelve oxen under it.
16 The pots also, and the shovels and the fleshhooks and all their instruments, did Hiramabi make for King Solomon for the ouse of the Lord of bright brass.
17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also and the tables whereon the showbread as set;
20 moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn according to the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
21 and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs made he of gold, and that of perfect gold;
22 and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold; and the entry of the house, the inner oors thereof for the Most Holy Place and the doors of the house of the temple were of gold.
5 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in all the things that David is father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments put he among the treasures of the house of God.
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