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1 Kings 7:30-32
New English Translation
1 Kings 7:30-32
New English Translation
30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports.[a] Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.[b] 31 Inside the stand was a round opening that was 18 inches deep; it had a support that was 27 inches long.[c] On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.[d] 32 The four wheels were under the frames, and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was 27 inches[e] high.
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- 1 Kings 7:30 tn Heb “and four its feet, supports to them.”
- 1 Kings 7:30 tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.
- 1 Kings 7:31 tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.
- 1 Kings 7:31 tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”
- 1 Kings 7:32 tn Heb “a cubit-and-a-half” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).
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