38 (A)And he made ten basins of bronze, [a]each holding [b]forty baths; each basin was [c]four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin. 39 Then he placed the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the [d]Sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.

40 Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the Lord:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:38 Lit the one basin held
  2. 1 Kings 7:38 About 240 gallons or 908 liters
  3. 1 Kings 7:38 About 6 ft. or 1.8 m
  4. 1 Kings 7:39 I.e., large basin

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