2 Chronicles 4
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
1 Ref Then he made a brass altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
2 Ref And he made the great water-vessel of metal, round in form, measuring ten cubits across from edge to edge; it was five cubits high and thirty cubits round.
3 Ref And under it was a design of flowers all round it, ten to a cubit, circling the water-vessel in two lines; they were made from liquid metal at the same time as the water-vessel.
4 Ref It was supported on twelve oxen, three facing to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east, the water-vessel resting on top of them; their back parts were all turned to the middle of it.
5 Ref It was as thick as a man's open hand, and the edge of it was curved like the edge of a cup, like a lily flower; it would take three thousand baths.
6 Ref And he made ten washing-vessels, putting five on the right side and five on the left; such things as were used in making the burned offering were washed in them; but the great water-vessel was to be used by the priests for washing themselves.
7 Ref And he made the ten gold supports for the lights, as directions had been given for them, and he put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left.
8 Ref He made ten tables, and put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred gold basins.
9 Ref Then he made the open space for the priests, and the great open space and its doors, plating the doors with brass.
10 Ref He put the great water-vessel on the right side of the house to the east, facing south.
11 Ref And Huram made all the pots and the spades and the basins. So he came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of God:
12 Ref The two pillars, and the two crowns on the tops of the pillars, and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the tops of the pillars;
13 Ref And the four hundred apples for the network, two lines of apples for the network covering the two cups of the crowns on the pillars.
14 Ref And he made the ten bases and the ten washing-vessels which were on the bases;
15 The great water-vessel with the twelve oxen under it.
16 Ref All the pots and the spades and the meat-hooks and their vessels, which Huram, who was as his father, made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.
17 Ref The king made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, in the soft earth between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 Ref So Solomon made all these vessels, a very great store of them, and the weight of the brass used was not measured.
19 Ref And Solomon made all the vessels used in the house of God, the gold altar and the tables on which the holy bread was placed,
20 Ref And the supports for the lights with their lights, to be burning in the regular way in front of the inmost room, of the best gold;
21 Ref The flowers and the vessels for the lights and the instruments used for them, were all of gold; it was the best gold.
22 Ref The scissors and the basins and the spoons and the fire-trays, of the best gold; and the inner doors of the house, opening into the most holy place, and the doors of the Temple, were all of gold.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Ref And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.
2 Ref And he maketh the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge unto its edge, round in compass, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it, round about.
3 Ref And the likeness of oxen `is' under it, all round about encompassing it, ten in the cubit, compassing the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast.
4 Ref It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea `is' upon them above, and all their hinder parts `are' within.
5 Ref And its thickness `is' a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold -- baths three thousand it containeth.
6 Ref And he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea `is' for priests to wash with.
7 Ref And he maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left.
8 Ref And he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred.
9 Ref And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass.
10 Ref And the sea he hath placed on the right shoulder eastward, over-against the south.
11 Ref And Huram maketh the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finisheth to make the work that he made for king Solomon in the house of God;
12 Ref two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two bowls of the crowns that `are' on the heads of the pillars;
13 Ref and the pomegranates four hundred to the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates to the one wreath, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that `are' on the front of the pillars.
14 Ref And the bases he hath made; and the lavers he hath made on the bases;
15 the one sea, and the twelve oxen under it,
16 Ref and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of brass purified.
17 Ref In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.
18 Ref And Solomon maketh all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.
19 Ref And Solomon maketh all the vessels that `are for' the house of God, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and on them `is' bread of the presence;
20 Ref and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;
21 Ref and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold -- it `is' the perfection of gold;
22 Ref and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the holy of holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.
World English Bible (WEB)
1 Ref Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits the height of it.
2 Ref Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height of it was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
3 Ref Under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
4 Ref It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
5 Ref It was a handbreadth thick; and the brim of it was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.
6 Ref He made also ten basins, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
7 Ref He made the ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
8 Ref He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold.
9 Ref Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
10 Ref He set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south.
11 Ref Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end of doing the work that he did for king Solomon in the house of God:
12 Ref the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
13 Ref and the four hundred 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 Ref He made also the bases, and the basins made he on the bases;
15 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
16 Ref The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels of it, did Huram his father make for king Solomon for the house of Yahweh of bright brass.
17 Ref In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 Ref Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
19 Ref Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon was the show bread;
20 Ref and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;
21 Ref and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;
22 Ref and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple, were of gold.