Contemporary English Version Anglicised

1 Kings 7:30-31-40 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

30-31. Each stand had four bronze wheels and axles and a round frame sixty-eight centimetres across, held up by four supports forty-five centimetres high. A small bowl rested in the frame. The supports were decorated with flower designs, and the frame with carvings.The side panels of the stands were square,

32. and the wheels and axles were underneath them. The wheels were about sixty-eight centimetres high

33. and looked like chariot wheels. The axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were made out of bronze.

34-35. Around the top of each stand was a twenty-two-centimetre strip, and there were four braces attached to the corners of each stand. The panels and the supports were attached to the stands,

36. and the stands were decorated with flower designs and figures of lions, palm trees, and winged creatures.

37. Hiram made the ten bronze stands from the same mould, so they were exactly the same size and shape.

38. Hiram also made ten small bronze bowls, one for each stand. The bowls were almost two metres across and could hold about eight hundred litres.

39. He put five stands on the south side of the temple, five stands on the north side, and the large bowl at the south-east corner of the temple.

40. Hiram made pans for hot ashes, and also shovels and sprinkling bowls.This is a list of the bronze items that Hiram made for the Lord's temple: