The altar of brass, the molten sea upon twelve oxen, the ten loaves, the candlesticks and other vessels and ornaments of the temple.
The formes of the brasen altar, 2. of the lauatorie (or Sea) with figures of twelue oxen, 6. of other tenne smal lauatories, 7. tenne candlestickes, 8. tenne tables, and an hundred bassens, a great hal for the Priestes, 10. and other vessel, and ornamentes of the Temple are described.
1He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.Fece parimente un altare di bronzo lungo venti cubiti, e largo venti cubiti, e alto dieci.HE made also an altar of brasse of twentie cubites in length, and of twentie cubites in bredth, and of ten cubites in height.Fecit quoque altare æneum viginti cubitorum longitudinis, et viginti cubitorum latitudinis, et decem cubitorum altitudinis. 2Also a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass: it was five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.E una gran conca di getto, che avea dieci cubiti di diametro da un orlo all'altro, essendo tutta rotonda: cinque cubiti avea di profondità; e una corda di trenta cubiti abbracciava tutto il suo ambito.A Sea also cast, ten cubites from brimme to brimme, round in compasse: it had fiue cubites in height, and a corde of thirtie cubires did compasse it round about.Mare etiam fusile decem cubitis a labio usque ad labium, rotundum per circuitum: quinque cubitos habebat altitudinis, et funiculus triginta cubitorum ambiebat gyrum ejus. 3And under it there was the likeness of oxen, and certain engravings on the outside of ten cubits compassed the belly of the sea, as it were with two rows.Sotto di essa erano figure di bovi e per dieci cubiti vi erano al di fuori delle scolture divise in due ordini, le quali occupavano l'altezza del mare: ed erano i bovi di un sol getto col mare.There was also vnder it the similitude of oxen, and certaine engrauinges of ten cubites on the outside compassed the bealie of the Sea, as it were with two rewes.Similitudo quoque boum erat subter illud, et decem cubitis quædam extrinsecus cælaturæ, quasi duobus versibus alvum maris circuibant. Boves autem erant fusiles: 4And the oxen were cast: and the sea itself was set upon the twelve oxen, three of which looked toward the north, and other three toward the west: and other three toward the south, and the other three that remained toward the east, and the sea stood upon them: and the hinder parts of the oxen were inward under the sea.E lo stesso mare posava sopra dodici bovi, tre de' quali eran volti a settentrione, e tre altri ad occidente: tre altri a mezzodì, e gli ultimi tre a levante, e sostenevano il mare: e le parti deretane de' bovi eran di dentro sotto il mare.And the oxen were cast: and the Sea it self was sette vpon the twelue oxen, of the which three looked toward the North, and other three to the West: moreouer other three to the South, and the three that remayned, to the East, hauing the Sea put vpon them: and the hinder partes of the oxen were inward vnder the sea.et ipsum mare super duodecim boves impositum erat, quorum tres respiciebant ad aquilonem, et alii tres ad occidentem: porro tres alii meridiem, et tres qui reliqui erant, oritentem, habentes mare superpositum: posteriora autem boum erant intrinsecus sub mari.
