1 Chronicles 18:8

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1 Chronicles 18:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

7 And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.

9 When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

10 he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,

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2 Samuel 8:8

And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

1 Chronicles 22:14

Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

1 Kings 7:15

He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

1 Kings 7:16

He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.

1 Kings 7:17

For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.

1 Kings 7:18

Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.

1 Kings 7:19

And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.

1 Kings 7:20

On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.

1 Kings 7:21

Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.

1 Kings 7:22

And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.

1 Kings 7:23

He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

1 Kings 7:24

Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

1 Kings 7:25

The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

1 Kings 7:26

It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.

1 Kings 7:27

In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

1 Kings 7:28

This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights,

1 Kings 7:29

and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.

1 Kings 7:30

Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.

1 Kings 7:31

The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.

1 Kings 7:32

There were four wheels under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand; each wheel was a cubit and a half in diameter.

1 Kings 7:33

The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.

1 Kings 7:34

Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.

1 Kings 7:35

At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.

1 Kings 7:36

He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.

1 Kings 7:37

In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.

1 Kings 7:38

He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.

1 Kings 7:39

He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

1 Kings 7:40

Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:

1 Kings 7:41

the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

1 Kings 7:42

the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

1 Kings 7:43

the ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;

1 Kings 7:44

the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

1 Kings 7:45

and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.

1 Kings 7:46

The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

1 Kings 7:47

Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

2 Chronicles 4:2

He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

2 Chronicles 4:3

Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

2 Chronicles 4:4

The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

2 Chronicles 4:5

It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.

2 Chronicles 4:6

He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.

2 Chronicles 4:12

the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

2 Chronicles 4:13

the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

2 Chronicles 4:14

the stands; the basins on the stands;

2 Chronicles 4:15

the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

2 Chronicles 4:16

and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.

2 Chronicles 4:17

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

2 Chronicles 4:18

Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

Jeremiah 52:17

Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:18

They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

Jeremiah 52:19

The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

Jeremiah 52:20

As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

Jeremiah 52:21

Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

Jeremiah 52:22

The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

Jeremiah 52:23

Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.