The Inside Furnishings for the Temple Being Built |
2 Chronicles 4:1-22 2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks] |
[Additionally, Solomon] made an altar of brass 20 [ cubits long by] 20 [cubits wide by] 10 cubits [in] height. Also, he made a [molded brass] Sea, 10 cubits from [end to end of the circle] & [it was] 5 cubits [in] height [all around it & the circumference was] 30 cubits. |
And under it [were] oxen images [circling] it, 10 [oxen to each] cubit. When it was cast, 2 rows of oxen were [molded.] [The brass Sea] stood upon 12 oxen. 3 [oxen] looked toward the north, 3 looked west, 3 looked south & 3 looked east. The Sea was set above upon them & [their tail ends were toward the middle.] |
The thickness of it was a hand breadth & [its] brim was like the brim of a cup. [The brass Sea] held 3,000 baths of [lily blossoms.] He also made 10 [basins & put] 5 on the right [side] & 5 on the left. |
[They were] to wash things [used] for the burnt offering, but the [brass] Sea was for the priests to wash in. He made 10 [lamp stands] of gold according to their [specifications] & put 5 on the right [side of] the temple & 5 on the left. |
He also made 10 tables & placed them in the temple 5 on the right [side] & 5 on the left. He made 100 [bowls] of gold. Furthermore, he made the [priests’] court, the [large] court & the [court’s] doors & overlaid the doors of them with brass. |
He [put] the Sea on the [southeast corner, on] the south [side.] [Huram Abi, the foreman] made the pots, shovels & [basins for sprinkling.] And [Huram Abi] finished the work he was to make for king Solomon for the [temple] of God. |
[He also made the] 2 pillars, the [bowl-shaped capitals upon] the top of the 2 pillars & the 2 [sets of] wreaths [of netting that covered] the [bowl shaped capitals that] were on top of the pillars |
& 400 pomegranates [put on the netting] on the 2 wreaths, [with] 2 rows of pomegranates on each wreath [of netting,] to cover the 2 [bowl shaped capitals] on top of the pillars. |
He also made [basins upon their stands;] One Sea & 12 oxen under it. Also, the pots, shovels & [meat forks] & all their instruments [Huram Abi] made for Solomon of bright brass for the [Lord’s] house. |
In [Jordan’s] plain, the king cast them in the clay [molds made from the] ground, between Succoth & Zeredathan [a.k.a. Zarthan, Zeredatha, and Zarethan.] |
Solomon [had] all these vessels made in great abundance. The weight of the brass [was too much to measure.] Solomon made all the vessels of the house of God & also the golden altar & the tables [where they put] the shewbread. |
[Also, he made] the [lampstands & its] lamps [to burn in front] of the oracle, of pure gold. And the flowers, the lamps & the tongs he made of the [purest] gold. |
[Also,] the [candle] snuffers, the [bowls for sprinkling,] spoons & the [incense] censers of pure gold. And the [temple’s entrance doors,] the inner doors for the Most Holy Place & the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. |