5Now the thickness of it was a handbreadth, and the brim of it was like the brim of a cup, or of a crisped lily: and it held three thousand measures.La saldezza del mare era della misura di un palmo, e il suo orlo era come quello di un calice, o di un giglio sbocciato: e capiva tre mila metrete.Moreouer the thicknesse therof had the measure of a palme, and the brimme therof was as it were the brimme of a chalice, or of a crisped lilie: and it held three thousand metretes.Porro vastitas ejus habebat mensuram palmi, et labium illius erat quasi labium calicis, vel repandi lilii: capiebatque tria millia metretas. 6He made also ten lavers: and he set five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them all such things as they were to offer for holocausts: but the sea was for the priests to wash in.Fece ancora dieci conche: e ne collocò cinque a destra, e cinque a sinistra, affinchè in esse si lavasse tutto quello, che doveva offerirsi in olocausto: nel mare poi si lavavano i sacerdoti.He made also ten lauatories: and set fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left, that they might wash in them al thinges, that they would offer for holocaust: moreouer in the Sea the priestes were washed.Fecit quoque conchas decem: et posuit quinque a dextris, et quinque a sinistris, ut lavarent in eis omnia quæ in holocaustum oblaturi erant: porro in mari sacerdotes lavabantur. 7And he made ten golden candlesticks, according to the form which they were commanded to be made by: and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.E fece ancora dieci candellieri d'oro della forma prescritta: e li pose nel tempio, cinque a destra, e cinque a sinistra.And he made also ten golden candlestickes, according to the fashion which they were commanded to be made by: and he set them in the temple, fiue on the right hand, & fiue on the left.Fecit autem et candelabra aurea decem secundum speciem qua jussa erant fieri: et posuit ea in templo, quinque a dextris, et quinque a sinistris. 8Moreover also ten tables: and he set them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. Also a hundred bowls of gold.E parimente dieci mense: e le collocò cinque a destra, e cinque a sinistra: e parimente cento catinelle d'oro.Moreouer also ten tables: and he set them in the temple, fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left. Phials also of gold an hundred.Necnon et mensas decem: et posuit eas in templo, quinque a dextris, et quinque a sinistris: phialas quoque aureas centum.
9He made also the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he covered with brass.Fece ancora l'atrio de' sacerdoti, e il gran portico: e al portico le porte coperte di bronzo.He made also the court of the priestes, and a great hal: and doores in the hal, which he couered with brasse.Fecit etiam atrium sacerdotum, et basilicam grandem: et ostia in basilica, quæ texit ære. 10And he set the sea on the right side over against the east toward the south.Il mare poi lo colloco dal lato destro a mezzodì di chi guarda verso levante.Moreouer he set the Sea on the right side agaynst the East toward the South.Porro mare posuit in latere dextro contra orientem ad meridiem. 11And Hiram made caldrons, and fleshhooks, and bowls: and finished all the king’s work in the house of God:E Hiram fece delle caldaie, delle forchette, e delle catinelle: e compia tutti i lavori del re nella casa di Dio:And Hiram made cauldrons, and flesh hookes, and phials: and accomplished al the kinges worke in the house of God:Fecit autem Hiram lebetes, et creagras, et phialas: et complevit omne opus regis in domo Dei: 12That is to say, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters, and the network, to cover the chapiters over the pommels.Viene a dire, le due colonne, e gli epistilj, e i capitelli, e certe come reti, che coprivano i capitelli al di sopra degli epistilj.that is to say, two pillers, and the chapiters, and the heades, and asit were certayne litle nettes, which should couer the heades ouer the chapiters.hoc est, columnas duas, et epistylia, et capita, et quasi quædam retiacula, quæ capita tegerent super epistylia. 13And four hundred pomegranates, and two wreaths of network, so that two rows of pomegranates were joined to each wreath, to cover the pommels, and the chapiters of the pillars.E parimente quattrocento meligranati, e le due reti, talmente che a ciascuna rete andavano uniti due ordini di meligranati, ond'erano coperti gli epistilj, e i capitelli delle colonne.Pomegranates also foure hundred, and two litle nettes, soe that two rewes of the pomegranates were ioyned to ech litle nette, which couered the pommels, and the heades of the pillers.Malogranata quoque quadringenta, et retiacula duo ita ut bini ordines malogranatorum singulis retiaculis jungerentur, quæ protegerent epistylia, et capita columnarum. 14He made also bases, and lavers, which he set upon the bases:Fece le basi, e le conche, le quali egli pose sopra le basi:He made feete also, and lauatories, which he put vpon the feete:Bases etiam fecit, et conchas, quas superposuit basibus:
