2 *Chronicles 4

₁Solomon made a bronze_altar. The altar was 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide and 10 cubits high. ₂He also made a water-tank. The water-tank was round and it was 10 cubits from one side to the other side. It was 5 cubits high and it was 30 cubits round. ₃Under the water-tank were images of bulls. There were 10 bulls in each cubit. The bulls were in 2 rows and they were also made of bronze, like the water-tank. ₄The water-tank was resting on the images of the 12 bulls. 3 bulls looked north, 3 bulls looked west, 3 bulls looked south and 3 bulls looked east. The water-tank rested on their backs. ₅The water-tank was one handbreadth thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup and looked like a flower. The water-tank could hold 3 000 baths of water. ₆Solomon made 10 smaller basins, 5 on the right hand side of the water-tank and 5 on the left hand side. The priests had to wash the tools that they used for the burnt-offering in these basins. The priests washed themselves in the big water-tank.

₇Solomon also made golden lamp-stands like the Lord told him to do. He put the lamp-stands inside the temple, 5 on the right hand side and 5 on the left hand side. ₈He made 10 tables and he put them inside the temple, 5 on the right hand side and 5 on the left hand side. He also made 100 golden bowls. ₉He built walls and made 2 courtyards, one where the priests came together and a big courtyard where the other Israelites could come together. There were doors in the walls and he covered the doors with bronze. ₁₀He put the water-tank on the right hand side, south-east of the temple.

₁₁Huram made pots, shovels and bowls and he finished the work that he had to do for King Solomon at the temple. ₁₂He made 2 pillars, the bowls and the beautiful tops on the pillars, the chains that covered the bowls on top of the 2 beautiful tops, ₁₃400 bronze pomegranates for the chains, 2 rows of pomegranates on each chain that covered the bowls on top of the pillars, ₁₄the basins on the stands, the water-tank, ₁₅the 12 bulls under the water-tank, ₁₆the pots, the shovels, the forks and all the other tools. Huram was a very good artisan and he made all these things for King Solomon to use in the temple. He made them all from bronze that shone a lot. ₁₇The king told them to melt all the bronze in the clay between the town of Sukkoth and Zarethan. ₁₈Solomon made all these things. There was so much bronze that they could not weigh it.

₁₉Solomon also told them to make everything that he wanted to put in the temple. There was the golden altar, the tables for the sacrificial bread, ₂₀the lamp-stands and the lamps that had to burn in the most_holy room of the temple. Solomon made everything from pure gold. ₂₁The flowers, the lamps and the tongs, everything was made of gold. ₂₂The lamp-snuffers, bowls, pans and fire pans were also made of pure gold. The front door of the room, the doors inside to the most_holy room and the doors of the front room were also made of gold.