1 Kings 7
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1 Kings 7:25-40

251It was standing on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the Sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. 26And it was a 2hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold 3two thousand baths.

27Then 4he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was 5four cubits, its width four cubits, and its height was three cubits. 28This was the design of the stands: they had borders, that is, borders between the crossbars, 29and 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. 30Now 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. 31And its opening inside the crown at the top was a 6cubit, 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. 32The 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. 33The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. 34Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself. 35And on the top of the stand there was a circular form 7half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its 8stays and its borders were part of it. 36And 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. 379He made the ten stands like this: all of them had the 10same casting, 11same measure, and 12same form.

3813And he made ten basins of bronze, 14each holding 15forty baths; each basin was 16four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin. 39Then 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 17Sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.

40Now 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:

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 7:25 2 Chr 4:4, 5; Jer 52:20 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 7:26 About 3 in. or 7.6 cm ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 7:26 About 12,000 gallons or 45,424 liters ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 7:27 1 Kin 7:38; 2 Kin 25:13; 2 Chr 4:14 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 7:27 About 6 ft. long and wide and 4.5 ft. high or 1.8 m and 1.4 m ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 7:31 About 18 in. or 45 cm ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 7:35 About 9 in. or 23 cm ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 7:35 Lit hands ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 7:37 2 Chr 4:14 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 7:37 Lit one ↩
  11. 11. 1 Kings 7:37 Lit one ↩
  12. 12. 1 Kings 7:37 Lit one ↩
  13. 13. 1 Kings 7:38 Ex 30:18; 2 Chr 4:6 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Kings 7:38 Lit the one basin held ↩
  15. 15. 1 Kings 7:38 About 240 gallons or 908 liters ↩
  16. 16. 1 Kings 7:38 About 6 ft. or 1.8 m ↩
  17. 17. 1 Kings 7:39 I.e., large basin ↩

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