^aEntonces hizo un altar de bronce^b de veinte codos¹ de largo, de veinte codos de ancho y de diez codos de alto. 2 ^aHizo también el mar de metal fundido, de diez codos de borde a borde, en forma circular; su altura era de cinco codos y su circunferencia de treinta codos¹. 3 Y había figuras como de bueyes debajo de él y todo alrededor, diez en cada codo, rodeando por completo el mar. Los bueyes estaban en dos hileras, fundidos en una sola pieza¹. 4 El mar descansaba sobre doce bueyes; tres mirando al norte, tres mirando al occidente, tres mirando al sur y tres mirando al oriente; el mar descansaba sobre ellos y todas sus ancas estaban hacia adentro. 5 Su grueso era de un palmo, y su borde estaba hecho como el borde de un cáliz, como una flor de lirio; cabían en él tres mil batos^1a. 6 Hizo también diez pilas para lavar, y puso cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda para lavar las cosas para el holocausto^a; pero el mar era para que los sacerdotes se lavaran en él.

7 Entonces hizo los diez candelabros de oro según su diseño¹ y los puso en el templo, cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda^a. 8 Hizo además diez mesas^a y las colocó en el templo, cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda. Hizo también cien tazones de oro. 9 Después hizo el atrio^a de los sacerdotes, el gran atrio^b y las puertas para el atrio, y revistió las puertas de bronce. 10 Y puso el mar al lado¹ derecho de la casa, hacia el sureste^a.

11 ^aHiram¹ hizo también los calderos, las palas y los tazones. Así terminó Hiram la obra que hizo para el rey Salomón en la casa de Dios: 12 las dos columnas, los tazones y los capiteles en lo alto de las dos columnas, y las dos mallas para cubrir los dos tazones de los capiteles que estaban encima de las columnas, 13 y las cuatrocientas granadas para las dos mallas, dos hileras de granadas para cada malla, para cubrir los dos tazones de los capiteles que estaban sobre las columnas^a. 14 Hizo también las basas, e hizo las pilas sobre las basas^a, 15 y el¹ mar con los doce bueyes debajo de él. 16 Los calderos, las palas, los garfios y todos sus utensilios los hizo Hiram-abí para el rey Salomón^a, para la casa del SEÑOR, de bronce pulido. 17 El rey los fundió en la llanura del Jordán, en la tierra arcillosa entre Sucot y Seredata. 18 Y Salomón hizo todos estos utensilios en gran cantidad, de tal manera que el peso del bronce no se pudo determinar^a.

19 También hizo Salomón todas las cosas que estaban en la casa de Dios: el¹ altar de oro, las mesas con el pan de la Presencia² sobre ellas^a, 20 los candelabros con sus lámparas de oro puro, para que ardieran frente al santuario interior^a en la manera designada; 21 las flores, las lámparas y las tenazas de oro, de oro purísimo; 22 y las despabiladeras, los tazones, las cucharas y los incensarios de oro puro. La entrada de la casa, sus puertas interiores para el lugar santísimo y las puertas de la casa para la nave eran también de oro.

Then ^ahe made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height. 2 ^aAlso he made the cast metal sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits and ¹its circumference thirty cubits. 3 Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast ¹in one piece. 4 It stood on twelve oxen, three facing the north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them and all their hindquarters turned inwards. 5 It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it ^acould hold 3,000 baths. 6 ^aHe also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left ¹to rinse things for the burnt offering; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

7 Then ^ahe made the ten golden lampstands in the way prescribed for them and he set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. 8 He also made ^aten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred golden bowls. 9 Then he made ^athe court of the priests and ^bthe great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze. 10 ^aHe set the sea on the right ¹side of the house toward the southeast.

11 ^aHuram also made the pails, the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God: 12 the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars, 13 and ^athe four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars. 14 ^aHe also made the stands and he made the basins on the stands, 15 and the one sea with the twelve oxen under it. 16 The pails, the shovels, the forks and all its utensils, ^aHuram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD. 17 On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. 18 ^aThus Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze could not be found out.

19 Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: even the golden altar, ^athe tables with the bread of the Presence on them, 20 the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, ^ato burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed; 21 the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, of purest gold; 22 and the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons and the firepans of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the holy of holies and the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold.

Then ^ahe made a bronze altar, ¹twenty cubits in length, ²twenty cubits in width, and ³ten cubits in height. 2 ^aHe also made the ¹Sea of cast metal, ²ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was ³five cubits and ⁴its circumference ⁵thirty cubits. 3 Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, ¹ten cubits, entirely encircling the Sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast ²in one piece. 4 It was standing on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the Sea was set on top of them and all their hindquarters turned inward. 5 It was a ¹hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it ^acould hold three thousand ²baths. 6 ^aHe also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left ¹to rinse things for the burnt offering; but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.

7 Then ^ahe made the ten golden lampstands in the way prescribed for them, and he set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. 8 He also made ^aten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred golden bowls. 9 Then he made ^athe courtyard of the priests and ^bthe great courtyard, and doors for the courtyard, and overlaid their doors with bronze. 10 ^aHe put the Sea on the right side of the house toward the southeast.

11 ^aHuram also made the pails, the shovels, and the bowls. So Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon in the house of God: 12 the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars, 13 and ^athe four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars. 14 ^aHe also made the stands and he made the basins on the stands, 15 and the one Sea with the twelve oxen under it. 16 The pails, the shovels, the forks, and all its utensils, ^aHuram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon, for the house of the LORD. 17 On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. 18 ^aSo Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

19 Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: the golden altar, ^athe tables with the bread of the Presence on them, 20 the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, ^ato burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed; 21 the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, that is, of purest gold; 22 and the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons, and the firepans of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the Most Holy Place and the doors of the house, that is, of the main room, of gold.