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1 Kings 7:25-27
International Standard Version
1 Kings 7:25-27
International Standard Version
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.[a] 26 The reservoir, which held about 2,000 baths,[b] stood about a handbreadth[c] thick, and its rim looked like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom.
The Ten Water Carts
27 Hiram[d] also made ten bronze water carts.[e] Each one was four cubits[f] wide, four cubits long,[g] and three cubits[h] high.
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- 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 7:27 Lit. He
- 1 Kings 7:27 Or stands, and so throughout this paragraph
- 1 Kings 7:27 I.e. about six feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 1 Kings 7:27 I.e. about six feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 1 Kings 7:27 I.e. about four and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
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