45. the pots, the shovels and the basins. All these vessels Hiram made for King Solomon in the House of Adonai were made of polished bronze.
46. The king had them cast in the plain of the Jordan, with clay of the ground between Sukkot and Zarethan.
47. Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were too many—the weight of the bronze could not be determined.