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17 by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds he had set up near the Jordan River, between Succoth and Zeredah.

18 There were so many bronze furnishings that no one ever knew how much bronze it took to make them.

19 Solomon also gave orders to make the following temple furnishings out of gold: the altar, the tables that held the sacred loaves of bread,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4.19 sacred loaves of bread: This bread was offered to the Lord and was a symbol of the Lord's presence in the temple. It was put out on special tables, and was replaced with fresh bread every week (see Leviticus 24.5-9).

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