2 Chronicles 4:2

Furnishings of the Temple

1 Moreover he made ^aa bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.

2 ^aThen he made the¹ Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

3 ^aAnd under it was the likeness of oxen encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

4 It stood on twelve ^aoxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.

5 It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained¹ three thousand baths.

6 He also made ^aten lavers, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as they offered for the burnt offering they would wash in them, but the¹ Sea was for the ^bpriests to wash in.

7 ^aAnd he made ten lampstands of gold ^baccording to their design, and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

8 ^aHe also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred ^bbowls of gold.

9 Furthermore ^ahe made the court of the priests, and the ^bgreat court and doors for the court; and he overlaid these doors with bronze.

10 ^aHe set the Sea on the right side, toward the southeast.

11 Then ^aHuram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of God:

12 the two pillars and ^athe bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars;

13 ^afour hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on the pillars);

14 he also made ^acarts and the lavers on the carts;

15 one Sea and twelve oxen under it;

16 also the pots, the shovels, the forks—and all their articles ^aHuram his master craftsman made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.

17 In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth and Zeredah.

18 ^aAnd Solomon had all these articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 4:2

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American Standard Version
Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

Amplified® Bible
Also he made a round Sea of molten metal, ten cubits from brim to brim and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured around it.

Contemporary English Version
He also gave orders to make a large metal bowl called the Sea. It was fifteen feet across, about seven and a half feet deep, and forty-five feet around.

Darby English Version
And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.

Good News Bible
He also made a round tank of bronze, 7 1/2 feet deep, 15 feet in diameter, and 45 feet in circumference.

King James Version
Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

New American Standard Bible
Also he made the cast {metal} sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height {was} five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits.

New International Version
He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.

New King James Version
Then he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Also he made the cast metal sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height measured five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits.

Revised Standard Version
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

New English Translation
He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.”¹ It measured 15 feet² from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet³ high. Its circumference was 45 feet.⁴

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