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4:1 He made <06213> a bronze <05178> altar <04196>, 30 feet <0520> <06242> long <0753>, 30 feet <0520> <06242> wide <07341>, and 15 feet <0520> <06235> high <06967>. 4:2 He also made <06213> the <0853> big <03332> bronze basin <03332> called “The Sea <03220>.” It measured 15 feet <0520> <06235> from rim <08193> to <0413> rim <08193>, was circular <05696> in shape <05439>, and stood seven and one-half feet <0520> <02568> high <06967>. Its circumference <05439> <05437> <06957> was 45 feet <0520> <07970>. 4:3 Images <01823> of bulls <01241> were under <08478> it all the way around <05437> <05439> <05439>, ten <06235> every eighteen inches <0520> all the way around <05362>. The bulls <01241> were in two <08147> rows <02905> and had been cast <03332> with “The Sea <03220>.” 4:4 “The Sea” stood <05975> on <05921> top of twelve <06240> <08147> bulls <01241>. Three <07969> faced <06437> northward <06828>, three <07969> westward <03220> <06437>, three <07969> southward <05045>, and three <07969> eastward <04217> <06437>. “The Sea <03220>” was placed on <05921> top <04605> of them, and they all <03605> faced outward <01004> <0268>. 4:5 It was four fingers <02947> thick <05672> and its rim <08193> was like that <08193> of a cup <03563> shaped <04639> like a lily <07799> blossom <06525>. It could hold <03557> 18,000 gallons <0505> <07969> <01324>. 4:6 He made <06213> ten <06235> washing <07364> basins <03595>; he put <05414> five <02568> on the south <03225> side and five <02568> on the north <08040> side. In them they rinsed <01740> the items <04639> used for burnt sacrifices <05930>; the priests <03548> washed <07364> in “The Sea <03220>.” 4:7 He made <06213> ten <06235> gold <02091> lampstands <04501> according to specifications <04941> and put <05414> them in the temple <01964>, five <02568> on the right <03225> and five <02568> on the left <08040>. 4:8 He made <06213> ten <06235> tables <07979> and set <03240> them in the temple <01964>, five <02568> on the right <03225> and five <02568> on the left <08040>. He also made <06213> one hundred <03967> gold <02091> bowls <04219>. 4:9 He made <06213> the courtyard <02691> of the priests <03548> and the large <01419> enclosure <05835> and its doors <05835> <01817>; he plated <06823> their doors <01817> with bronze <05178>. 4:10 He put <05414> “The Sea <03220>” on the south <03233> side <03802>, in the southeast <05045> <04136> <06924> corner. 4:11 Huram <02361> Abi made <06213> the pots <05518>, shovels <03257>, and bowls <04219>. He <02438> finished <03615> all the work <04399> on God’s <0430> temple <01004> he had been assigned <06213> by King <04428> Solomon <08010>. 4:12 He made the two <08147> pillars <05982>, the two <08147> bowl-shaped <01543> tops <03805> of the pillars <05982>, the latticework <07639> for the bowl-shaped <01543> tops <03805> of the two pillars <05982>, 4:13 the four <0702> hundred <03967> pomegranate-shaped <07416> ornaments for the latticework <07639> of the two <08147> pillars (each <0259> latticework <07639> had two <08147> rows <02905> of these ornaments at <05921> the bowl-shaped <01543> top <06440> of the pillar <05982>),

• 2Ch 3:1--5:1 -- The Building of the Temple

• Solomon

  [ebd] peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father on the throne in early man...
  [nave] SOLOMON Son of David by Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 12:24; 1 Kin. 1:13, 17, 21. Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet, 2 Sam. 12:24, 25. Ancestor of Joseph, Matt. 1:6. Succeeds David to the throne of Israel, 1 Kin. 1:11-48; 2:12; 1...
  

