11 Then (A)Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of God: 12 the two pillars and (B)the bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars; 13 (C)four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on the pillars); 14 he also made (D)carts and the lavers on the carts; 15 one Sea and twelve oxen under it; 16 also the pots, the shovels, the forks—and all their articles (E)Huram his [a]master craftsman made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.

17 In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth and [b]Zeredah. 18 (F)And Solomon had all these articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

19 Thus (G)Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of God: the altar of gold and the tables on which was (H)the showbread; 20 the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn (I)in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary, 21 with (J)the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold, of purest gold; 22 the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure gold. As for the entry of the [c]sanctuary, its inner doors to the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple, were gold.

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So (K)all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and all the furnishings. And he put them in the treasuries of the house of God.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:16 Lit. father
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:17 Zaretan, 1 Kin. 7:46
  3. 2 Chronicles 4:22 Lit. house

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

So Huram finished(A) 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(B) 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(C) 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(D) and Zarethan.[a] 18 All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze(E) could not be calculated.

19 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God’s temple:

the golden altar;

the tables(F) on which was the bread of the Presence;

20 the lampstands(G) of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

21 the gold floral work and lamps and tongs (they were solid gold);

22 the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes(H) and censers;(I) and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.

When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished,(J) he brought in the things his father David had dedicated(K)—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:17 Hebrew Zeredatha, a variant of Zarethan