35. 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.
36. He engraved ornamental cherubs, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around.
37. He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.
41. He made the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars, the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars,
42. 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),
43. the ten movable stands with their ten basins,
44. the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,
45. and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord’s temple were made from polished bronze.
46. The king had them cast in earth foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
47. Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze.
48. Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,
49. the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary (five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,