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Furnishing the Temple(A)

Solomon[a] also constructed a bronze[b] altar 20 cubits[c] long, 20 cubits[d] wide, and ten cubits[e] high. He crafted a circular sea of cast metal 10 cubits[f] from rim to rim and five cubits[g] tall. A line 30 cubits[h] long surrounded it.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 4:1 Lit. Then he
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:1 Or brass
  3. 2 Chronicles 4:1 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  4. 2 Chronicles 4:1 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  5. 2 Chronicles 4:1 I.e. about 15 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  6. 2 Chronicles 4:2 I.e. about 15 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  7. 2 Chronicles 4:2 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  8. 2 Chronicles 4:2 I.e. about 45 feet, perhaps its external circumference; a cubit was about eighteen inches