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1 Kings 7:27–43

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27He also made ten movable standst of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.r 28This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights. 29On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work. 30Each standu had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side. 31On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubits deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half.t Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round. 32The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. 33The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal.

34Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand. 35At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubitu deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand. 36He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around. 37This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape.

38He then made ten bronze basins,v each holding forty bathsv and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. 39He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple. 40He also made the potsw and shovels and sprinkling bowls.w

So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the Lord:

41the two pillars;

the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

42the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitalsx on top of the pillars);

43the ten stands with their ten basins;

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Footnotes

  1. rThat is, about 6 feet long and wide and about 4 1/2 feet high or about 1.8 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high
  2. sThat is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  3. tThat is, about 2 1/4 feet or about 68 centimeters; also in verse 32
  4. uThat is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters
  5. vThat is, about 240 gallons or about 880 liters
  6. wMany Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate (see also verse 45 and 2 Chron. 4:11); many other Hebrew manuscripts basins

Cross references

  1. t2 Ki 16:17
  2. u2 Ki 16:17
  3. vSee Ex 30:18
  4. wSee Ex 27:3; Jer 52:18
  5. xSee ver 16