1 Kings 7:41-47

7:41 He made ¹  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, ²  7:45 and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord’s temple ³  were made from polished bronze. 7:46 The king had them cast in earth foundries ⁴  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. ⁵ 

¹ tn The words “he made” are added for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “underneath ‘The Sea.’”

³ tn Heb “which Hiram made for King Solomon [for] the house of the Lord.”

⁴ tn Or perhaps, “molds.”

⁵ tn Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”