1 Kings 7:40–51

⁴⁰Then Hiram made^r the basins, the shovels, and the sprinkling basins.

COMPLETION OF THE BRONZE WORKS

So Hiram finished all the work that he was doing for King Solomon on the Lord’s temple: ⁴¹two pillars;^s bowls for the capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars;^{t 42}the four hundred pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals’ bowls on top of the pillars^u); ⁴³the ten water carts;^v the ten basins on the water carts;^{w 44}the basin;^x the twelve oxen underneath the basin;^{a 45}and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling basins.^b All the utensils that Hiram made for King Solomon at the Lord’s temple were made of burnished bronze. ⁴⁶The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth^c and Zarethan.^{d 47}Solomon left all the utensils unweighed because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.^e

COMPLETION OF THE GOLD FURNISHINGS

⁴⁸Solomon also made all the equipment in the Lord’s temple: the gold altar; the gold table that the Bread of the Presence was placed on;^{f 49}the pure gold lampstands in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left;^g the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs; ⁵⁰the pure gold ceremonial bowls, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles,^C and firepans;^h and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the most holy place) and for the doors of the temple sanctuary.

⁵¹So all the work King Solomon did in the Lord’s temple was completed.ⁱ Then Solomon brought in the consecrated things of his father David^j—the silver, the gold, and the utensils—and put them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.^k