15One sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;Il mare, e i dodici bovi sotto il mare;one sea, also twelue oxen vnder the sea.mare unum, boves quoque duodecim sub mari, 16And the caldrons, and fleshhooks, and bowls. All the vessels did Hiram his father make for Solomon in the house of the Lord of the finest brass.E caldaie, e forchettoni, e catini. E ogni sorta di utensili di bronzo purissimo fece a Salomone Hiram suo padre per la casa del Signore.And the cauldrons, and flesh hookes, and phials. Al the vessels did Hiram his father make for Salomon in the house of our Lord of most pure brasse.et lebetes, et creagras, et phialas. Omnia vasa fecit Salomoni Hiram pater ejus in domo Domini ex ære mundissimo. 17In the country near the Jordan did the king cast them, in a clay ground between Sochot and Saredatha.Il re li fece fondere presso al Giordano in una terra argillosa tra Sochoth, e Saredatha.In the countrie of Iordan did the king cast them, in a clay ground bewen Socot and Saredatha.In regione Jordanis, fudit ea rex in argillosa terra inter Sochot et Saredatha. 18And the multitude of vessels was innumerable, so that the weight of the brass was not known.Or la quantità dei vasi fu innumerabile, talmente che non si sapeva quanto vi fosse andato di bronzo.And the multitude of vessels was innumerable, so that the weight of the brasse was not knowen.Erat autem multitudo vasorum innumerabilis, ita ut ignoraretur pondus æris. 19And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables, upon which were the loaves of proposition,E Salomone fece tutti questi vasi della casa di Dio, e l'altare a oro, e le mense, sulle quali si mettevano i pani della proposizione:And Salomon made al the vessels of the house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables, & vpon them the loaues of proposition,Fecitque Salomon omnia vasa domus Dei, et altare aureum, et mensas, et super eas panes propositionis: 20The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.E parimente i candellieri colle sue lampane d'oro purissimo, affinchè facesser lume dinanzi all'oracolo secondo il rito:the candlestickes also with their lampes to giue light before the oracle, according to the rite, of most pure gold:candelabra quoque cum lucernis suis ut lucerent ante oraculum juxta ritum ex auro purissimo: 21And certain flowers, and lamps, and golden tongs: all were made of the finest gold.E certi fioroni, e lucerne, e molle d'oro: tutte queste cose furon fatte di un oro finissimo.and certayne florishing thinges, and lampes, and golden tonges al were made of most fine gold.et florentia quædam, et lucernas, et forcipes aureos: omnia de auro mundissimo facta sunt.
22The vessels also for the perfumes, and the censers, and the bowls, and the mortars, of pure gold. And he graved the doors of the inner temple, that is, for the holy of holies: and the doors of the temple without were of gold. And thus all the work was finished which Solomon made in the house of the Lord.E gli scaldini ancora, e i turiboli, e le catinelle, e i mortaj d'oro finissimo. E le porte del tempio interiore, cioè del Santo de' Santi, erano di intaglio: e le porte del tempio erano d'oro al di fuori. Così furon ridotti a compimento tutti i lavori fatti da Salomone nella casa del Signore.The vessels also of persume and censars, and phials, and litle mortars, of most pure gold. And he graued the doores of the inner temple, that is, in Sancta sanctorum: and the doores of the temple without of gold. And so al the worke was finishd which Salomon made in the house of our Lord.Thymiateria quoque, et thuribula, et phialas, et mortariola ex auro purissimo. Et ostia cælavit templi interioris, id est, in Sancta sanctorum: et ostia templi forinsecus aurea. Sicque completum est omne opus quod fecit Salomon in domo Domini.
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Calmet
Altar of holocausts, much larger than that of Moses. The one which was built after the captivity, was a square of fifteen cubits. This of Solomon was only ten in height. A sloping ascent was made up to it, according to Josephus; (Jewish Wars 6:5., or 5:14.) or the steps were closed in, if we believe others. See Exodus 27:1., and 20:26. It is thought (Calmet) that the inside of the altar was filled with earth, (Menochius) or with rough stones: (Exodus 20:24.; Du Hamel) but that is not certain, with regard to the brazen altar. See 1 Machabees 4:44, 47. (Calmet)
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Worthington
Sea, or great brazen vessel, and some other things that were not in the tabernacle of Moses, whose plan was followed, but with greater magnificence. (Worthington)
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Oxen. In 3 Kings 7:24., we read Hebrew, "knops," (Haydock) or "apples."
