1 Kings 7 27-1 Kings 7 43
He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high.The stands were constructed with frames between the joints.On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubs. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths.Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet high.The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal.Each stand had four supports, one per side projecting out from the stand.On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.He engraved ornamental cherubs, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around.He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand.He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put“ The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the LORD’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.He made the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars, the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars,the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars( each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),the ten movable stands with their ten basins,
