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1 Kings 7:35-43 God's Word Translation (GW)

35. The top of each stand had a round, nine-inch-high band. Above the stand were supports which were part of the panels.

36. Hiram engraved angels, lions, palm trees, and designs in every available space on the supports and panels.

37. This is the way he made the ten stands. All of them were cast in the same mold, identical in size and shape.

38. Hiram also made ten bronze basins. Each basin held 240 gallons. Every basin was six feet ⌊wide⌋. There was one basin on each of the ten stands.

39. He put five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north side of the temple. He set the pool on the south side of the temple in the southeast ⌊corner⌋.

40. Hiram also made pots, shovels, and bowls.So Hiram finished all the work for King Solomon on the Lord’s temple:

41. 2 pillars, the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the 2 pillars, and 2 sets of filigree to cover the 2 bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars,

42. 400 pomegranates for the 2 sets of filigree (2 rows of pomegranates for each filigree to cover the 2 bowl-shaped capitals on the pillars),

43. 10 stands and 10 basins on the stands,

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