Calmet
Of ten. Hebrew, "ten in a cubit." Hence there must have been 600 heads of oxen, as the sea was thirty cubits in circumference, and there were two rows. (Calmet)
Calmet
Others suppose that there were only five in each row, or only one in each cubit. See Vatable and 3 Kings. The Septuagint and Syriac omit this verse. (Calmet)
Haydock
Yet it is found in the best editions of the Septuagint. (Haydock)
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Haydock
Cast. Hebrew adds, "when it (the sea) was cast." (Haydock)
Du Hamel
They were done at the same time, (Tirinus) and were perhaps intended to let out the water. The twelve oxen, which supported the sea, were not cast along with it. (Du Hamel)
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Haydock
Three. 3 Kings two, may specify the usual quantity that was contained, though the vessel would absolutely hold a thousand measures, or baths, more. (Haydock)
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Holocaust, as well as all the necessary utensils.
Calmet
Priests. They did not bathe in the sea, but drew water into other vessels. The Chaldean supposes that the work of Beseleel was for the high priest alone. (Calmet)
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Hall, (basilicam.) Septuagint use the same term (aule) as just before is rendered court; and the Protestants make no distinction, though the Hebrew terms be different. Septuagint render chatsar, "the court" of the people. There, we know, that Solomon had his tribune, 2 Paralipomenon 6:13. Ezechiel (xliii. 14.) distinguishes two; the great, lower or outward, (Calmet chatsar) or court, and that of the priests, (Haydock) which he styles the less, etc. The principal door lay to the east.
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Right, though to the left of those who entered the temple.
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Calmet
Pommels, (epistylia.) Hebrew, "cordons," or rows of pomegranates, (3 Kings 7:18.) each consisting of one hundred; so that as the two pillars were adorned with a double row, both together would have four hundred. (Calmet)
Tirinus
The precise number is fixed at ninety-six for each row, Jeremias 52:23. (Tirinus)
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Calmet
His father. Hebrew Abib, which is considered by some as a surname, (Menochius) or the title may be given to Hiram, on account of his skill. (Calmet)
Worthington
He is so called by the king of Tyre, (chap. 2:13.) for having instructed him in the true faith. (Worthington)
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Calmet
Saredatha, or Sarthan, (3 Kings 7:46.) not far from Bethsan, 3 Kings 4:12. (Calmet)
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Calmet
Flowers. They represented lilies or other flowers (Tirinus) full-blown, when the lamps were burning. All the branches were of pure gold. (Calmet)
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Menochius
Mortars, to hold the fine flour. (Menochius)
And thus. Here the fifth chapter commences, in Hebrew and Septuagint.
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As wel the Temple as the Altars, and other appertinances were made after the forme of Moyses Tabernacle altares of sacrifice & incense, and the rest: but greater in quantitie, of more precious matter, and more excellent workmanship.
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A great brasen vessel, and some other thinges that were not before.
Concordance 3. Reg. 7.
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Also a greatter number of candlestickes, and other the like.
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or pommels.
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2. A LINE OF THIRTY CUBITS.—He calls a line the circumference, or perimeter of the brazen sea, which was 30 cubits, namely three times greater than its diameter.
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3. AND THE LIKENESS OF OXEN WAS UNDER IT, etc.,—that is to say: Besides the twelve brazen oxen on which the molten sea rested, there were on the front part of the sea throughout a space of ten cubits (which was a third part of the perimeter: for the whole was thirty cubits) other ox heads projecting for elegance; perhaps also so that through them, as it were through spouts, water might be drawn out. Moreover these heads were "in two rows." In Hebrew, distinguished in two orders; for one row was below the rim, another toward the bottom. And they were cast, in Hebrew, cast in the casting of it, namely of the sea, that is to say: These heads were not attached and affixed to the sea from the outside, but were cast together with the sea itself in the casting work.
