6 He also made ten basins in which to wash , and he set five on the right side and five on the left to rinse things for the burnt offering ; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. 7 Then he made the ten golden lampstands in the way prescribed for them and he set them in the temple , five on the right side and five on the left . 8 He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple , five on the right side and five on the left . And he made one hundred golden bowls . 9 Then he made the court e of the priests and the great court and doors for the court , and overlaid their doors with bronze . 10 He set the sea on the right side of the house toward the southeast .
11 Huram also made the pails , the shovels and the bowls . So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God : 12 the two pillars , the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars , and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars , 13 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks , two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars . 14 He also made the stands and he made the basins on the stands , 15 and the one sea with the twelve e oxen under it. 16 The pails , the shovels , the forks and all its utensils , Huram-abi e made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord . 17 On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah . 18 Thus Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities , for the weight of the bronze could not be found out.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 4:6-18
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The furniture of the temple.
Here is a further account of the furniture of God's house. Both without doors and within, there was that which typified the grace of the gospel, and shadowed out good things to come, of which the substance is Christ. There was the brazen altar. The making of this was not mentioned in the book of Kings. On this all the sacrifices were offered, and it sanctified the gift. The people who worshipped in the courts might see the sacrifices burned. They might thus be led to consider the great Sacrifice, to be offered in the fulness of time, to take away sin, and put an end to death, which the blood of bulls and goats could not possibly do. And, with the smoke of the sacrifices, their hearts might ascend to heaven, in holy desires towards God and his favour. In all our devotions we must keep the eye of faith fixed upon Christ. The furniture of the temple, compared with that of the tabernacle, showed that God's church would be enlarged, and his worshippers multiplied. Blessed be God, there is enough in Christ for all.