“1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length
thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the
height thereof. 2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to
brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line
of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 3 And under it [was] the
similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit,
compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast, when it
was cast. 4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north,
and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south,
and three looking toward the east: and the sea [was set] above upon
them, and all their hinder parts [were] inward. 5 And the thickness of
it [was] an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of
a cup, with flowers of lilies; [and] it received and held three thousand
baths. 6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and
five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the
burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea [was] for the priests to
wash in. 7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form,
and set [them] in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the
left. 8 He made also ten tables, and placed [them] in the temple, five
on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons
of gold. 9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great
court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with
brass. 10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over
against the south.”
“11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And
Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the
house of God; 12 [To wit], the two pillars, and the pommels, and the
chapiters [which were] on the top of the two pillars, and the two
wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which [were] on the
top of the pillars; 13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths;
two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the
chapiters which [were] upon the pillars. 14 He made also bases, and
lavers made he upon the bases; 15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it. 16
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their
instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of
the LORD of bright brass. 17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast
them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. 18 Thus Solomon
made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass
could not be found out. 19 And Solomon made all the vessels that [were
for] the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the
shewbread [was set]; 20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that
they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 21
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, [made he of] gold, [and]
that perfect gold; 22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons,
and the censers, [of] pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner
doors thereof for the most holy [place], and the doors of the house of
the temple, [were of] gold.” (2 Chronicles 4:1-22 AV)
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