Verse 25

1 Kings 7:25

New Living Translation

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25 The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen, all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them.

Original Language Text

hebrew

עֹמֵ֞ד עַל שְׁנֵ֧י עָשָׂ֣ר בָּקָ֗ר שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה פֹנִ֣ים צָפ֡וֹנָ/ה וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁה֩ פֹנִ֨ים יָ֜מָּ/ה וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה פֹּנִ֣ים נֶ֗גְבָּ/ה וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פֹּנִ֣ים מִזְרָ֔חָ/ה וְ/הַ/יָּ֥ם עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם מִ/לְ/מָ֑עְלָ/ה וְ/כָל אֲחֹֽרֵי/הֶ֖ם בָּֽיְתָ/ה

English Translation

Standing on twelve cattle, three faces to the north and three faces to the west and three faces to the south and three faces to the east, and the sea is above them, and all their backs are toward the house.

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Chapter 7 Context

1 Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction... Focus ↗

2 One of Solomon’s buildings was called the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75... Focus ↗

3 The hall had a cedar roof. Above the beams on the pillars were forty-five side rooms, arranged in th... Focus ↗

4 On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other. Focus ↗

5 All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames and were arranged in sets of three, facing eac... Focus ↗

6 Solomon also built the Hall of Pillars, which was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch i... Focus ↗

7 Solomon also built the throne room, known as the Hall of Justice, where he sat to hear legal matters... Focus ↗

8 Solomon’s living quarters surrounded a courtyard behind this hall, and they were constructed the sam... Focus ↗

9 From foundation to eaves, all these buildings were built from huge blocks of high-quality stone, cut... Focus ↗

10 Some of the huge foundation stones were 15 feet long, and some were 12 feet long. Focus ↗

11 The blocks of high-quality stone used in the walls were also cut to measure, and cedar beams were al... Focus ↗

12 The walls of the great courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every... Focus ↗

13 King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram to come from Tyre. Focus ↗

14 He was half Israelite, since his mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had b... Focus ↗

15 Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference. Focus ↗

16 For the tops of the pillars he cast bronze capitals, each 7 1⁄2 feet tall. Focus ↗

17 Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains. Focus ↗

18 He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pi... Focus ↗

19 The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six f... Focus ↗

20 The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded sur... Focus ↗

21 Huram set the pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one toward the south and one toward the north.... Focus ↗

22 The capitals on the pillars were shaped like water lilies. And so the work on the pillars was finish... Focus ↗

23 Then Huram cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7 1⁄2 fe... Focus ↗

24 It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds pe... Focus ↗

25 The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen, all facing outward. Three faced north, three fac...

26 The walls of the Sea were about three inches thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled... Focus ↗

27 Huram also made ten bronze water carts, each 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 1⁄2 feet tall. Focus ↗

28 They were constructed with side panels braced with crossbars. Focus ↗

29 Both the panels and the crossbars were decorated with carved lions, oxen, and cherubim. Above and be... Focus ↗

30 Each of these carts had four bronze wheels and bronze axles. There were supporting posts for the bro... Focus ↗

31 The top of each cart had a rounded frame for the basin. It projected 1 1⁄2 feet above the cart’s top... Focus ↗

32 Under the panels were four wheels that were connected to axles that had been cast as one unit with t... Focus ↗

33 and were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bron... Focus ↗

34 There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit w... Focus ↗

35 Around the top of each cart was a rim nine inches wide. The corner supports and side panels were cas... Focus ↗

36 Carvings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees decorated the panels and corner supports wherever there... Focus ↗

37 All ten water carts were the same size and were made alike, for each was cast from the same mold. Focus ↗

38 Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and cou... Focus ↗

39 He set five water carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. The great bronze... Focus ↗

40 He also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls. So at last Huram completed everything Kin... Focus ↗

41 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two networks of inter... Focus ↗

42 the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitals (two rows of pomegranates for each of... Focus ↗

43 the ten water carts holding the ten basins; Focus ↗

44 the Sea and the twelve oxen under it; Focus ↗

45 the ash buckets, the shovels, and the bowls. Huram made all these things of burnished bronze for... Focus ↗

46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan. Focus ↗

47 Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could no... Focus ↗

48 Solomon also made all the furnishings of the Temple of the LORD: the gold altar; the gold table f... Focus ↗

49 the lampstands of solid gold, five on the south and five on the north, in front of the Most Holy Pla... Focus ↗

50 the small bowls, lamp snuffers, bowls, ladles, and incense burners — all of solid gold; the doors... Focus ↗

51 So King Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his f... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 7 (51 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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