1 Kings 7:26-28
1599 Geneva Bible
26 It was [a]an handbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was like the work of the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand [b]baths.
27 ¶ And he made ten bases of brass, one base was four cubits long, and four cubits broad, and three cubits high.
28 ¶ And the work of the bases was on this manner, They had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
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- 1 Kings 7:26 Or, a span.
- 1 Kings 7:26 Bath and Ephah seem to be both one measure, Ezek. 45:11, every bath contained about ten pottles.
1 Kings 7:26-28
New International Version
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]
27 He also made ten movable stands(A) of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.[c] 28 This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights.
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.
- 1 Kings 7:27 That is, about 6 feet long and wide and about 4 1/2 feet high or about 1.8 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high
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