40 Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the Lord: 41 the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the (A)two pillars, and the two lattices to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; 42 and the (B)four hundred pomegranates for the two lattices, two rows of pomegranates for each lattice to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars; 43 and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands; 44 and (C)the one [a]Sea and the twelve oxen under the Sea; 45 and (D)the buckets, the shovels, and the bowls; indeed, all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the Lord were of polished bronze. 46 (E)The king had them cast in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between (F)Succoth and (G)Zarethan. 47 However, Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; (H)the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

48 Solomon also made all the furniture that was in the house of the Lord: (I)the golden altar and the golden table on which was set the (J)bread of the Presence; 49 and the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary; and (K)the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; 50 also the cups, the [b]shears, the bowls, the ladles, and the (L)firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the house, that is, for the main room, of gold.

51 (M)So all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the Lord was finished. And (N)Solomon brought in the offerings vowed by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:44 I.e., large basin
  2. 1 Kings 7:50 I.e., a tool to trim wicks

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