The Bronze Altar and Molten Sea
1 Then Solomon made an altar of bronze, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and fifteen feet high. 2 Also he made the molten Sea, fifteen feet from rim to rim. It was round, 7½ feet high and 45 feet in circumference.
3 Under the rim were figures of oxen, which encircled it, ten every foot and a half encircled the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows when the Sea was cast.
4 The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east. And the Sea was set on them, and all their hindquarters faced inward. 5 It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the rim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It received and held about 15,000 gallons.
The Ten Lavers, Candlesticks, and Tables
6 He also made ten basins and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them. The things that belonged to the burnt offering were washed in them, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.
7 He made the ten lamp stands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them, and he set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. 8 He made also ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. He made 100 basins of gold.
The Courts
9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze. 10 He set the Sea on the right side of the house toward the southeast.
The Instruments of Brass
11 Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished doing the work that he did for king Solomon in the house of God: 12 the two pillars, the bowls, the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars, 13 and the 400 pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.
14 He also made the bases, and he made the basins on the bases, 15 one Sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
16 Huram his father also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for king Solomon, for the house of the Lord, of bright bronze. 17 The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, for the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
The Instruments of Gold
19 Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord, the golden altar also and the tables with the show bread on them; 20 and the lamp stands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; 21 and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold that was perfect gold; 22 and the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.