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Then he">a</a></span> also constructed a bronze<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:1 Or brass">b</a></span> altar 20 cubits<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:1 i.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches">c</a></span> long, 20 cubits<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:1 i.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches">d</a></span> wide, and ten cubits<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:1 i.e. about 15 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches">e</a></span> high. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He crafted a circular sea of cast metal 10 cubits<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:2 i.e. about 15 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches">f</a></span> from rim to rim and five cubits<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:2 i.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches">g</a></span> tall. A line 30 cubits<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:2 i.e. about 45 feet, perhaps its external circumference; a cubit was about eighteen inches">h</a></span> long surrounded it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Underneath, figurines resembling oxen<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:3 Or cattle; and so throughout the chapter">i</a></span> encircled the circular sea<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:3 Lit. encircled it">j</a></span> beneath it, ten oxen<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:3 The Heb. lacks oxen">k</a></span> every cubit,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:3 Lit. each cubit">l</a></span> and encircling the sea completely. The oxen were in two rows, cast all at the same time. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The sea stood on top of twelve oxen, three of which faced to the north, three of which faced to the west, three of which faced to the south, and three of which faced toward the east. The sea was placed on top of the oxen, with all of their hindquarters turned inwards. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>It was a handbreadth<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:5 i.e. about three inches; a handbreadth was about one sixth of a cubit">m</a></span> thick, with its brim fashioned like the brim of a cup. Similar in shape to a lily blossom, it could hold 3,000 baths.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:5 i.e. about 18,000 gallons; Cf. 1King 7:26, where the volume is given at 2,000 baths">n</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Solomon<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:6 Lit. He">o</a></span> also made ten wash basins, placing five on the right side and five on the left. The basins were intended for use to rinse burnt offerings, and the sea was intended for use by the priests to wash in.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Solomon<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:7 Lit. He">p</a></span> made ten gold lamp stands as he had been directed and set them in the Temple, five on the south side and five on the north side. <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 right side and five on the left side. He also constructed 100 gold basins. <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, the great court, and doors for the court, overlaying their doors with bronze. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He set the sea at the southeast corner of the Temple.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Hiram-abi<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:11 Lit. Huram; cf. v. 16 and 2Chr 2:13">q</a></span> crafted the pots, shovels, and basins, thus completing the work that he did for King Solomon on the Temple of God; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>that is, the two pillars, the bowls, the two capitals on top of the pillars, the two lattice works that covered the two bowls for the capitals that were on top of the pillars; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>the 400 pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework having two rows of ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of each pillar); <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>the ten<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:14 Or he made the">r</a></span> stands with their ten basins; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>the large bronze basin called the Sea with the twelve oxen underneath, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>along with its pots, shovels, forks, and all of its other implements that Hiram-abi made from polished bronze for King Solomon and the LORD’s Temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The king had them forged in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah in the Jordan plain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Solomon made so many utensils in such great quantities that the weight of the bronze was never fully recorded.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Solomon also made these items for God’s Temple: 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 lamp stands and their lamps made of pure gold to burn in front<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:20 Or burn at the entrance">s</a></span> of the inner sanctuary, as required, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>the pure gold ornaments in the shape of flowers, the lamps, and the tongs (all made of the purest gold), <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>the gold trimming instruments, basins, pans, censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (that is, the Most Holy Place), and for the doors to the main hall of the Temple.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 4:1 Lit. <i>Then he</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 4:1 Or <i>brass</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 4:1 i.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 4:1 i.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 4:1 i.e. about 15 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 4:2 i.e. about 15 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 4:2 i.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 4:2 i.e. about 45 feet, perhaps its external circumference; a cubit was about eighteen inches<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 4:3 Or <i>cattle</i>; and so throughout the chapter<br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 4:3 Lit. <i>encircled it</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 4:3 The Heb. lacks <i>oxen</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 4:3 Lit. <i>each cubit</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 4:5 i.e. about three inches; a handbreadth was about one sixth of a cubit<br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 4:5 i.e. about 18,000 gallons; Cf. 1King 7:26, where the volume is given at 2,000 baths<br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 4:6 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 4:7 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 4:11 Lit. 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