• Laver

  [ebd] (Heb. kiyor), a "basin" for boiling in, a "pan" for cooking (1 Sam. 2:14), a "fire-pan" or hearth (Zech. 12:6), the sacred wash-bowl of the tabernacle and temple (Ex. 30:18, 28; 31:9; 35:16; 38:8; 39:39; 40:7, 11, 30, etc.),...
  [isbe] LAVER - la'-ver (kiyor): 1. In the Tabernacle: Every priest in attendance on the altar of Yahweh was required to wash his hands and his feet before entering upon his official duties (Ex 30:19 ff). To this end a laver was ord...
  [smith] In the tabernacle, a vessel of brass containing water for the priests to wash their hands and feet before offering sacrifice. It stood in the fore offering sacrifice. It stood in the court between the altar and the door of t...
  [nave] LAVER Directions for making, Ex. 30:18-20. Situation of, in the tabernacle, tent of the congregation, and the altar, Ex. 40:7. Sanctified, Ex. 30:28; 40:11; Lev. 8:11. Used for washing, Ex. 40:30-32. Brazen, made by Solo...
  

• TEMPLE, A1

  [isbe] TEMPLE, A1 - tem'-p'l (hekhal, "palace"; sometimes, as in 1 Ki 6:3,5, etc.; Ezek 41:1,15 ff, used for "the holy place" only; bayith, "house," thus always in the Revised Version (British and American); hieron, naos): A. STRUC...
  

• Temple

  [nave] TEMPLE. Solomon's Called also Temple of the Lord, 2 Kin. 11:10; Holy Temple, Psa. 79:1; Holy House, 1 Chr. 29:3; House of God, 1 Chr. 29:2; 2 Chr. 23:9; House of the Lord, 2 Chr. 23:5, 12; Jer. 28:5; Father's House, John 2...
  

• Temple, Solomon's

  [ebd] Before his death David had "with all his might" provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the city, on the spot where ...
  

• SEA, THE MOLTEN; SEA, THE BRAZEN

  [isbe] SEA, THE MOLTEN; SEA, THE BRAZEN - mol'-t'n, or (yam mutsaq, yam hanechosheth): This was a large brazen (bronze) reservoir for water which stood in the court of Solomon's Temple between the altar and the temple porch, toward...
  

• Sea, The molten

  [ebd] the great laver made by Solomon for the use of the priests in the temple, described in 1 Kings 7:23-26; 2 Chr. 4:2-5. It stood in the south-eastern corner of the inner court. It was 5 cubits high, 10 in diameter from brim to...
  

• POMMELS

  [ebd] (2 Chr. 4:12, 13), or bowls (1 Kings 7:41), were balls or "rounded knobs" on the top of the chapiters (q.v.).
  [smith] only in (2 Chronicles 4:12,13) In (1 Kings 7:41) "bowls." The word signifies convex projections belonging to the capitals of pillars.
  

• Master Workman

  [nave] MASTER WORKMAN, Prov. 8:30; 1 Cor. 3:10. Instances of Tubal-cain, Gen. 4:22; Bezaleel, Ex. 31:2-11; 35:30-35; Hiram, 1 Kin. 7:13-50; 2 Chr. 2:13, 14; 4:11-18. See: Arts and Crafts.
  

• Altar

  [ebd] (Heb. mizbe'ah, from a word meaning "to slay"), any structure of earth (Ex. 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25) on which sacrifices were offered. Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places (Gen. 22:9; Ezek. 6:3; 2 Kin...
  [isbe] ALTAR - ol'-ter (mizbeach, literally, "place of slaughter or sacrifice," from zabhach, which is found in both senses; bomos, (only in Acts 17:23), thusiasterion): I. CLASSIFICATION OF HEBREW ALTARS Importance of the Distinct...
  [nave] ALTAR Built by Noah, Gen. 8:20; Abraham, Gen. 12:7, 8; 13:18; 22:9; Isaac, Gen. 26:25; Jacob, Gen. 33:20; 35:1-7; Moses, Ex. 17:15; 24:4; Balaam, Num. 23:1, 14, 29; Joshua, Deut. 27:4-7; Josh. 8:30-32; Reubenites and Gadites...
  

• Chapiter

  [ebd] the ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered. (1.) Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12), meaning a "diadem" or "crown." (2.) Tzepheth (2 Chr. 3:15). (3.) Rosh (Ex. 36:38; 38:...
  [nave] CHAPITER, head of a pillar, Ex. 36:38; 1 Kin. 7:16-42; 2 Kin. 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12, 13; Jer. 52:22.
  

• Hiram

  [nave] HIRAM 1. Called Huram, king of Tyre. Builds a house for David, 2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Chr. 14:1; 2 Chr. 2:3. Aids Solomon in building the temple, 1 Kin. 5; 2 Chr. 2:3-16. Dissatisfied with cities given by Solomon, 1 Kin. 9:11-13. ...
  

