[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 the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass;
and the height of it was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed
it round about. [3] Under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it
round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were
in two rows, cast when it was cast. [4] It stood on 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 on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward. [5] It was a
handbreadth thick; and the brim of it was worked like the brim of a cup,
like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths. [6]
He made also ten basins, and put five on the right hand, and five on the
left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they
washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. [7] He made the
ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he
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. He made one hundred basins 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] He set
the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south. [11]
Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end
of doing the work that he did for king Solomon in the house of God: [12]
the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top
of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals
that were on the top of the pillars, [13] and the four hundred pomegranates
for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover
the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars. [14] He made also
the bases, and the basins made he on the bases; [15] one sea, and the
twelve oxen under it. [16] The pots also, and the shovels, and the
flesh-hooks, and all the vessels of it, did Huram his father make for king
Solomon for the house of Yahweh of bright brass. [17] In the plain of the
Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and
Zeredah. [18] Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for
the weight of the brass could not be found out. [19] Solomon made all the
vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the
tables whereon was the show bread; [20] and the lampstands with their
lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;
[21] and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that
perfect gold; [22] and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and
the fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner
doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, [to wit],
of the temple, were of gold.
