They put the flower-shaped capitals on top of the columns. So the work on the two columns was finished.
1 Kings 7:23 - Easy To Read Version Then Huram [77] made a round tank from bronze. [78] {They called this tank “The Sea.”} The tank was about 30 cubits [79] around. It was 10 cubits [80] across and 5 cubits [81] deep. 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. |
They put the flower-shaped capitals on top of the columns. So the work on the two columns was finished.
Ahaz gave a command to Uriah the priest. He said, “Use the large altar to burn the morning burnt offerings, the evening grain offerings, and the drink offerings from all the people of this country. Sprinkle all the blood from the burnt offering and other sacrifices on the large altar. But I will use the bronze altar to ask questions from God.”
There were carts with bronze panels and basins for the priests to wash their hands. King Ahaz removed the panels and basins and cut up the carts. He also took the large tank off the bronze bulls that stood under it. He put the large tank on a stone pavement.
The Babylonian soldiers broke to pieces all the bronze things in the Lord’s temple. They broke the bronze columns, the bronze carts, and the large bronze tank. Then they took all of that bronze to Babylon.
David also took much bronze from the towns of Tebah and Cun. Those towns belonged to Hadadezer. Later, Solomon used this bronze to make the bronze tank, the bronze columns, and other things made from bronze for the temple. {\cf2\super [201]}
Then Solomon used melted bronze to make a large tank. {\cf2\super [53]} The large tank was round and it measured 10 cubits {\cf2\super [54]} across from edge to edge. And it measured 5 cubits {\cf2\super [55]} tall and 30 cubits {\cf2\super [56]} around.
He made the bowl and its base with bronze. [419] He used the bronze mirrors that the women gave. These were the women that served at the entrance to the Meeting Tent. [420]
The Lord All-Powerful says this about those things that are still left in Jerusalem. In the temple, {\cf2\super [216]} there are the pillars, the bronze sea, the moveable stands, and other things. {\cf2\super [217]} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, left those things in Jerusalem.
The Babylonian army broke up the bronze columns of the temple. They also broke up the stands and the Bronze Tank {\cf2\super [438]} that were in the Lord’s temple. They carried all that bronze away to Babylon.
The two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the moveable stands were very heavy. King Solomon had made those things for the Lord’s temple. The bronze that those things were made of was so heavy it could not be weighed.