The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. Then the work of the pillars was completed.
1 Kings 7:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He made the cast metal basin, , 4.5 metres from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 2.25 metres high and 13.5 metres in circumference. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He made a round molten Sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, five cubits high and thirty cubits in circumference. [Exod. 30:17-21; II Chron. 4:6.] American Standard Version (1901) And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. Common English Bible He also made a tank of cast metal called the Sea. It was circular in shape, fifteen feet from rim to rim, seven and a half feet high, forty-five feet in circumference. Catholic Public Domain Version He also made a molten sea, of ten cubits from brim to brim, rounded on all sides. Its height was five cubits, and a thin rope of thirty cubits wrapped it all around. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He made also a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; the height of it was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. |
The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. Then the work of the pillars was completed.
Then King Ahaz commanded the priest Uriah, ‘Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering. Also offer the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of sacrifice. The bronze altar will be for me to seek guidance.’
Then King Ahaz cut off the frames of the water carts , and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took the basin , from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone pavement.
Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars of the Lord’s temple, the water carts, and the bronze basin, , which were in the Lord’s temple, and carried the bronze to Babylon.
From Tibhath and Cun, Hadadezer’s cities, David also took huge quantities of bronze, from which Solomon made the bronze basin, the pillars, and the bronze articles.
Then he made the cast metal basin, , 4.5 metres from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 2.25 metres high and 13.5 metres in circumference.
He made the bronze basin and its stand from the bronze mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
For this is what the Lord of Armies says about the pillars, the basin, the water carts, and the rest of the articles that still remain in this city,
Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars for the Lord’s temple and the water carts and the bronze basin that were in the Lord’s temple, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
As for the two pillars, the one basin, with the twelve bronze oxen under it, and the water carts that King Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.