• Lily

  [ebd] The Hebrew name shushan or shoshan, i.e., "whiteness", was used as the general name of several plants common to Syria, such as the tulip, iris, anemone, gladiolus, ranunculus, etc. Some interpret it, with much probability, a...
  [isbe] LILY - lil'-i (shushan (1 Ki 7:19), shoshannah (2 Ch 4:5; Song 2:1 f; Hos 14:5); plural (Song 2:16; 4:5; 5:13; 6:2 f; 7:2; Ecclesiasticus 39:14; 50:8); krinon (Mt 6:28; Lk 12:27)): The Hebrew is probably a loan word from the...
  [nave] LILY The principal chapiters of the temple ornamented with carvings of, 1 Kin. 7:19, 22, 26. Molded on the rim of the molten layer in the temple, 1 Kin. 7:26; 2 Chr. 4:5. Lessons of trust gathered from, Matt. 6:28-30; Luke...
  

• Bowl

  [isbe] BOWL - bol: (1) The primitive Hebrews, like the wandering Bedouin of today, probably used bowls of wood, as less breakable than earthenware. Some hollow dish of the sort would be indispensable, even in the lowest stage of no...
  [nave] BOWL Made of gold: For the tabernacle, Ex. 25:29; 37:16; temple, 1 Kin. 7:50; 1 Chr. 28:17; 2 Chr. 4:8; of silver, Num. 4:7; 7:13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79, 84. Stamped "Holiness to the Lord,'' Zech. 14:20...
  

• Handbreadth

  [isbe] HANDBREADTH - hand'-bredth (Tephach, Tophach, 1 Ki 7:26; 2 Ch 4:5; Ps 39:5; Ex 25:25; 37:12; Ezek 40:5,43; 43:13): A Hebrew linear measure containing 4 fingers, or digits, and equal to about 3 inches. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURE...
  [nave] HANDBREADTH, a measure, about four inches, Ex. 25:25; 1 Kin. 7:26; 2 Chr. 4:5; Psa. 39:5; Isa. 48:13; Ezek. 40:5, 43; Jer. 52:21. See: Span; Fingerbreadth.
  

• POMMEL

  [isbe] POMMEL - pum'-el (2 Ch 4:12,13): the Revised Version (British and American) reads "bowl" (which see).
  

• HURAM

  [isbe] HURAM - hu'-ram (churam, "noble-born"): (1) Grandson of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:5). (2) King of Tyre in alliance with David and Solomon. So named in 2 Ch 2:3,11,12; 8:2; 9:10,21, but elsewhere written HIRAM (which see). (3) The Tyr...
  [smith] (noble born). A Benjamite; son of Bela, the first-born of the patriarch. (1 Chronicles 8:5) The form in which the name of the king of Tyre in alliance with David and Solomon --and elsewhere given as HIRAM, OR HURAM-- appe...
  

• BRIM

  [isbe] BRIM - qatseh or qetseh = "an extremity" (in a variety of applications and idioms), "border," "edge," "side," "shore" (Josh 3:15 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "brink"); also saphah or sep...
  

• Basin

  [ebd] or Bason. (1.) A trough or laver (Heb. aggan') for washing (Ex. 24:6); rendered also "goblet" (Cant. 7:2) and "cups" (Isa. 22:24). (2.) A covered dish or urn (Heb. k'for) among the vessels of the temple (1 Chr. 28:17; Ezra 1...
  [nave] BASIN Made of gold, 1 Kin. 7:50; 1 Chr. 28:17; 2 Chr. 4:8, 22; Ezra 1:10; 8:27; of bronze, Ex. 27:3; 38:3; 1 Kin. 7:45. See: Tabernacle, Furniture of.
  

• CANDLESTICK

  [ebd] the lamp-stand, "candelabrum," which Moses was commanded to make for the tabernacle, according to the pattern shown him. Its form is described in Ex. 25:31-40; 37:17-24, and may be seen represented on the Arch of Titus at Ro...
  [smith] which Moses was commanded to make for the tabernacle, is described (Exodus 25:31-37; 37:17-24) It was not strictly a "candlestick," as it held seven richly-adorned lamps. With its various appurtenances it required a talent of...
  

• The Temple's Furnishings

  

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