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projected 11/2 feet above the cart’s top like a round pedestal, and its opening was 21/4 feet across; it was decorated on the outside with carvings of
wreaths. The panels of the carts were square, not round. Under the panels
were four wheels that were connected to axles that had been cast as one
unit with the cart. The wheels were 21/4 feet in diameter and were similar
to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from
molten bronze.
There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these,
too, were cast as one unit with the cart. Around the top of each cart was
a rim nine inches wide. The corner supports and side panels were cast as
one unit with the cart. Carvings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees decorated the panels and corner supports wherever there was room, and there
were wreaths all around. All ten water carts were the same size and were
made alike, for each was cast from the same mold.
Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each
basin was six feet across and could hold 220 gallons of water. He set five
water carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. The
great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of
the Temple. He also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls.
So at last Huram completed everything King Solomon had assigned him
to make for the Temple of the Lord:
the two pillars;
the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals;
the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitals (two
rows of pomegranates for each of the chain networks that decorated
the capitals on top of the pillars);
the ten water carts holding the ten basins;
the Sea and the twelve oxen under it;
the ash buckets, the shovels, and the bowls.
Huram made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the
Lord, just as King Solomon had directed. The king had them cast in clay
molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan. Solomon did
not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the
bronze could not be measured.
Solomon also made all the furnishings of the Temple of the Lord:
the gold altar;
the gold table for the Bread of the Presence;
the lampstands of solid gold, five on the south and five on the north,
in front of the Most Holy Place;