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The walls of the Sea were about three inches[a] thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 16,500 gallons[b] of water.

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  1. 4:5a Hebrew a handbreadth [8 centimeters].
  2. 4:5b Hebrew 3,000 baths [63 kiloliters].

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

26 The walls of the Sea were about three inches[a] thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 11,000 gallons[b] of water.

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  1. 7:26a Hebrew a handbreadth [8 centimeters].
  2. 7:26b Hebrew 2,000 baths [42 kiloliters].

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.