Chapter 4
2 Chronicles
Verse 1He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. Verse 2Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. Verse 3Under it were figures of gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. Verse 4It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. Verse 5Its thickness was a handbreadth. And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held 3,000 baths. Verse 6He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
Verse 7And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. Verse 8He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold. Verse 9He made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court and overlaid their doors with bronze. Verse 10And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
Verse 11Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God: Verse 12the 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; Verse 13and the 400 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. Verse 14He made the stands also, and the basins on the stands, Verse 15and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it. Verse 16The 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. Verse 17In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. Verse 18Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought.
Verse 19So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence, Verse 20the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed; Verse 21the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold; Verse 22the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and the sockets of the temple, for the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.
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