1 Kings 7:24-26
International Standard Version
24 Under the brim, completely encircling it, were two rows of gourds inlaid as part of the original casting, ten to a cubit.[a] 25 The sea stood on top of twelve oxen. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east. The sea was set on top of them, and their hind parts faced the center.[b] 26 The reservoir, which held about 2,000 baths,[c] stood about a handbreadth[d] thick, and its rim looked like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom.
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- 1 Kings 7:24 I.e. ten in each one and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 1 Kings 7:25 Lit. were inward
- 1 Kings 7:26 I.e. about 12,000 gallons; Cf. 2Chron 4:52, where the volume is given at 3,000 baths
- 1 Kings 7:26 I.e. about three inches; a handbreadth was about one sixth of a cubit
1 Kings 7:24-26
New International Version
24 Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
25 The Sea stood on twelve bulls,(A) 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. 26 It was a handbreadth[a] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.[b]
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
- 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 12,000 gallons or about 44,000 liters; the Septuagint does not have this sentence.
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