27 Then (A)he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was [a]four cubits, its width four cubits, and its height was three cubits. 28 This was the design of the stands: they had borders, that is, borders between the crossbars, 29 and on the borders which were between the crossbars were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the crossbars there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. 30 Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side. 31 And its opening inside the crown at the top was a [b]cubit, and its opening was round like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and on its opening also there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round. 32 The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. 34 Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself. 35 And on the top of the stand there was a circular form [c]half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its [d]stays and its borders were part of it. 36 And he engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders cherubim, lions, and palm trees, as there was clear space on each, with wreaths all around. 37 (B)He made the ten stands like this: all of them had the [e]same casting, [f]same measure, and [g]same form.

38 (C)And he made ten basins of bronze, [h]each holding [i]forty baths; each basin was [j]four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin. 39 Then he placed the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the [k]Sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.

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 (D)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 (E)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;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:27 About 6 ft. long and wide and 4.5 ft. high or 1.8 m and 1.4 m
  2. 1 Kings 7:31 About 18 in. or 45 cm
  3. 1 Kings 7:35 About 9 in. or 23 cm
  4. 1 Kings 7:35 Lit hands
  5. 1 Kings 7:37 Lit one
  6. 1 Kings 7:37 Lit one
  7. 1 Kings 7:37 Lit one
  8. 1 Kings 7:38 Lit the one basin held
  9. 1 Kings 7:38 About 240 gallons or 908 liters
  10. 1 Kings 7:38 About 6 ft. or 1.8 m
  11. 1 Kings 7:39 I.e., large basin

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