| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Solomon also constructed a bronze altar 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and ten cubits high. | 1Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height. |
| 2He crafted a circular sea of cast metal 10 cubits from rim to rim and five cubits tall. A line 30 cubits long surrounded it. | 2Also he made the cast metal sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits. |
| 3Underneath, figurines resembling oxen encircled the circular sea beneath it, ten oxen every cubit, and encircling the sea completely. The oxen were in two rows, cast all at the same time. | 3Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece. |
| 4The sea stood on top of twelve oxen, three of which faced to the north, three of which faced to the west, three of which faced to the south, and three of which faced toward the east. The sea was placed on top of the oxen, with all of their hindquarters turned inwards. | 4It stood on twelve oxen, three facing the north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them and all their hindquarters turned inwards. |
| 5It was a handbreadth thick, with its brim fashioned like the brim of a cup. Similar in shape to a lily blossom, it could hold 3,000 baths. | 5It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold 3,000 baths. |
| 6Solomon also made ten wash basins, placing five on the right side and five on the left. The basins were intended for use to rinse burnt offerings, and the sea was intended for use by the priests to wash in. | 6He also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left to rinse things for the burnt offering; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. |
| 7Solomon made ten gold lamp stands as he had been directed and set them in the Temple, five on the south side and five on the north side. | 7Then he made the ten golden lampstands in the way prescribed for them and he set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. |
| 8He also made ten tables and placed them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left side. He also constructed 100 gold basins. | 8He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred golden bowls. |
| 9He made the court of the priests, the great court, and doors for the court, overlaying their doors with bronze. | 9Then he made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze. |
| 10He set the sea at the southeast corner of the Temple. | 10He set the sea on the right side of the house toward the southeast. |
| 11Hiram-abi crafted the pots, shovels, and basins, thus completing the work that he did for King Solomon on the Temple of God; | 11Huram also made the pails, the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God: |
| 12that is, the two pillars, the bowls, the two capitals on top of the pillars, the two lattice works that covered the two bowls for the capitals that were on top of the pillars; | 12the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars, |
| 13the 400 pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework having two rows of ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of each pillar); | 13and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars. |
| 14the ten stands with their ten basins; | 14He also made the stands and he made the basins on the stands, |
| 15the large bronze basin called the Sea with the twelve oxen underneath, | 15and the one sea with the twelve oxen under it. |
| 16along with its pots, shovels, forks, and all of its other implements that Hiram-abi made from polished bronze for King Solomon and the LORD's Temple. | 16The pails, the shovels, the forks and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD. |
| 17The king had them forged in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah in the Jordan plain. | 17On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. |
| 18Solomon made so many utensils in such great quantities that the weight of the bronze was never fully recorded. | 18Thus Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze could not be found out. |
| 19Solomon also made these items for God's Temple: the golden altar, the tables for the Bread of the Presence, | 19Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: even the golden altar, the tables with the bread of the Presence on them, |
| 20the lamp stands and their lamps made of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary, as required, | 20the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed; |
| 21the pure gold ornaments in the shape of flowers, the lamps, and the tongs (all made of the purest gold), | 21the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, of purest gold; |
| 22the gold trimming instruments, basins, pans, censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (that is, the Most Holy Place), and for the doors to the main hall of the Temple. | 22and the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons and the firepans of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the holy of holies and the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold. |
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