He made ten basins of bronze; each basin held forty baths; each basin measured four cubits; there was a basin for each of the ten stands.
1 Kings 7:39 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He set five of the stands on the south side of the house and five on the north side of the house; he set the sea on the southeast corner of the house. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He put the bases five on the south side of the house and five on the north side; and he set the Sea at the southeast corner of the house. American Standard Version (1901) And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south. Common English Bible He placed five stands on the south of the temple and five on the north of the temple. He placed the Sea at the southeast corner of the temple. Catholic Public Domain Version And he stationed the ten bases, five to the right side of the temple, and five to the left. And the sea he placed to the right side of the temple, opposite the east, toward the south. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he set the ten bases, five on the right side of the temple, and five on the left: and the sea he put on the right side of the temple over against the east southward. |
He made ten basins of bronze; each basin held forty baths; each basin measured four cubits; there was a basin for each of the ten stands.
Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the Lord:
He also made ten basins in which to wash and set five on the right side and five on the left. In these they were to rinse what was used for the burnt offering. The sea was for the priests to wash in.
He made ten golden lampstands as prescribed and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.
Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of the Lord was finished. Solomon brought in the things that his father David had dedicated and stored the silver, the gold, and all the vessels in the treasuries of the house of God.