2 Chronicles 4 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And he makes an altar of bronze: twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height. He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
2 And he makes the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge to its edge, round in encompassment, and its height [is] five by the cubit, and a line of thirty by the cubit surrounds it around. Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.
3 And the likeness of oxen [is] under it, encompassing it all around, ten to the cubit, surrounding the sea around; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast. Under it were figures of gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit. The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
4 It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea [is] on them above, and all their back parts [are] within. It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center.
5 And its thickness [is] a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; holding [within]—it contains three thousand baths. Its thickness was a handbreadth. And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held 3,000 baths. It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.
6 And he makes ten lavers, and puts five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; they purge the work of the burnt-offering with them; and the sea [is] for priests to wash with. He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in. He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.
7 And he makes the ten lampstands of gold, according to their ordinance, and places [them] in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left. And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
8 And he makes ten tables, and places [them] in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he makes one hundred bowls of gold. He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold. He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.
9 And he makes the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and he has overlaid their doors with bronze. He made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court and overlaid their doors with bronze. He made the courtyard of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze.
10 And he has placed the sea on the right shoulder eastward, from toward the south. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
11 And Huram makes the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finishes to make the work that he made for King Solomon in the house of God; Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God: And Huram also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God:
12 two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the heads of the pillars; the two pillars, the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; 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;
13 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for the one network, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the front of the pillars. and the 400 pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars. the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network, decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);
14 And he has made the bases; and he has made the lavers on the bases; He made the stands also, and the basins on the stands, the stands with their basins;
15 the one sea, and the twelve oxen under it, and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it. the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;
16 and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, his father Huram has made for King Solomon, for the house of YHWH, of bronze purified. The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all the equipment for these Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD. the pots, shovels, meat forks and all related articles. All the objects that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the temple of the LORD were of polished bronze.
17 The king has cast them in the circuit of the Jordan, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah. In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan.
18 And Solomon makes all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the bronze has not been searched out. Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought. All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze could not be calculated.
19 And Solomon makes all the vessels that [are for] the house of God, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and on them [is] Bread of the Presentation; So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence, Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God’s temple: the golden altar; the tables on which was the bread of the Presence;
20 and the lampstands, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined; the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed; the lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
21 and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold—it [is] the perfection of gold; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold; the gold floral work and lamps and tongs (they were solid gold);
22 and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the Holy of Holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold. the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and the sockets of the temple, for the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold. the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.
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