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2 Chronicles 4

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1 He made a bronze altar thirty feet long thirty feet wide, and fifteen feet tall.
1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
2 Then he made from bronze a large round bowl, which was called the Sea. It was forty-five feet around, fifteen feet across, and seven and one-half feet deep.
2 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.
3 There were carvings of bulls under the rim of the bowl -- ten bulls every eighteen inches. They were in two rows and were made in one piece with the bowl.
3 Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit. The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
4 The bowl rested on the backs of twelve bronze bulls that faced outward from the center of the bowl. Three bulls faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east.
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 The sides of the bowl were four inches thick, and it held about seventeen thousand five hundred gallons. The rim of the bowl was like the rim of a cup or like a lily blossom.
5 It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.
6 He made ten smaller bowls and put five on the south side and five on the north. They were for washing the animals for the burnt offerings, but the large bowl was for the priests to wash in.
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 lampstands of gold, following the plans. He put them in the Temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
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 put them in the Temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he used gold to make a hundred other bowls.
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 also made the priests' courtyard and the large courtyard. He made the doors that opened to the courtyard and covered them with bronze.
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 Then he put the large bowl in the southeast corner of the Temple.
10 He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
11 Huram also made bowls, shovels, and small bowls. So he finished his work for King Solomon on the Temple of God:
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 two pillars; two large bowls for the capitals on top of the pillars; two nets to cover the two large bowls for the capitals on top of the pillars;
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;
13 four hundred pomegranates for the two nets (there were two rows of pomegranates for each net covering the bowls for the capitals on top of the pillars);
13 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network, decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);
14 the stands with a bowl on each stand;
14 the stands with their basins;
15 the large bowl with twelve bulls under it;
15 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;
16 the pots, shovels, forks, and all the things to go with them. All the things that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the Temple of the Lord were made of polished bronze.
16 the pots, shovels, meat forks and all related articles. All the objects that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the temple of the LORD were of polished bronze.
17 The king had these things poured into clay molds that were made in the plain of the Jordan River between Succoth and Zarethan.
17 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan.
18 Solomon had so many things made that the total weight of all the bronze was never known.
18 All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze could not be calculated.
19 Solomon also made all the things for God's Temple: the golden altar; tables which held the bread that shows God's people are in his presence;
19 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God’s temple: the golden altar; the tables on which was the bread of the Presence;
20 the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as planned;
20 the lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
21 the flowers, lamps, and tongs of pure gold;
21 the gold floral work and lamps and tongs (they were solid gold);
22 the pure gold wick trimmers, small bowls, pans, and dishes used to carry coals, the gold doors for the Temple, and the inside doors of the Most Holy Place and of the main room.
22 the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.
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