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It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>It was a handbreadth thick,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">The Ten Basins, Lampstands, and Tables<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_kings/7.htm#38">1 Kings 7:38–39</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Additionally, 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 bowls. <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">The Courts<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner. <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">Completion of the Bronze Works<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_kings/7.htm#40">1 Kings 7:40–47</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. <p class="reg"> So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God: <A name="13"></a><p class="list1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>the two pillars; <p class="list1"> the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; <p class="list1"> the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars; <A name="14"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars); <A name="15"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>the stands; <p class="list1"> the basins on the stands; <A name="16"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>the Sea; <p class="list1"> the twelve oxen underneath the Sea; <A name="17"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. <p class="reg"> All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined. <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">Completion of the Gold Furnishings<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_kings/7.htm#48">1 Kings 7:48–51</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: <p class="list1stline"> the golden altar; <p class="list1"> the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence; <A name="21"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed; <A name="22"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold; <p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; <p class="list1"> and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> as well as the doors of the main hall.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> The altar was approximately 30 feet in length and width and 15 feet high (9.1 meters in length and width and 4.6 meters high).<br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> The Sea was approximately 15 feet from rim to rim, 7.5 feet in height, and 45 feet in circumference (4.6 meters from rim to rim, 2.3 meters in height, and 13.7 meters in circumference).<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <i>A handbreadth</i> is approximately 2.9 inches or 7.4 centimeters.<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <i>3,000 baths</i> is approximately 17,400 gallons or 66,000 liters.<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <i>Zeredah</i> is a variant of <i>Zarethan</i>; see <a href="../1_kings/7.htm#46">1 Kings 7:46</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Or <i>the Holy of Holies</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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