2 Chronicles 4

The Temple's Furnishings

1 He made k an altar of bronze, twenty cubits 1 long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. 2 l Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 3 Under it were figures of gourds, 2 for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. 4 It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. 5 Its thickness was a handbreadth. 3 And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. m It held 3,000 baths. 4 6 n He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

7 And he made ten golden lampstands o as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. 8 p He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold. 9 He made q the court of the priests r and the great court and doors for the court and overlaid their doors with bronze. 10 s And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.

11 t u Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. u So Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God: 12 the two pillars, v the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; 13 w and the 400 pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars. 14 n He made the stands also, and the basins on the stands, 15 and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it. 16 The pots, the shovels, x the forks, and all the equipment for these t y Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord. 17 In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. 5 18 z Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought.

19 So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, a the tables for the bread of the Presence, 20 the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold b to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed; 21 the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold; 22 the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and the sockets 6 of the temple, for the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.

  1. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 7:7
    And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court...
    2 Chronicles 8:12
    Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the ...
    2 Chronicles 15:8
    As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy ...
    1 Kings 8:64
    The same day the king consecrated the middle of...
    2 Kings 16:14
    And the bronze altar that was before the Lord h...
    Ezekiel 43:13 - 17
    These are the measurements of the altar by cubi...
  2. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:2 - 5
    Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
    1 Kings 7:23 - 26
    Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:26
    Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:38 - 39
    And he made ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands.
  5. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:20
    The lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed.
    1 Kings 7:49
    The lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold.
    Exodus 25:31 - 39
    You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
    Exodus 27:20 - 21
    You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.
  6. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:19
    So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence.
    1 Kings 7:48
    So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord : the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:36
    He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.
  8. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 6:13
    Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.
    2 Kings 21:5
    And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
  9. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:39
    And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
  10. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:11 - 5:1
    Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:
    1 Kings 7:40 - 51
    Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the Lord :
  11. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:13 - 14
    And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
  12. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:13 - 14
    And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
  13. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:41
    The two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars.
  14. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:20
    The capitals were on the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There were two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with the other capital.
  15. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:6
    He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
  16. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 28:17
    And pure gold for the forks, the basins and the cups; for the golden bowls and the weight of each; for the silver bowls and the weight of each.
  17. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:11
    Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:
  18. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 2:13
    Now I have sent a skilled man, who has understanding, Huram-abi.
    1 Kings 7:14
    He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.
  19. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:47
    And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.
  20. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:8
    He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
  21. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:7
    And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
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