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9. HE MADE A COURT FOR THE PRIESTS AND A GREAT BASILICA, — that is, as the Hebrew and Septuagint have it, a great court, in which the people prayed, which was an open-air area surrounded on all sides by porticoes, so that in rainy weather the people might be sheltered by them, withdrawing there: which porticoes were distinguished by a triple order of columns and a triple arrangement of floors. Moreover, this court of the people was surrounded and enclosed on three sides by the court of the priests, and was as it were the temple of the people. Hence in Hebrew it is called azara, that is, help, because the people praying to God there felt His assistance; in imitation of this divine help, in it God, and indeed even the gentiles established an asylum; and perhaps from azer azirum, and thence asylum was named. Strabo is a witness, in book XIV, and Cicero, oration III against Verres, that the temple of Diana at Ephesus had this right, that slaves fleeing to it were freed from bonds and servitude. Indeed, Aelian also, in book XI On Animals, chapter vi, and Giraldus in syntag. xv, On the Gods of the Gentiles, record that on Mount Parthenium there was a shrine of Pan, and there was a place by the name of the Court as it were an asylum for all animals, which lions and wolves, while hunting beasts, did not dare to approach, but suddenly stopped, leaving the beasts alone. Just as they report that in the case of Diana of Aetolia, dogs, while pursuing beasts, when they have fled to that place, cease from the pursuit. All which things, says Vilalpandus in Ezekiel, vol. II, page 202, are figments of the demon, devised to emulate the aid shown by God in temples dedicated to himself. Thus Barbarians, as if terrified by God, abstained from temples, says St. Augustine, book I On the City of God, II, III, IV, VI.
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21. AND CERTAIN FLOWERS. — In Hebrew, and flowers, for example of roses, lilies, carnations, etc. These flowers were made of gold.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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In the inner court stood the altar (v.) of holocausts (I Kings 8:64; II Kings 16:14; II Chron. 4:1), made of rough stones overlaid with bronze, twenty cubits wide and long and ten high. …
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… the right), an enormous round basin in the shape of a lotus for the water needed for ablutions (diameter 10 cubits, height 5, circumference 30, adorned with two rows of bronze gourds) with a capacity of 2,000 bath (about 787 hectoliters; according to II Chron. 4:5, 3,000 bath); it rested on twelve bronze oxen, three on each side with their heads protruding forward; it must have been very bulging and fitted with spigots; the water was supplied …
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Candelabrum with Seven Branches
The candlestick made at Moses' command stood first in the tabernacle, then in Solomon's temple; the latter placed beside it 10 other golden candlesticks, five on each side of the sanctuary (1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chron. 4:7, 20). The Mosaic candlestick, before the destruction of Solomon's temple in 587, is said to have been hidden (Strack-Billerbeck, III, pp. 181, 718). The candlestick of the temple of Zerubbabel …
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In the hēkhāl there were: the table of incense, of cedar overlaid with gold, the golden table of the 12 loaves of proposition (according to II Chron. 4, 8 there were 10: 5 on the right and 5 on the left), 10 golden lampstands, 5 on the right and 5 on the left, with flowers, lamps, snuffers, patens, knives, trays, mortars and the censers of pure gold. …
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… It had gates with bronze leaves (II Chron. 4, 9; Ezek. 40, 5), furnished with small towers and reached by 7 steps (Ezek. 40, 6-26). Between the gates were rooms for storerooms and dwellings of the levites on duty (II Chron. 31, …
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2. Artist of Tyre (Heb. Hīrām; Hīrām in I Kings 7:40; Hīrām in II Chron. 14:11; Hīrām-'abhi in II Chron. 2:12; Hīrām-'abhiw in II Chron. 4:16), son of a Phoenician father and an Israelite mother, sent by H. the king to Solomon for the manufacture of the bronze objects needed for the royal palace and the temple (ornamentation …
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