2 Chronicles · Chapter 4

[ edit] And he maad a braſen auter of twenty cubitis of lengþe, and of twenty cubitis of breed, and of tenn cubitis of heiȝte; alſo a ȝoten ſe of tenn cubitis fro brynke vnto brynk, round bi enuyroun; fyue cubitis he hadde of heiȝte; and a litil coord of þritty cubitis enuyrounde þe compas of it. And licneſſe of oxen was vndur it, and in þe ten cubitis maner grauyngis wiþ oute forþ as wiþ two vers wente aboute þe brynke of þe ſe; þe oxen forſoþe weren ȝoten.

And þat ſe was put upon þe twelue oxen, of þe whiche þre biheelden to þe norþ, and oþer þre to þe weſt, bot þe þre oþer þe ſouþ, and þe þre þat weren laft þe eſte, hauynge þe ſe put aboue; þe hyndirmore forſoþe of þe oxen weren wiþ in forþ vndur þe ſe. Bot þe þicneſſe of it hadde þe meſure of a ſpanne, and þe lippe of it was as þe lippe of a chalice, or as of a lilie aȝein crokid, and it toke of meſure þre þouſand potels. Alſo he maad tenn watir veſſels, and he putte fyue fro þe riȝt, and fyue fro þe lift, þat þey ſchulden waſchen in hem alle þingis þat in brent ſacrifices þei weren to offren; bot in þe ſe þe preſtis weren waſchen.

Forſoþe he maad tenn golden chaundelers aftir þe fourme þe whiche he hadde comaundide to be maad, and he put hem in þe temple, fyue fro þe riȝt and fyue fro þe left; alſo and tenn boordes, and putte hem in þe temple, fyue fro þe riȝt and fyue fro þe left; and golden violis an hundriþ. And he made þe porche of preſtis, and a greet hous, and þe dores in þe hous, þe whiche he couerde wiþ braſſe. But þe ſe he putte in þe riȝt ſijde aȝeinus þe eſte at þe ſouþ.

Alſo Yram made caudrowns, and fleſchhokis, and violis, and he fulfilde al þe werk of þe kyng in þe hous of God, þat is, two pilers, and heued coueryngis, and heuedes, and as maner nettis, þe whiche þe heuedis ſchulden coueryn vpon þe heued coueryngis; alſo powngarnetis fourty, and two callis, ſo þat two ordris of poungarnetis to alle þe callis ſchulden ben ioyned, þe whiche ſchulden coueren þe heued coueryngis, and þe heuedis of þe pilers. Alſo feet he maad, and water veſſels, þe whiche he putte vpon þe feet; oon ſe, and oxen twelue vndir þe ſe, and cawdrouns, and fleſchhookis, and viols. Yram, his fadir, made alle þe veſſelis to Salomon, in þe hous of þe Lord, of moſt clene braſſe.

In þe regioun of Jordan þe kyng ȝeetide hem, in þe cley lond bitween Socoþ and Saradaþa. Forſoþe þer was a multitude of veſſels vnnoumbreable, ſo þat þe weiȝte of braſſe was vnknowen. And Salomon maad alle þe veſſels of þe hous of God, þe golden auter, and boordis, and vpon hem þe looues of propoſicioun; and candilſtikis wiþ þeir lanternes, þat þei ȝeuen liȝt before Goddis anſweryng place aftir þe rijt, of moſt pure gold; and ſum floures, and lanterns, and golden ſnytters; alle of moſt clene gold ben maad; alſo þe maad encenſe veſſels, and cenſeres, and violis, and morters, of moſt pure gold.

And he graued þe doris of þe innermore temple, þat is, in þe hoolyes of halowes, and þe doris of þe temple wiþout forþ golden; and ſo is fulfild al þe werk þat Salomon made in þe hous of þe Lord.