1 A lso Solomon made an altar of bronze, its top twenty by twenty cubits and its height ten cubits.

Then he made a brass altar. It was ten steps long, and ten steps wide, and three times taller than a man.

2 A lso he made a round Sea of molten metal, ten cubits from brim to brim and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured around it.

He melted brass and made a pool. It was round, and five long steps from one side to the other. It was as tall as a man can raise his hand. And it took fifteen steps to walk around it.

3 U nder it were figures of oxen encircling it, ten to a cubit. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece with it.

There were objects that looked like oxen under the pool and all around it, (ten long steps around it). The oxen were in two rows, and were made of one piece.

4 I t stood upon twelve oxen, three looking north, three west, three south, three east; and the Sea rested upon them, and all their hind parts were inward.

The pool was put on the twelve oxen. Three had their faces toward the north, three toward the west, three toward the south, and three toward the east. The pool was put on top of them. All their tails were toward the center.

5 I ts thickness was a handbreadth; its brim was like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held 3, 000 baths (measures).

The brass of the pool was as thick as a hand is wide. Its round top was made like the top of a cup, like a lily flower. It could hold 22, 000 bottles of water.

6 H e made also ten lavers in which to wash and put five on the right (south) side and five on the left (north). Such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.

He made ten pots in which to wash. He put five on the right side and five on the left side. They were to wash what was used for the burnt gifts. But the pool was for the religious leaders to wash in.

7 A nd he made ten golden lampstands as directed and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

Then he made ten gold lamp-stands, as was shown in the plan. He put them in the house of God, five on the right side and five on the left.

8 H e made also ten tables and placed them in the temple, five each on the right and left sides, and 100 basins of gold.

He made ten tables and put them in the house of God. Five were on the right side and five on the left. And he made 100 deep dishes out of gold.

9 M oreover, he made the priests’ court, and the great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.

Then he made the open space of the religious leaders, the large open space, and the doors for the open space. And he covered their doors with brass.

10 A nd he set the Sea at the southeast corner of the house.

He set the pool at the south-east corner of the house.

11 A nd Huram made the pots, shovels, and basins. So Huram finished the work of God’s house that he did for King Solomon:

Then Huram made the pails, the tools for digging, and the pots. So Huram finished the work of God’s house that he did for King Solomon.

12 T he two pillars; the bowls; the capitals on top of the two pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals on top of the pillars;

He finished making the two pillars, the pots, and the two pieces on top of the pillars. He finished the two networks to cover the two pots of the pieces on top of the pillars.

13 A nd 400 pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals upon the pillars.

He finished the 400 pomegranates for the two networks. There were two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two pots of the pieces on top of the pillars.

14 H e made also bases or stands and lavers upon the bases;

He made the stands and he made the pots on the stands.

15 O ne Sea and the twelve oxen under it;

He made the one pool with the twelve oxen under it.

16 T he pots, shovels, and fleshhooks, and all their equipment Huram his trusted counselor made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.

Huram-abi made the pails, the tools for digging, the meat-hooks, and all their objects. He made them of shining brass for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.

17 I n the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

The king had them made on the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

18 S olomon made all these things in such great numbers that the weight of the bronze was not computed.

Solomon made so many of these objects that the weight of the brass could not be known.

19 A nd Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God: the golden altar also; and the tables for the showbread (the bread of the Presence);

Solomon made all the things that were in the house of God. He made the gold altar, and the tables for the holy bread.

20 A nd the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn before the inner sanctuary (the Holy of Holies) as directed;

He made the lamp-stands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the most holy place in the way given.

21 T he flowers, lamps, and tongs, of purest gold;

He made the flowers, the lamps and their objects of pure gold.

22 T he snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and firepans, of pure gold; and for the temple entry, the inner doors for the Most Holy Place and the doors of the Holy Place were of gold.

He made the things to put out the lamps, the pots and the fire-holders of pure gold. And he made the front of the house, its inside doors for the most holy place, and the doors of the holy place, all of gold.