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1 Kings 7:15-47
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The Bronze Pillars

15 He cast two bronze pillars,(A) each 27 feet[a] high and 18 feet[b] in circumference.[c](B) 16 He also made two capitals(C) of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars; 7½ feet[d] was the height of the first capital, and 7½ feet was also the height of the second capital. 17 The capitals on top of the pillars had gratings of latticework, wreaths[e] made of chainwork—seven for the first capital and seven for the second.

18 He made the pillars with two encircling rows of pomegranates on the one grating to cover the capital on top; he did the same for the second capital. 19 And the capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, six feet[f] high. 20 The capitals on the two pillars were also immediately above the rounded surface next to the grating, and two hundred pomegranates(D) were in rows encircling each[g] capital. 21 He set up the pillars at the portico(E) of the sanctuary: he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin;[h] then he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz.[i](F) 22 The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. Then the work of the pillars was completed.(G)

The Basin

23 He made the cast metal basin,[j](H) 15 feet[k] from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7½ feet high and 45 feet in circumference. 24 Ornamental gourds(I) encircled it below the brim, ten every half yard,[l] completely encircling the basin.(J) The gourds were cast in two rows when the basin was cast. 25 It stood on twelve oxen,(K) three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The basin was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center. 26 The basin was three inches[m] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom. It held eleven thousand gallons.[n]

The Bronze Water Carts

27 Then he made ten bronze water carts.[o](L) Each water cart was 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4½ feet[p] high. 28 This was the design of the carts: They had frames; the frames were between the cross-pieces, 29 and on the frames between the cross-pieces were lions, oxen, and cherubim.(M) On the cross-pieces there was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging[q] work. 30 Each cart(N) had four bronze wheels with bronze axles. Underneath the four corners of the basin were cast supports, each next to a wreath. 31 And the water cart’s opening inside the crown on top was eighteen inches[r] wide. The opening was round, made as a pedestal twenty-seven inches[s] wide. On it were carvings, but their frames were square, not round. 32 There were four wheels under the frames, and the wheel axles were part of the water cart; each wheel was twenty-seven inches[t] tall. 33 The wheels’ design was similar to that of chariot wheels: their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal. 34 Four supports were at the four corners of each water cart; each support was one piece with the water cart. 35 At the top of the cart was a band nine inches[u] high encircling it; also, at the top of the cart, its braces and its frames were one piece with it. 36 He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees(O) on the plates of its braces and on its frames, wherever each had space, with encircling wreaths. 37 In this way he made the ten water carts using the same casting, dimensions, and shape for all of them.

Bronze Basins and Other Utensils

38 Then he made ten bronze basins(P)—each basin held 220 gallons[v] and each was six feet wide—one basin for each of the ten water carts. 39 He set five water carts on the right side of the temple and five on the left side. He put the basin near the right side of the temple toward the southeast.(Q) 40 Then Hiram made(R) the basins, the shovels, and the sprinkling basins.

