2 Chronicles 4 - Easy To Read Version

¹ Solomon used bronze to make an altar. {\cf2\super [50]} That bronze altar was 20 cubits {\cf2\super [51]} long, 20 cubits wide, and 10 cubits {\cf2\super [52]} tall.

² 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.

³ There were images of bulls under the lip of of the large bronze tank. {\cf2\super [57]} They were in two rows that went 10 cubits around the tank. The bulls were molded in place when the tank was shaped.

⁴ The large bronze tank was on top of twelve large statues of bulls. Three bulls looked toward the north. Three bulls looked toward the west. Three bulls looked toward the south. Three bulls looked toward the east. The large bronze tank was on top of these bulls. All the bulls stood with their rear ends to each other and to the center.

⁵ The large bronze tank was 3 inches {\cf2\super [58]} thick. The edge of the large tank was like the edge of a cup. The edge looked like a lily blossom. It could hold about 17,500 gallons. {\cf2\super [59]}

⁶ Solomon made ten basins. He put five basins on the right side of the large bronze tank. And Solomon put five basins on the left side of the large bronze tank. These ten basins were to be used to wash the things offered for the burnt offerings. {\cf2\super [60]} But the large bronze tank was to be used by the priests for washing before they offered sacrifices. {\cf2\super [61]}

⁷ Solomon made ten lampstands of gold. He followed the plans made for these lampstands. He put the lampstands in the temple. {\cf2\super [62]} There were five lampstands on the right side and five lampstands on the left side.

⁸ Solomon made ten tables and put them in the temple. {\cf2\super [63]} Five tables were on the right side and five tables were put on the left side in the temple. And Solomon used gold to make 100 basins.

⁹ Solomon also made the Priests’ yard, {\cf2\super [64]} the Great yard, and the doors for the yards. He used bronze to cover the doors that opened to the yard.

¹⁰ Then he put the large bronze tank {\cf2\super [65]} on the right side of the temple on the southeast side.

¹¹ Huram made the pots, shovels, and basins. Then Huram finished his work for King Solomon on God’s temple. {\cf2\super [66]}

¹² Huram had made the two columns and the large bowls on the top parts of the two columns. Huram also made the two net decorations to cover the two large bowls on the top parts of the two columns.

¹³ Huram made 400 pomegranates {\cf2\super [67]} for the two net decorations. There were two rows of pomegranates for each net. The nets covered the large bowls on the top parts on the two columns.

¹⁴ Huram also made the stands and the bowls on the stands.

¹⁵ Huram made the one large bronze tank {\cf2\super [68]} and twelve bulls under the tank.

¹⁶ Huram made the pots, shovels, forks, and all the things for King Solomon for the Lord’s temple. These things were made of polished bronze.

¹⁷ King Solomon first poured these things in clay molds. The molds were made in the Jordan Valley between the towns of Succoth and Zeredah.

¹⁸ Solomon made so many of these things that no person tried to weigh the bronze used.