Then he made ten bronze basins #– #each basin held 880 litres and each was 1.8 metres wide #– #one basin for each of the ten water carts.
1 Kings 7:39 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He set five water carts on the right side of the temple and five on the left side. He put the basin near the right side of the temple towards the southeast. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Then he made ten bronze basins #– #each basin held 880 litres and each was 1.8 metres wide #– #one basin for each of the ten water carts.
Then Hiram made the basins, the shovels, and the sprinkling basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he was doing for King Solomon on the Lord’s temple:
He made ten basins for washing and he put five on the right and five on the left. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the basin was used by the priests for washing.
He made the ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left.
So all the work Solomon did for the Lord’s temple was completed. Then Solomon brought the consecrated things of his father David #– #the silver, the gold, and all the utensils #– #and put them in the treasuries of God’s temple.