Le deuxième Livre des Chroniques

Chapître 4

1

Moreover he made⁴ an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

2

Also he made⁴ a molten⁹⁴ sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass⁴ it round about.

3

And under it [was] the similitude of oxen, which did compass⁶ it round about: ⁵⁴³⁹ ten in a cubit, compassing⁵⁶ the sea round about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast,⁷ when it was cast.

4

It stood⁶ upon twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ oxen, three looking⁶ toward the north, and three looking⁶ toward the west, and three looking⁶ toward the south, and three looking⁶ toward the east: and the sea [was set] above upon them, and all their hinder parts [were] inward.

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And the thickness of it [was] an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; [and] it received⁵⁶ and held⁵⁵ three thousand baths.

6

He made⁴ also ten lavers, and put⁴ five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash² in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed⁵⁵ in them; but the sea [was] for the priests to wash² in.

7

And he made⁴ ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set⁴ [them] in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

8

He made⁴ also ten tables, and placed⁵⁵ [them] in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made⁴ an hundred basons of gold.

9

Furthermore he made⁴ the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid¹⁴ the doors of them with brass.

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And he set¹ the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.

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And Huram made⁴ the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram ²⁴³⁸ finished^{17 6213 2} the work that he was to make¹ for king Solomon for the house of God;

12

[To wit], the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters [which were] on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover¹⁵ the two pommels of the chapiters which [were] on the top of the pillars;

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And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover¹⁵ the two pommels of the chapiters which [were] upon the pillars.

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He made¹ also bases, and lavers made¹ he upon the bases;

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 One sea, and twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ oxen under it.

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The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make¹ to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright⁷ brass.

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In the plain of Jordan did the king cast¹ them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

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Thus Solomon made⁴ all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.⁸

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And Solomon made⁴ all the vessels that [were for] the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread ⁶⁴⁴⁰ [was set];

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Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn¹⁵ after the manner before the oracle, of pure⁷ gold;

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And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, [made he of] gold, [and] that perfect gold;

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And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, [of] pure⁷ gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy [place], and the doors of the house of the temple, [were of] gold.