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Text -- 1 Kings 7:38-51 (NET)
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7:38 He also made ten bronze basins , each of which could hold about 240 gallons . Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand .
7:39 He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side . He put “The Sea ” on the south side , in the southeast corner.
7:40 Hiram also made basins , shovels , and bowls . He finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon .
7:41 He made the two pillars , the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars , the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars ,
7:42 the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar ),
7:43 the ten movable stands with their ten basins ,
7:44 the big bronze basin called “The Sea ” with its twelve bulls underneath ,
7:45 and the pots , shovels , and bowls . All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord’s temple were made from polished bronze .
7:46 The king had them cast in earth foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan .
7:47 Solomon left all these items unweighed ; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze .
7:48 Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple : the gold altar , the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence ,
7:49 the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary (five on the right and five on the left ), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps , and tongs ,
7:50 the pure gold bowls , trimming shears, basins , pans , and censers , and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple .
7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple , he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver , gold , and other articles ) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple .
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:40 Heb “Hiram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of the Lord.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:47 Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 7:48 This bread was viewed as a perpetual offering to God and was regarded as holy. See Lev 24:5-9.
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