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The oxen <i>were</i> in two rows, cast in one piece. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>It stood on twelve oxen, three facing the north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east; and the sea <i>was set</i> on top of them and all their hindquarters turned inwards. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, <i>like</i> a lily blossom; it could hold 3,000 baths. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>He also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left to rinse things for the burnt offering; but the sea <i>was</i> for the priests to wash in. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>Then he made the ten golden lampstands in the way prescribed for them and he set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-8.htm" target="_top"><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. And he made one hundred golden bowls. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Then 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="/2_chronicles/4-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>He set the sea on the right side <i>of the house</i> toward the southeast. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Huram also made the pails, the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>He also made the stands and he made the basins on the stands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span><i>and</i> the one sea with the twelve oxen under it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>The pails, the shovels, the forks and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>Thus Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze could not be found out. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Solomon also made all the things that <i>were</i> in the house of God: even the golden altar, the tables with the bread of the Presence on them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, of purest gold; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>and the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons and the firepans of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the holy of holies and the doors of the house, <i>that is,</i> of the nave, of gold. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits the hight of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_2_the_temple_and.htm">The Temple and Its Dedication</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The long-cherished plan of David to erect a temple to the Lord, Solomon wisely carried out. For seven years Jerusalem was filled with busy workers engaged in leveling the chosen site, in building vast retaining walls, in laying broad foundations,--"great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones,"--in shaping the heavy timbers brought from the Lebanon forests, and in erecting the magnificent sanctuary. 1 Kings 5:17. Simultaneously with the preparation of wood and stone, to which task many thousands <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_2_the_temple_and.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Story of Prophets and Kings</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a_key_to_the_apocalypse/the_first_part_.htm">The First Part </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Of the Apocalyptical Commentaries, according to the Rule of the Apocalyptical Key, on the First Prophecy which is contained in the Seals and Trumpets; with an Introduction concerning the Scene of the Apocalypse. As it is my design to investigate the meaning of the Apocalyptical visions, it is requisite for me to treat, in the first place, of that celestial theatre to which John was called, in order to behold them, exhibited as on a stage, and afterwards of the prophecies in succession, examined by <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a_key_to_the_apocalypse/the_first_part_.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Joseph Mede—</span><span class="citation2">A Key to the Apocalypse</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/finney/systematic_theology/lecture_xl_sanctification.htm">Sanctification. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">VI. Objections answered. I will consider those passages of scripture which are by some supposed to contradict the doctrine we have been considering. 1 Kings viii. 46: "If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near," etc. On this passage, I remark:-- 1. That this sentiment in nearly the same language, is repeated in 2 Chron. vi. 26, and in Eccl. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/finney/systematic_theology/lecture_xl_sanctification.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Grandison Finney—</span><span class="citation2">Systematic Theology</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/chronicles.htm">Chronicles</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/chronicles.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_chronicles/3-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 3:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 3:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_chronicles/4-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 4:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 4:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/2_chronicles/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>