2 Chronicles 4:2-12

2 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits[a] high. It took a line of thirty cubits[b] to measure around it.
3 Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.[c] 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. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center.
5 It was a handbreadth[d] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.[e]
6 He then made ten basins 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 were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.
7 He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
8 He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.
9 He made the courtyard 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 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;

Cross References 10

  • 1. Revelation 4:6; Revelation 15:2
  • 2. Numbers 2:3-25; Ezekiel 48:30-34; Revelation 21:13
  • 3. S Exodus 30:18
  • 4. Nehemiah 13:5,9; Ezekiel 40:38
  • 5. S Exodus 25:31
  • 6. Exodus 25:40
  • 7. S Exodus 25:23
  • 8. S Numbers 4:14
  • 9. 1 Kings 6:36; 2 Kings 21:5; 2 Chronicles 33:5
  • 10. 1 Kings 7:14

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters
  • [b]. That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters
  • [c]. That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  • [d]. That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
  • [e]. That is, about 18,000 gallons or about 66,000 liters
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