| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high. | 1He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high. |
| 2He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference. | 2Then he made the cast metal reservoir, 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7 1/2 feet high and 45 feet in circumference. |
| 3Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea. | 3The likeness of oxen was below it, completely encircling it, 10 every half yard, completely surrounding the reservoir. The oxen were cast in two rows when the reservoir was cast. |
| 4The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center. | 4It stood on 12 oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The reservoir was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center. |
| 5It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths. | 5The reservoir was three inches thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold 11,000 gallons. |
| 6He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing. | 6He made 10 basins for washing and he put five on the right and five on the left. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the reservoir was used by the priests for washing. |
| 7He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. | 7He made the 10 gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. |
| 8Additionally, 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 bowls. | 8He made 10 tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. He also made 100 gold bowls. |
| 9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze. | 9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court, and doors for the court. He overlaid the doors with bronze. |
| 10He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner. | 10He put the reservoir on the right side, toward the southeast. |
| 11Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God: | 11Then Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was doing for King Solomon in God's temple: |
| 12the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars; | 12two pillars; the bowls and the capitals on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars; |
| 13the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars); | 13the 400 pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals' bowls on top of the pillars). |
| 14the stands; the basins on the stands; | 14He also made the water carts and the basins on the water carts. |
| 15the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea; | 15The one reservoir and the 12 oxen underneath it, |
| 16and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze. | 16the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their utensils--Huram-abi made them for King Solomon for the LORD's temple. All these were made of polished bronze. |
| 17The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah. | 17The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. |
| 18Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined. | 18Solomon made all these utensils in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined. |
| 19Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence; | 19Solomon also made all the equipment in God's temple: the gold altar; the tables on which to put the bread of the Presence; |
| 20the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed; | 20the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications; |
| 21the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold; | 21the flowers, lamps, and gold tongs--of purest gold; |
| 22the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall. | 22the wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles, and firepans--of purest gold; and the entryway to the temple, its inner doors to the most holy place, and the doors of the temple sanctuary--of gold. |
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