{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/2-chronicles/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T05:04:18.417Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"2 Chronicles","bookSlug":"2-chronicles","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":36,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And under it <i>was</i> the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen <i>were</i> cast, when it was cast."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea <i>was set</i> above upon them, and all their hinder parts <i>were</i> inward."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the thickness of it <i>was</i> an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; <i>and</i> it received and held three thousand baths."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea <i>was</i> for the priests to wash in."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set <i>them</i> in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He made also ten tables, and placed <i>them</i> in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"<i>To wit</i>, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters <i>which were</i> on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which <i>were</i> on the top of the pillars;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which <i>were</i> upon the pillars."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"One sea, and twelve oxen under it."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And Solomon made all the vessels that <i>were for</i> the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread <i>was set</i>;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, <i>made he of</i> gold, <i>and</i> that perfect gold;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, <i>of</i> pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy <i>place</i>, and the doors of the house of the temple, <i>were of</i> gold."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Chronicles 4 (KJV)","markdown":"[2 Chronicles 4](https://primebible.com/kjv/2-chronicles/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/2-chronicles/4 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}