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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Chronicles 4 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_chronicles/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 2 Chronicles 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/3.htm" title="2 Chronicles 3">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 4 <a href="../2_chronicles/5.htm" title="2 Chronicles 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/2_chronicles/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Temple’s Furnishings</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters">a</a></sup></span> long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Under it were figures of gourds,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Compare 1 Kings 7:24; Hebrew oxen; twice in this verse">b</a></sup></span> for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Its thickness was a handbreadth.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters">c</a></sup></span> And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held 3,000 baths.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters">d</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He also made ten basins 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.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court and overlaid their doors with bronze. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>the two pillars, the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and the 400 pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He made the stands also, and the basins on the stands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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 <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Spelled Zarethan in 1 Kings 7:46">e</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and the sockets<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Compare 1 Kings 7:50; Hebrew the entrance of the house">f</a></sup></span> 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.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> A <i class="catch-word-plural">cubit</i> was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Compare 1 Kings 7:24; Hebrew <i>oxen</i>; twice in this verse<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> A <i class="catch-word">handbreadth</i> was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> A <i class="catch-word-plural">bath</i> was about 6 gallons or 22 liters<br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Spelled <i>Zarethan</i> in 1 Kings 7:46<br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Compare 1 Kings 7:50; Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">the</span> entrance of the house</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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