Kings III 7:18-49

¹⁸And hanging work, two rows of brazen pomegranates, formed with network, hanging work, row upon row: and thus he framed the ornaments for the second chapiter. And he set up the pillars of the porch of the temple: and he set up the one pillar, and called its name Jachum: and he set up the second pillar, and called its name Boloz.

¹⁹And on the heads of the pillars he made lily-work against the porch, of four cubits,

²⁰and a chamber over both the pillars, and above the sides an addition equal to the chamber in width.

²³And he made the sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other, the same was completely circular round about: its height was five cubits, and its circumference thirty-three cubits.

²⁴And stays underneath its rim round about compassed it ten cubits round;

²⁵And there were twelve oxen under the sea: three looking to the north, and three looking to the west, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the east: and all their hinder parts were inward, and the sea was above upon them.

²⁶and its rim was as the work of the rim of a cup, a lily-flower, and the thickness of it was a span.

²⁷And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height was six cubits.

²⁸And this work of the bases was formed with a border the them, and there was a border between the ledges.

²⁹And upon their borders between the projection were lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below were the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.

³⁰And there were four brazen wheels to one base; and there were brazen bases, and their four sides answering to them, side pieces under the bases.

³¹And there were axles in the wheels under the base.

³²And the height of one wheel was a cubit and a half.

³³And the work of the wheels was as the work of chariot wheels: their axles, and their felloes, and the rest of their work, were all molten.

³⁴The four side pieces were at the four corners of each base; its shoulders were formed of the base.

³⁵And on the top of the base half a cubit was the size of it, there was a circle on the top of the base, and there was the top of its spaces and its borders: and it was open at the top of its spaces.

³⁶And its borders were cherubs, and lions, and palm-trees, upright, each was joined in front and within and round about.

³⁷According to the same form he made all the ten bases, even one order and one measure to all.

³⁸And he made ten brazen lavers, each laver containing forty baths, and measuring four cubits, each laver placed on a several base throughout the ten bases.

³⁹And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and the sea was placed on the right side of the house eastward in the direction of the south.

⁴⁰And Chiram made the caldrons, and the pans, and the bowls; and Chiram finished making all the works that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of the Lord:

⁴¹two pillars and the wreathen works of the pillars on the heads of the two pillars; and the two networks to cover both the wreathen works of the flutings that were upon the pillars.

⁴²The four hundred pomegranates for both the networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover both the wreathen works of the bases belonging to both pillars.

⁴³And the ten bases, and the ten lavers upon the bases.

⁴⁴And one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea.

⁴⁵And the caldrons, and pans, and bowls, and all the furniture, which Chiram made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord: and there were eight and forty pillars of the house of the king and of the house of the Lord: all the works of the king which Chiram made were entirely of brass.

⁴⁷There was no reckoning of the brass of which he made all these works, from the very great abundance, there was no end of the weight of the brass. In the country round about Jordan did he cast them, in the clay land between Socchoth and Sira.

⁴⁸And king Solomon took the furniture which Chiram made for the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the golden table of show bread.

⁴⁹And he put the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, being of pure gold, and the lamp-stands, and the lamps, and the snuffers of gold.