4:1 他又製造一座銅壇，長二十肘，寬二十肘，高十肘；
4:2 又鑄一個銅海，樣式是圓的，高五肘，徑十肘，圍三十肘；
4:3 海周圍有野瓜（野瓜：原文是牛）的樣式，每肘十瓜，共有兩行，是鑄海的時候鑄上的；
4:4 有十二隻銅牛馱海：三隻向北，三隻向西，三隻向南，三隻向東；海在牛上，牛尾向內；
4:5 海厚一掌，邊如杯邊，又如百合花，可容三千罷特；
4:6 又製造十個盆：五個放在右邊，五個放在左邊，獻燔祭所用之物都洗在其內；但海是為祭司沐浴的。
4:7 他又照所定的樣式造十個金燈臺，放在殿裡：五個在右邊，五個在左邊；
4:8 又造十張桌子放在殿裡：五張在右邊，五張在左邊；又造一百個金碗；
4:9 又建立祭司院和大院，並院門，用銅包裹門扇；
4:10 將海安在殿門的右邊，就是南邊。
4:11 戶蘭又造了盆、鏟、碗。這樣，他為所羅門王做完了上帝殿的工。
4:12 所造的就是：兩根柱子和柱上兩個如球的頂，並兩個蓋柱頂的網子
4:13 和四百石榴，安在兩個網子上〈每網兩行蓋著兩個柱上如球的頂〉。
4:14 盆座和其上的盆，
4:15 海和海下的十二隻牛，
4:16 盆、鏟子、肉鍤子，與耶和華殿裡的一切器皿，都是巧匠戶蘭用光亮的銅為所羅門王造成的，
4:17 是在約旦平原疏割和撒利但中間藉膠泥鑄成的。
4:18 所羅門製造的這一切甚多，銅的輕重無法可查。
4:19 所羅門又造上帝殿裡的金壇和陳設餅的桌子，
4:20 並精金的燈臺和燈盞，可以照例點在內殿前。
4:21 燈臺上的花和燈盞，並蠟剪都是金的，且是純金的；
4:22 又用精金製造鑷子、盤子、調羹、火鼎。至於殿門和至聖所的門扇，並殿的門扇，都是金子妝飾的。
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.[a] 2 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits[b] high. It took a line of thirty cubits[c] to measure around it. 3 Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.[d] The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
4 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. 5 It was a handbreadth[e] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.[f]
6 He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.
7 He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
8 He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.
9 He made the courtyard of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze. 10 He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
11 And Huram also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls.
So Huram finished the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God:
12 the two pillars;
the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
13 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network, decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);
14 the stands with their basins;
15 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;
16 the pots, shovels, meat forks and all related articles.
All the objects that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of polished bronze. 17 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan.[g] 18 All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze could not be calculated.
19 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God’s temple:
the golden altar;
the tables on which was the bread of the Presence;
20 the lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
21 the gold floral work and lamps and tongs (they were solid gold);
22 the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.
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金和銅的色澤相似，但是銅會生鏽產生銅綠，金子則不會。不過兩個金屬若勤擦拭，則都會有光亮的輝澤，十分華麗！聖殿佣金和銅做為陳設的目的也是如此，讓人因眼前的榮華，思想上帝在天上殿宇的榮美，而產生敬畏的心！
基督徒的生命是要彰顯上帝的榮華在世上，使人因此看見上帝的榮華！也因為這樣，基督徒的形體被稱為上帝的殿，要藉所言所行來榮耀上帝！也因此，我們也要常常來親近上帝，如同金和銅的器皿需要勤擦拭，來顯現光輝！
求主幫助我們能承擔此生命的使命，好讓我們在地上短暫的生命，能彰顯上帝永遠榮耀的光輝！也因此，我們要活出基督榮美形象，天天效法主耶穌而生活！而上帝也在天上為我們備安宅，讓我們在走完人生路途，有永恆的居所繼續讚美上帝、敬拜祂！
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