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1 Kings 7:46

JordanSuccoth

44 the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

45 and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.

The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

47 Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

48 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

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BSB
The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
KJV
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
WEB
The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
ASV
In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
DARBY
In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zaretan.
BLB
In the plain of the Jordan the king had cast them in clay molds, between Succoth and between Zarethan.
ÅB
Det var på Jordan-sletten kongen lot dem støpe, i lerjorden mellom Sukkot og Sartan.
OTB
På sletten ved Jordan støpte kongen dem, i leirjorden mellom Sukkot og Saretan.
B1930
Det var på Jordan-sletten kongen lot dem støpe, i lerjorden mellem Sukkot og Sartan.

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  • Joshua 3:16

    the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

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  • 2 Chronicles 4:17

    The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

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  • Genesis 33:17

    but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

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  • Joshua 13:27

    and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth ).

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  • 1 Kings 4:12

    Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

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