1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits the height of it.
2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape, and five cubits the height of it; and a line of thirty cubits around it. from…: Heb. from his brim to his brim
3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which surrounded it: ten in a cubit, surrounding the sea. 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 back 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. with flowers…: or, like a lilyflower
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. such…: Heb. the work of burnt offering
7 And he made ten lampstands 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 basins of gold. basons: or, bowls
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, toward the south.
11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; basons: or, bowlsfinished: Heb. finished to make
12 That is, the two pillars, and the bowls, and the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;
13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two networks; two rows of pomegranates on each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were upon the pillars. upon: Heb. upon the face of
14 He made also bases, and lavers he made upon the bases; lavers: or, caldrons
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. bright: Heb. made bright, or, scoured
17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. clay…: Heb. thicknesses of the ground
18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be known.
19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables on which the showbread was set;
20 Moreover the lampstands with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold;
21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; perfect…: Heb. perfections of gold
22 And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. basons: or, bowls