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]

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  1. 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
  2. 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 12,000 gallons or about 44,000 liters; the Septuagint does not have this sentence.

It was a handbreadth[a] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.[b]

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  1. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 18,000 gallons or about 66,000 liters

14 The prescribed portion of olive oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath[a] from each cor (which consists of ten baths or one homer, for ten baths are equivalent to a homer).

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  1. Ezekiel 45:14 That is, about 2 1/2 quarts or about 2.2 liters

21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference[a]; each was four fingers thick, and hollow.(A)

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  1. Jeremiah 52:21 That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference

38 He then made ten bronze basins,(A) each holding forty baths[a] and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:38 That is, about 240 gallons or about 880 liters

19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits[a] high.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:19 That is, about 6 feet or about 1.8 meters; also in verse 38

35 He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

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32 And on the two olive-wood doors(A) he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.

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18 The inside of the temple was cedar,(A) carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was to be seen.

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