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Solomon was also responsible for the furniture and accessories in The Temple of God: the gold Altar; the tables that held the Bread of the Presence;
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The king had them cast in clay in a foundry on the Jordan plain between Succoth and Zarethan.
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These artifacts were never weighed - there were far too many! Nobody has any idea how much bronze was used.
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Solomon was also responsible for the furniture and accessories in The Temple of God: the gold Altar; the tables that held the Bread of the Presence;
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the Lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to be lighted before the Inner Sanctuary, the Holy of Holies;
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the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs (all solid gold);
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