Then he made ten basins of bronze: one basin held 220 gallons. Each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten bases was one basin.
1 Kings 7:39 - Tree of Life Version Then he set up the laver stands, five on the right side of the House and five on the left side of the House, and set up the sea of cast metal on the right side of the House eastward, toward the south. 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 basins of bronze: one basin held 220 gallons. Each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten bases was one basin.
Then Hiram made the basins, the shovels, and the sprinkling bowls. So Hiram finished doing all the work that he performed for King Solomon on Adonai’s House:
He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the right side and five on the left. In them the items used for the burnt offering were rinsed, but the kohanim washed in “the Sea”.
Next he made the ten menorot of gold in the manner prescribed for them and set them in the Temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.
When all the work that Solomon undertook for the House of Adonai was finished, Solomon brought in the things David his father consecrated—the silver, gold and all the furnishings—and put them in the treasuries of the House of God.