II Chronicles Chapter 4
Other Translations
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits.
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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.
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And under it was the similitude of oxen, encompassing it round about, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about, two rows of oxen, cast when it was cast.
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It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
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And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; in capacity it held three thousand baths.
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And he made ten lavers, and put five on the right and five on the left, to wash in them: they rinsed in them what they prepared for the burnt-offering; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
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And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance respecting them, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.
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And he made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left. And he made a hundred golden bowls.
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And he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors thereof with bronze.
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And he set the sea on the right side eastward, over against the south.
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And Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram ended doing the work that he made for king Solomon in the house ofGod:
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two pillars, and the globes and the capitals on the top of the pillars, two; and the two networks, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;
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and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were upon the pillars.
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And he made the bases, and he made the lavers on the bases;
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one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
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And the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their instruments did Huram Abiv make king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.
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In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
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And Solomon made all these vessels in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained.
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And Solomon made all the vessels that were [in] the house ofGod: the golden altar; and the tables whereon was the shewbread;
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and the candlesticks with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;
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and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold (it was perfect gold);
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and the knives, and the bowls, and the cups, and the censers, of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, the inner folding-doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, of the temple, of gold.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Fecit quoque altare æneum viginti cubitorum longitudinis, et viginti cubitorum latitudinis, et decem cubitorum altitudinis.
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Mare etiam fusile decem cubitis a labio usque ad labium, rotundum per circuitum: quinque cubitos habebat altitudinis, et funiculus triginta cubitorum ambiebat gyrum eius.
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Similitudo quoque boum erat subter illud, et decem cubitis quædam extrinsecus cælaturæ, quasi duobus versibus alvum maris circuibant. Boves autem erant fusiles:
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et ipsum Mare super duodecim boves impositum erat, quorum tres respiciebant ad Aquilonem, et alii tres ad Occidentem: porro tres alii Meridiem, et tres qui reliqui erant, Oritentem, habentes mare superpositum: posteriora autem boum erant intrinsecus sub mari.
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Porro vastitas eius habebat mensuram palmi, et labium illius erat quasi labium calicis, vel repandi lilii: capiebatque tria millia metretas.
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Fecit quoque conchas decem: et posuit quinque a dextris, et quinque a sinistris, ut lavarent in eis omnia, quæ in holocaustum oblaturi erant: porro in mari sacerdotes lavabuntur.
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Fecit autem et candelabra aurea decem secundum speciem, qua iussa erant fieri: et posuit ea in templo, quinque a dextris, et quinque a sinistris.
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Necnon et mensas decem: et posuit eas in templo, quinque a dextris, et quinque a sinistris: phialas quoque aureas centum.
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Fecit etiam atrium sacerdotum, et basilicam grandem: et ostia in basilica, quæ texit ære.
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Porro mare posuit in latere dextro contra Orientem ad Meridiem.
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Fecit autem Hiram lebetes, et creagras, et phialas: et complevit omne opus regis in domo Dei:
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hoc est, columnas duas, et epistylia, et capita, et quasi quædam retiacula, quæ capita tegerent super epistylia.
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Malogranata quoque quadringenta, et retiacula duo ita ut bini ordines malogranatorum singulis retiaculis iungerentur, quæ protegerent epistylia, et capita columnarum.
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Bases etiam fecit, et conchas, quas superposuit basibus:
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mare unum, boves quoque duodecim sub mari.
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Et lebetes, et creagras, et phialas. Omnia vasa fecit Salomoni Hiram pater eius in domo Domini ex ære mundissimo.
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In regione Iordanis fudit ea rex in argillosa terra inter Sochot, et Saredatha.
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Erat autem multitudo vasorum innumerabilis, ita ut ignoraretur pondus æris.
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Fecitque Salomon omnia vasa domus Dei, et altare aureum, et mensas, et super eas panes propositionis:
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candelabra quoque cum lucernis suis ut lucerent ante oraculum iuxta ritum ex auro purissimo:
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et florentia quædam, et lucernas, et forcipes aureos: omnia de auro mundissimo facta sunt.
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Thymiateria quoque, et thuribula, et phialas, et mortariola ex auro purissimo. Et ostia cælavit templi interioris, id est, in Sancta sanctorum: et ostia templi forinsecus aurea. Sicque completum est omne opus, quod fecit Salomon in domo Domini.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.
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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.
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And the likeness of oxen <FI>is<Fi> under it, all round about encompassing it, ten in the cubit, compassing the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast.
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It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea <FI>is<Fi> upon them above, and all their hinder parts <FI>are<Fi> within.
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And its thickness <FI>is<Fi> a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold--baths three thousand it containeth.
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And he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea <FI>is<Fi> for priests to wash with.
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And he maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left.
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And he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred.
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And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass.
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And the sea he hath placed on the right shoulder eastward, over-against the south.
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And Huram maketh the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finisheth to make the work that he made for king Solomon in the house of God;
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two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two bowls of the crowns that <FI>are<Fi> on the heads of the pillars;
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and the pomegranates four hundred to the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates to the one wreath, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that <FI>are<Fi> on the front of the pillars.
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And the bases he hath made; and the lavers he hath made on the bases;
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the one sea, and the twelve oxen under it,
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and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of brass purified.
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In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.
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And Solomon maketh all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.
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And Solomon maketh all the vessels that <FI>are for<Fi> the house of God, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and on them <FI>is<Fi> bread of the presence;
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and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;
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and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold--it <FI>is<Fi> the perfection of gold;
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and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the holy of holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).