2 Chronicles, 4

1. He made a bronze altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.

1. He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

2. He made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from rim to rim, circular in shape and five cubits high; a cord thirty cubits long gave the measurement of its girth.

2. Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

3. Under it and completely encircling it were things like oxen, ten to the cubit round the entire Sea; the oxen were in two rows, of one and the same casting with the rest.

3. Under it were figures of gourds, for thirty cubits, compassing the sea round about; the gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.

4. It rested on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, three facing east; on these, their hindquarters all turned inwards, stood the Sea.

4. It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea was set upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

5. It was a hand's breadth in thickness, and its rim was shaped like the rim of a cup-lily-shaped. It could hold three thousand bat.

5. Its thickness was a handbreadth; and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held over three thousand baths.

6. He made ten basins, putting five on the right and five on the left, for washing in; the things to be offered as burnt offerings were to be rinsed in these, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.

6. He also made ten lavers 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.

7. He made the ten golden lamp-stands according to the pattern and placed them in the Hekal, five on the right and five on the left.

7. And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

8. He made ten tables which he set up in the Hekal, five on the right and five on the left. He also made a hundred golden sprinkling bowls.

8. He 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.

9. He made the court of the priests and the great court with its gates and plated the gates with bronze.

9. He made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze;

10. The Sea he placed on the right-hand side of the Temple, to the south-east.

10. and he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.

11. Huram made the ash containers, the scoops and the sprinkling bowls. Thus Huram completed all the work done for King Solomon for the Temple of God:

11. Huram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:

12. the two pillars; the mouldings of the capitals surmounting the two pillars; the two sets of filigree to cover the two mouldings of the capitals surmounting the pillars;

12. the two pillars, the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;

13. the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of filigree -- two rows of pomegranates for each set of filigree;

13. and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars.

14. the ten stands and the ten basins on the stands;

14. He made the stands also, and the lavers upon the stands,

15. the one Sea and the twelve oxen beneath it;

15. and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it.

16. the ash containers, scoops and forks. All these utensils made by Huram-Abi for King Solomon for the Temple of Yahweh were of burnished bronze.

16. The 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.

17. The King made them by the process of sand casting, in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

17. In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zer'edah.

18. There was such an enormous quantity of them that the weight of the bronze could not be calculated.

18. Solomon made all these things in great quantities, so that the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.

19. Solomon made all the objects designed for the Temple of God, as well as the golden altar and the tables for the loaves of permanent offering;

19. So Solomon made all the things that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence,

20. the lamp-stands with their lamps to burn, as prescribed, in front of the Debir, of pure gold;

20. the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;

21. the floral work, the lamps, the tongs, of gold (and it was pure gold);

21. the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold;

22. the snuffers, the sprinkling bowls, incense ladles and the pans, of real gold; and the entrance to the Temple, the inner doors (for the Holy of Holies) and the doors of the Temple itself, that is of the Hekal, were also made of gold.

22. the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and firepans, 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.