The Inside Furnishings for the Temple Being Built |
2 Chronicles 4:1-22 2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks] |
[Additionally, Solomon] made an altar of brass, 20 [cubits long by] 20 [cubits wide by] 10 cubits [in] height. Also, he made a [molded brass] Sea, 10 cubits [in diameter] from brim to brim [of the circle] & [it was] 5 cubits [in] height [all around it] [& the circumference was] 30 cubits. |
And under it [were] oxen [images circling] it, 10 [oxen to each] cubit, [going around] the sea. When it was cast, 2 rows of oxen were [molded.] [The brass Sea] stood upon 12 oxen. 3 [oxen facing] toward the north, 3 [facing] west, 3 [facing] south & 3 [facing] east. And the Sea was set above, upon them & [their tail ends were toward the middle.] |
And the thickness of it was a hand breadth & [its] brim was like the brim of a cup, with lilies. [The brass Sea] held 3,000 baths of [lilies.] He also made 10 [basins & put] 5 on the right [side] & 5 on the left, to wash in them. |
They washed in them things such as [those used] for the burnt offering, but the [Brass] Sea was for the priests to wash in. He made 10 [lamp stands] of gold according to their [pattern] & put 5 on the right [side of] the temple & 5 on the left. [Exodus 25:39-40 He shall make it of pure gold, with all these vessels. And look that you make them after their pattern, [that] was [shown] to you [on] the mount, [a.k.a. Mount Horeb & Mount Sinai.] |
He also made 10 tables & placed them in the temple, 5 on the right [side] & 5 on the left. He made 100 [bowls] of gold. Furthermore, he made the [priests’] court, the [large] court & the [court’s] doors & overlaid the doors of them with brass. |
He [put] the Sea on the [southeast corner, on] the south [side.] [Huram Abi, the foreman,] made the pots, shovels & [basins.] And [Huram Abi] finished the work he was to make for king Solomon for the [temple] of God. |
[He also made the] 2 pillars, the pommels, the [bowl-shaped capitals upon] the top of the 2 pillars & the 2 [sets of] wreaths [of netting that covered] the 2 pommels of the [bowl shaped capitals that] were on top of the pillars |
& 400 pomegranates [put on the netting] on the 2 wreaths, [with] 2 rows of pomegranates on each wreath [of netting,] to cover the 2 pommels of the [bowl shaped capitals on top] of the pillars. |
He also made [basins, upon their stands;] One Sea & 12 oxen under it. Also, the pots, shovels & [meat forks] & all their instruments, did Huram, his father, [made for] king Solomon of bright brass [for] the [Lord’s] house. |
In [Jordan’s] plain, the king cast them in the clay [molds made from the] ground, between Succoth & Zeredathah, [a.k.a. Zarthan, Zeredatha, and Zarethan.] |
Solomon [had] all these vessels made in great abundance. The weight of the brass [was too much to measure.] And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God & also the golden altar & the tables [where they put] the shewbread. |
[Also, he made] the [lampstands with its] lamps [to burn, according to the custom, in front] of the oracle, of pure gold. And the flowers, the lamps & the tongs he made of the [purest] gold. |
[Also,] the [candle] snuffers, the [bowls for sprinkling,] spoons & the [incense] censers of pure gold. And the [temple’s entrance doors,] the inner doors for the Most Holy Place & the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. |