Completion of the Bronze Works

So Hiram finished all the work that he was doing for King Solomon on the Lord’s temple: 41 two pillars;(S) bowls for the capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars;(T) 42 the four hundred pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals’ bowls on top of the pillars(U)); 43 the ten water carts;(V) the ten basins on the water carts;(W) 44 the basin;(X) the twelve oxen underneath the basin;(Y) 45 and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling basins.(Z) All the utensils that Hiram made for King Solomon at the Lord’s temple were made of burnished bronze. 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth(AA) and Zarethan.(AB) 47 Solomon left all the utensils unweighed because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.(AC)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:15 Lit 18 cubits
  2. 7:15 Lit 12 cubits
  3. 7:15 LXX adds and the thickness of the pillar was four fingers hollowed and similarly the second pillar
  4. 7:16 Lit five cubits, also in v. 23
  5. 7:17 Lit tassels
  6. 7:19 Lit four cubits, also in vv. 27,38
  7. 7:20 Lit encircling the second
  8. 7:21 = He Will Establish
  9. 7:21 = In Him Is Strength
  10. 7:23 Lit sea
  11. 7:23 Lit 10 cubits
  12. 7:24 Lit 10 per cubit
  13. 7:26 Lit a handbreadth
  14. 7:26 Lit 2,000 baths
  15. 7:27 Lit bronze stands
  16. 7:27 Lit three cubits
  17. 7:29 Or hammered-down
  18. 7:31 Lit a cubit
  19. 7:31 Lit one and a half cubits
  20. 7:32 Lit was one and a half cubits
  21. 7:35 Lit half a cubit
  22. 7:38 Lit 40 baths
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1 Kings 7:15-47
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15 He cast two bronze pillars,(A) each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.[a] 16 He also made two capitals(B) of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits[b] high. 17 A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. 18 He made pomegranates in two rows[c] encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars.[d] He did the same for each capital. 19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits[e] high. 20 On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates(C) in rows all around. 21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin[f] and the one to the north Boaz.[g](D) 22 The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars(E) was completed.

23 He made the Sea(F) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line(G) of thirty cubits[h] to measure around it. 24 Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

25 The Sea stood on twelve bulls,(H) three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. 26 It was a handbreadth[i] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.[j]

27 He also made ten movable stands(I) of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.[k] 28 This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights. 29 On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work. 30 Each stand(J) had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side. 31 On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit[l] deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half.[m] Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round. 32 The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal.

34 Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand. 35 At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit[n] deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand. 36 He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around. 37 This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape.

38 He then made ten bronze basins,(K) each holding forty baths[o] and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. 39 He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple. 40 He also made the pots[p] and shovels and sprinkling bowls.(L)

So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the Lord:

41 the two pillars;

the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

42 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals(M) on top of the pillars);

43 the ten stands with their ten basins;

44 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

45 the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.(N)

All these objects that Huram(O) made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of burnished bronze. 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain(P) of the Jordan between Sukkoth(Q) and Zarethan.(R) 47 Solomon left all these things unweighed,(S) because there were so many;(T) the weight of the bronze(U) was not determined.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:15 That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference
  2. 1 Kings 7:16 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 23
  3. 1 Kings 7:18 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts made the pillars, and there were two rows
  4. 1 Kings 7:18 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts pomegranates
  5. 1 Kings 7:19 That is, about 6 feet or about 1.8 meters; also in verse 38
  6. 1 Kings 7:21 Jakin probably means he establishes.
  7. 1 Kings 7:21 Boaz probably means in him is strength.
  8. 1 Kings 7:23 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters
  9. 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
  10. 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 12,000 gallons or about 44,000 liters; the Septuagint does not have this sentence.
  11. 1 Kings 7:27 That is, about 6 feet long and wide and about 4 1/2 feet high or about 1.8 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high
  12. 1 Kings 7:31 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  13. 1 Kings 7:31 That is, about 2 1/4 feet or about 68 centimeters; also in verse 32
  14. 1 Kings 7:35 That is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters
  15. 1 Kings 7:38 That is, about 240 gallons or about 880 liters
  16. 1 Kings 7:40 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate (see also verse 45 and 2 Chron. 4:11); many other Hebrew manuscripts basins
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2 Chronicles 3:15-4:18
Christian Standard Bible

The Bronze Pillars

15 In front of the temple(A) he made two pillars, each 27 feet[a] high. The capital on top of each was 7½ feet high. 16 He had made chainwork in the inner sanctuary and also put it on top of the pillars.(B) He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. 17 Then he set up the pillars in front of the sanctuary, one on the right and one on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin[b] and the one on the left Boaz.[c]

The Altar and Basins

4 He made a bronze altar(C) 30 feet[d] long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet[e] high.

2 Then he made the cast metal basin,[f](D) 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7½ feet[g] high and 45 feet[h] in circumference. 3 The likeness of oxen[i] was below it, completely encircling it, ten every half yard,[j] completely surrounding the basin. The oxen were cast in two rows when the basin was cast. 4 It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The basin was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center. 5 The basin was three inches[k] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold eleven thousand gallons.[l]

6 He made ten basins for washing and he put five on the right and five on the left.(E) The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them,(F) but the basin was used by the priests for washing.

