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2 Chronicles 4:1-5
Lexham English Bible
2 Chronicles 4:1-5
Lexham English Bible
The Furnishings of Solomon’s Temple
4 And he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits was its length, and twenty cubits was its width, and ten cubits was its height. 2 Then he made the sea of molten metal, from brim to brim it was ten cubits, completely round. And it was five cubits in height, and its circumference measured[a] thirty cubits. 3 Under it were figures of oxen all around it, ten cubits high, encircling the sea all around. The oxen were in two rows cast as one piece with it.[b] 4 It was standing upon twelve oxen, three facing north, and three facing west, and three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set upon them from above, and all their hindquarters faced inward.[c] 5 And its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was like the working of the lip of a cup, the blossom of a lily. And it held three thousand baths.
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- 2 Chronicles 4:2 Literally “and it measured a line all around it”
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 Literally “molten with its casting”
- 2 Chronicles 4:4 Literally “into the house”
2 Chronicles 4:1-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 Chronicles 4:1-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Altar, Reservoir, and Basins
4 He made a bronze altar(A) 30 feet[a] long, 30 feet[b] wide, and 15 feet[c] high.
2 Then he made the cast metal reservoir,(B) 15 feet[d] from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7½ feet[e] high and 45 feet[f] in circumference. 3 The likeness of oxen[g] was below it, completely encircling it, 10 every half yard,[h] completely surrounding the reservoir. The oxen were cast in two rows when the reservoir was cast. 4 It stood on 12 oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The reservoir was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center. 5 The reservoir was three inches[i] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold 11,000 gallons.[j]
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- 2 Chronicles 4:1 Lit 20 cubits
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 Lit 20 cubits
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 Lit 10 cubits
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 Lit 10 cubits
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 Lit five cubits
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 Lit 30 cubits
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 = gourds in 1Kg 7:24
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 Lit 10 per cubit
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 Lit a handbreadth
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 Text emended; MT reads 3,000 baths in 1Kg 7:26
2 Chronicles 4:1-5
New International Version
2 Chronicles 4:1-5
New International Version
The Temple’s Furnishings(A)
4 He made a bronze altar(B) twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.[a] 2 He made the Sea(C) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits[b] high. It took a line of thirty cubits[c] to measure around it. 3 Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.[d] The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
4 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east.(D) The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. 5 It was a handbreadth[e] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.[f]
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 That is, about 30 feet long and wide and 15 feet high or about 9 meters long and wide and 4.5 meters high
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 18,000 gallons or about 66,000 liters
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