1 Kings 7:24 Cross References - NSB

²⁴ All around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of copper gourds. They were all cast in one piece with the rest of the tank.

³¹ »Make lamp stand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold. Its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it. ³² »Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side. ³³ »Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch. This should go on for six branches going out from the lamp stand. ³⁴ »Four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers should be in the lamp stand. ³⁵ »A bulb shall be under each of the six pair of branches coming out of the lamp stand. ³⁶ »Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece. All of it must be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

¹⁷ He made the lamp stand out of pure gold. The lamp stand, its base, and its shaft, as well as the flower cups, buds, and petals were hammered out of one piece of gold. ¹⁸ There were three branches on each of its two sides, for a total of six branches. ¹⁹ There were three decorative almond blossoms on each branch. ²⁰ And there were four on the lamp stand. ²¹ A blossom was placed where each pair of branches came out from the lamp stand. ²² The lamp stand, including its branches and decorative flowers, was made from a single piece of hammered pure gold.

¹⁸ The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. The entire interior was covered with cedar. The stones of the walls could not be seen.

³ All around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of decorations, one above the other. The decorations were in the shape of bulls. They had been cast all in one piece with the rest of the tank.