2 Tawarikh 4:10-18

4:10 He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

4:11 Huram Abi ¹  made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. ²  4:12 He made ³  the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars, the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars, 4:13 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), 4:14 the ten ⁴  movable stands with their ten ⁵  basins, 4:15 the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath, 4:16 and the pots, shovels, and meat forks. ⁶  All the items King Solomon assigned Huram Abi to make for the Lord’s temple ⁷  were made from polished bronze. 4:17 The king had them cast in earthen foundries ⁸  in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan. 4:18 Solomon made so many of these items they did not weigh the bronze. ⁹ 

[4:11]  ¹ tn Heb “Huram,” but here this refers to Huram Abi (2 Chr 2:13). The complete name has been used in the translation to avoid possible confusion with King Huram of Tyre.

[4:11]  ² tn Heb “Huram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of God.”

[4:12]  ³ tn The words “he made” are added for stylistic reasons.

[4:14]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text has עָשָׂה (’asah, “he made”), which is probably a corruption of עֶשֶׂר (’eser, “ten”; see 1 Kgs 7:43).

[4:14]  ⁵ tc The Hebrew text has עָשָׂה (’asah, “he made”), which is probably a corruption of עֲשָׂרָה (’asarah, “ten”; see 1 Kgs 7:43).

[4:16]  ⁶ tc Some prefer to read here “bowls,” see v. 11 and 1 Kgs 7:45.

[4:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “Huram Abi made for King Solomon [for] the house of the Lord.”

[4:17]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps, “molds.”

[4:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “Solomon made all these items in great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”