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2 Chronicles 4:1-18

1 The Temple’s Furnishings
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.

2 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.

3 Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit. The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

4 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center.

5 It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.

6 He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.

7 He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

8 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 sprinkling bowls.

9 He made the courtyard of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze.

10 He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

11 He also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls.
So Huram finished the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God:

12 the two pillars;
the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

13 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network, decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);

14 the stands with their basins;

15 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

16 the pots, shovels, meat forks and all related articles.
All the objects that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of polished bronze.

17 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

18 All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

Cross References for 2 Chronicles 4:1-18

1 Kings 8:22 - Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel, sprea... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 8:22 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 8:22

Exodus 27:1 - The Altar of Burnt Offering “Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be squa... Click to read the verse Exodus 27:1 Click to read the verse Exodus 27:1

Ezekiel 43:13-17 - The Altar “These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits, that cubit being a cubit and... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 43:13-17 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 43:13-17

1 Kings 8:64 - On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple o... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 8:64 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 8:64

Ezra 3:3 - Despite their fear of the peoples around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacri... Click to read the verse Ezra 3:3 Click to read the verse Ezra 3:3

Exodus 27:1-8 - The Altar of Burnt Offering “Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be squa... Click to read the verse Exodus 27:1-8 Click to read the verse Exodus 27:1-8

Exodus 38:1 - The Altar of Burnt Offering They built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits... Click to read the verse Exodus 38:1 Click to read the verse Exodus 38:1

2 Chronicles 7:7 - Solomon consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and th... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 7:7 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 7:7

1 Kings 9:25 - Three times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he ... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 9:25 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 9:25

2 Chronicles 32:12 - Did not Hezekiah himself remove this god’s high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusale... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 32:12 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 32:12

2 Chronicles 15:8 - When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 15:8 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 15:8

2 Kings 16:14 - The bronze altar that stood before the Lord he brought from the front of the temple—from betwee... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 16:14 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 16:14

2 Chronicles 1:5 - But the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was in Gibeon in front o... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 1:5 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 1:5

2 Chronicles 29:18 - Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lor... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 29:18 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 29:18

2 Kings 16:14-15 - The bronze altar that stood before the Lord he brought from the front of the temple—from betwee... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 16:14-15 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 16:14-15

2 Chronicles 8:12 - On the altar of the Lord that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt of... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 8:12 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 8:12

Ezekiel 9:2 - And I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with a d... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 9:2 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 9:2

Ezekiel 43:13 - The Altar “These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits, that cubit being a cubit and... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 43:13 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 43:13

Ezekiel 43:16 - The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide. Click to read the verse Ezekiel 43:16 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 43:16