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2 Chronicles 4:10

8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.

9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.

11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;

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BSB
He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
KJV
And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
WEB
He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
ASV
And he set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south.
DARBY
And he set the sea on the right side eastward, over against the south.
BLB
And the Sea he set on the right side eastward, over against the south.
ÅB
Havet satte han på høyre side av huset, mot sydøst.
OTB
Han plasserte Havet på høyre side av huset, mot sørøst.
B1930
Havet satte han på høire side av huset, mot sydøst.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 7:39

    And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.

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