Today is the 21st day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian, and it is

fantastic to be around the global campfire together with you here right now. As we gather

and take the next step forward on our journey through the scriptures, we started the book

of Second Chronicles yesterday without a lot of fanfare because, well, first and second

chronicles that they're not moving us into entirely different territory, which is continuing

the story forward. The books were broken a part later on after they were written for the

ease of finding things. So we have begun to track along with King Solomon and his intention

to build a temple for the name of the Most High God and situated in Jerusalem where we're

King David had established the place. So let's pick up the story. Second Chronicles, chapter

4 verse 1 through 6 verse 11 today. Solomon also made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet

wide and 15 feet high. Then he cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim,

called the sea. It was seven and a half feet deep in about 45 feet in circumference. It

was encircled just below its rim by two rows of figures that resembled oxen. There were

about six oxen per foot all the way around and they were cast as part of the basin. The sea

was placed on a base of 12 bronze oxen all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west,

three faced south and three faced east and the sea rested on them. The walls of the sea were

about three inches thick and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom.

It could hold about 16,500 gallons of water. He also made ten smaller basins for washing the

utensils for the burnt offerings. He said five on the south side and five on the north, but the

priests washed themselves in the sea. He then cast ten gold lamp stands according to the

specifications that had been given and he put them in the temple. Five were placed against the

south wall and five were placed against the north wall. He also built ten tables and placed them

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