40 Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the Lord: 41 the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the (A)two pillars, and the two lattices to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; 42 and the (B)four hundred pomegranates for the two lattices, two rows of pomegranates for each lattice to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars; 43 and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands; 44 and (C)the one [a]Sea and the twelve oxen under the Sea; 45 and (D)the buckets, the shovels, and the bowls; indeed, all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the Lord were of polished bronze. 46 (E)The king had them cast in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between (F)Succoth and (G)Zarethan. 47 However, Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; (H)the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

48 Solomon also made all the furniture that was in the house of the Lord: (I)the golden altar and the golden table on which was set the (J)bread of the Presence; 49 and the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary; and (K)the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; 50 also the cups, the [b]shears, the bowls, the ladles, and the (L)firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the house, that is, for the main room, of gold.

51 (M)So all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the Lord was finished. And (N)Solomon brought in the offerings vowed by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:44 I.e., large basin
  2. 1 Kings 7:50 I.e., a tool to trim wicks

40 He also made the pots[a] and shovels and sprinkling bowls.(A)

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

41 the 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;

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

43 the ten stands with their ten basins;

44 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

45 the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.(C)

All these objects that Huram(D) made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of burnished bronze. 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain(E) of the Jordan between Sukkoth(F) and Zarethan.(G) 47 Solomon left all these things unweighed,(H) because there were so many;(I) the weight of the bronze(J) was not determined.

48 Solomon also made all(K) the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple:

the golden altar;

the golden table(L) on which was the bread of the Presence;(M)

49 the lampstands(N) of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary);

the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;

50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes(O) and censers;(P)

and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

51 When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated(Q)—the silver and gold and the furnishings(R)—and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:40 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate (see also verse 45 and 2 Chron. 4:11); many other Hebrew manuscripts basins