The Lampstands, Tables, and Courts

7 He made the ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left.(G) 8 He made ten tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left.(H) He also made a hundred gold bowls.

9 He made the courtyard(I) of the priests and the large court, and doors for the court. He overlaid the doors with bronze. 10 He put the basin on the right side, toward the southeast.(J) 11 Then Huram[m](K) made(L) the pots, the shovels, and the bowls.

Completion of the Bronze Furnishings

So Huram finished doing the work that he was doing for King Solomon in God’s temple: 12 two pillars; the bowls and the capitals on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars; 13 the four hundred pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals’ bowls on top of the pillars(M)). 14 He also made the water carts[n](N) and the basins on the water carts. 15 The one basin and the twelve oxen underneath it, 16 the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their utensils—Huram-abi[o](O) made them for King Solomon for the Lord’s temple. All these were made of polished bronze. 17 The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. 18 Solomon made all these utensils in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

Footnotes

  1. 3:15 Syr reads 18 cubits (27 feet); Hb reads 35 cubits (52½ feet)
  2. 3:17 = He Will Establish
  3. 3:17 = Strength Is in Him
  4. 4:1 Lit 20 cubits
  5. 4:1 Lit 10 cubits, also in v. 2
  6. 4:2 Lit sea
  7. 4:2 Lit five cubits
  8. 4:2 Lit 30 cubits
  9. 4:3 = gourds in 1Kg 7:24
  10. 4:3 Lit 10 per cubit
  11. 4:5 Lit a handbreadth
  12. 4:5 Text emended; MT reads 3,000 baths in 1Kg 7:26
  13. 4:11 = Hiram in 1Kg 7:13,40,45
  14. 4:14 Lit the stands
  15. 4:16 Lit Huram my father
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2 Chronicles 3:15-4:18
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15 For the front of the temple he made two pillars,(A) which together were thirty-five cubits[a] long, each with a capital(B) five cubits high. 16 He made interwoven chains[b](C) and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates(D) and attached them to the chains. 17 He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin[c] and the one to the north Boaz.[d]

The Temple’s Furnishings(E)

4 He made a bronze altar(F) twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.[e] 2 He made the Sea(G) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits[f] high. It took a line of thirty cubits[g] to measure around it. 3 Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.[h] The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

4 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east.(H) The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. 5 It was a handbreadth[i] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.[j]

6 He then made ten basins(I) for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings(J) were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.

7 He made ten gold lampstands(K) according to the specifications(L) for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

8 He made ten tables(M) and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.(N)

9 He made the courtyard(O) of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze. 10 He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

11 And Huram also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls.

So Huram finished(P) the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God:

12 the two pillars;

the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

13 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network, decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);

14 the stands(Q) with their basins;

15 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

16 the pots, shovels, meat forks and all related articles.

All the objects that Huram-Abi(R) made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of polished bronze. 17 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth(S) and Zarethan.[k] 18 All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze(T) could not be calculated.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:15 That is, about 53 feet or about 16 meters
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:16 Or possibly made chains in the inner sanctuary; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:17 Jakin probably means he establishes.
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:17 Boaz probably means in him is strength.
  5. 2 Chronicles 4:1 That is, about 30 feet long and wide and 15 feet high or about 9 meters long and wide and 4.5 meters high
  6. 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters
  7. 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters
  8. 2 Chronicles 4:3 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  9. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
  10. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 18,000 gallons or about 66,000 liters
  11. 2 Chronicles 4:17 Hebrew Zeredatha, a variant of Zarethan
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