Verse 44

1 Kings 7:44

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44 the Sea and the twelve oxen under it;

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אֶת הַ/יָּ֖ם הָ/אֶחָ֑ד וְ/אֶת הַ/בָּקָ֥ר שְׁנֵים עָשָׂ֖ר תַּ֥חַת הַ/יָּֽם

English Translation

And the one sea and twelve cattle under the sea.

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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... Focus ↗

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;

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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