1 He made a bronze altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
2 He made the Sea of cast metal, ten cubits from rim to rim, circular in shape and five cubits high; a cord thirty cubits long gave the measurement of its girth.
3 Under it and completely encircling it were things like oxen, ten to the cubit round the entire Sea; the oxen were in two rows, of one and the same casting with the rest.
4 It rested on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, three facing east; on these, their hindquarters all turned inwards, stood the Sea.
5 It was a hand's breadth in thickness, and its rim was shaped like the rim of a cup-lily-shaped. It could hold three thousand bat.
6 He made ten basins, putting five on the right and five on the left, for washing in; the things to be offered as burnt offerings were to be rinsed in these, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.
7 He made the ten golden lamp-stands according to the pattern and placed them in the Hekal, five on the right and five on the left.
8 He made ten tables which he set up in the Hekal, five on the right and five on the left. He also made a hundred golden sprinkling bowls.
9 He made the court of the priests and the great court with its gates and plated the gates with bronze.
10 The Sea he placed on the right-hand side of the Temple, to the south-east.
11 Huram made the ash containers, the scoops and the sprinkling bowls. Thus Huram completed all the work done for King Solomon for the Temple of God:
12 the two pillars; the mouldings of the capitals surmounting the two pillars; the two sets of filigree to cover the two mouldings of the capitals surmounting the pillars;
13 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of filigree -- two rows of pomegranates for each set of filigree;
14 the ten stands and the ten basins on the stands;
15 the one Sea and the twelve oxen beneath it;
16 the ash containers, scoops and forks. All these utensils made by Huram-Abi for King Solomon for the Temple of Yahweh were of burnished bronze.
17 The King made them by the process of sand casting, in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 There was such an enormous quantity of them that the weight of the bronze could not be calculated.
19 Solomon made all the objects designed for the Temple of God, as well as the golden altar and the tables for the loaves of permanent offering;
20 the lamp-stands with their lamps to burn, as prescribed, in front of the Debir, of pure gold;
21 the floral work, the lamps, the tongs, of gold (and it was pure gold);
22 the snuffers, the sprinkling bowls, incense ladles and the pans, of real gold; and the entrance to the Temple, the inner doors (for the Holy of Holies) and the doors of the Temple itself, that is of the Hekal, were also made of gold.
Versículos relacionados com 2 Chronicles, 4:
2 Chronicles 4 describes utensils that were made to be used in the Solomon Temple, including a bronze sea, ten wheels, basins, lamps, spoons, forks and cups. All utensils were made with great skill and accuracy to be used in the service of the Lord. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in 2 chronicles 4:
2 Chronicles 4:18: "So Solomon did all these objects in large quantities, for the weight of the bronze could not be determined." This verse highlights the amount of objects that were made for the temple. All were made in large quantities, showing the importance and grandeur of the temple.
1 Kings 7:23-26: "He also made a sea of casting, ten cubits from one edge to another, completely round, five cubits tall, and a cord of thirty cubits surrounded him. Below its edge around, around, They were the ox figures, ten per cubit, and the sea was based on twelve oxen. Four of them were facing north, four to the south, four to the West and four to the East; and upon them was the basin. " These verses describe the construction of the bronze sea to the temple. It was made on a large scale, with a ten -cubbled edge and a five -cubbled height with ox figures around.
2 Chronicles 4:9: "He also made the courtyard curtains, which were thin linen twisted, and the columns with their foundations, which were bronze." This verse describes the courtyard curtains and the columns that were made to the temple. They were made of thin linen twisted and bronze, respectively.
1 Kings 7:50: "And the cups, and the spoons, and the incensers, of pure gold; and the gates of the house, namely, the entrance of the interior chamber, and the gates of the temple, of gold." This verse describes the gold objects that were made for the temple. The cups, spoons and censer were made of pure gold, as well as the doors of the temple.
2 Chronicles 4:22: "The sea, and the oxen under it, and the calves, and the foundations, and all the utensils under him, were part of the treasures that Hirão de Shooting gave Solomon, to the Lord's work . " This verse points out that the utensils that were made for the temple were present from Hiram de Tire, which helped Solomon obtain materials and workers to build the temple.
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