2 Chronicles 4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.	1 Then he made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
2 Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.	2 He also made the molten sea. It was perfectly round, ten cubits in diameter, five in depth, and thirty in circumference;
3 Under it were figures of gourds, for thirty cubits, compassing the sea round about; the gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.	3 below the rim a ring of figures of oxen encircled the sea, ten to the cubit, all the way around; there were two rows of these cast in the same mold with the sea.
4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea was set upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.	4 It rested on twelve oxen, three facing north, three west, three south, and three east, with their haunches all toward the center; the sea rested on their backs.
5 Its thickness was a handbreadth; and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held over three thousand baths.	5 It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like that of a cup, being lily-shaped. It had a capacity of three thousand measures.
6 He also made ten lavers in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.	6 Then he made ten basins for washing, placing five of them to the right and five to the left. Here were cleansed the victims for the holocausts; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
7 And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.	7 He made the lampstands of gold, ten of them as was prescribed, and placed them in the nave, five to the right and five to the left.
8 He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.	8 He made ten tables and had them set in the nave, five to the right and five to the left; and he made a hundred golden bowls.
9 He made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze;	9 He made the court of the priests and the great courtyard and the gates of the courtyard; the gates he overlaid with bronze.
10 and he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.	10 The sea was placed off to the southeast from the right side of the temple.
11 Huram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:	11 Huram also made the pots, the shovels and the bowls. Huram thus completed the work he had to do for King Solomon in the house of God:
12 the two pillars, the bowls, and the two capitals 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;	12 two columns, two nodes for the capitals topping these two columns, and two networks covering the nodes of the capitals topping the columns;
13 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 upon the pillars.	13 also four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, with two rows of pomegranates to each network, to cover the two nodes of the capitals topping the columns.
14 He made the stands also, and the lavers upon the stands,	14 He made the stands, and the basins on the stands;
15 and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it.	15 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it;
16 The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all the equipment for these Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD.	16 likewise the pots, the shovels and the forks. Huram-abi made all these articles for King Solomon from polished bronze for the house of the LORD.
17 In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.	17 The king had them cast in the Jordan region, in the clayey ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 Solomon made all these things in great quantities, so that the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.	18 Solomon made all these vessels, so many in number that the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.
19 So Solomon made all the things that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence,	19 Solomon had all these articles made for the house of God: the golden altar, the tables on which the showbread lay,
20 the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;	20 the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold which were to burn according to prescription before the sanctuary,
21 the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold;	21 flowers, lamps and gold tongs (this was the purest gold),
22 the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and firepans, of pure gold; and the sockets of the temple, for the inner doors to the most holy place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.	22 snuffers, bowls, cups and firepans of pure gold. As for the entry to the house, its inner doors to the holy of holies, as well as the doors to the nave, were of gold.