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1 Kings 7:26-28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Kings 7:26-28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 The reservoir was three inches[a] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom. It held 11,000 gallons.[b]
The Bronze Water Carts
27 Then he made 10 bronze water carts.[c](A) Each water cart was six feet[d] long, six feet[e] wide, and 4½ feet[f] high. 28 This was the design of the carts: They had frames; the frames were between the cross-pieces,
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- 1 Kings 7:26 Lit a handbreadth
- 1 Kings 7:26 Lit 2,000 baths
- 1 Kings 7:27 Lit bronze stands
- 1 Kings 7:27 Lit four cubits
- 1 Kings 7:27 Lit four cubits
- 1 Kings 7:27 Lit three cubits
1 Kings 7:26-28
New International Version
1 Kings 7:26-28
New International Version
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]
27 He also made ten movable stands(A) of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.[c] 28 This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
- 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 12,000 gallons or about 44,000 liters; the Septuagint does not have this sentence.
- 1 Kings 7:27 That is, about 6 feet long and wide and about 4 1/2 feet high or about 1.8 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high
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