Its thickness was a handbreadth; its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held two thousand baths.
1 Kings 7:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He also made the ten stands of bronze; each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hiram made ten bronze bases [for the lavers]; their length and breadth were four cubits, and the height three cubits. American Standard Version (1901) And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. Common English Bible He also made ten bronze stands. Each was six feet long, six feet wide, and four and a half feet high. Catholic Public Domain Version And he made ten bases of brass: each base was four cubits in length, and four cubits in width, and three cubits in height. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he made ten bases of brass: every base was four cubits in length, and four cubits in breadth, and three cubits high. |
Its thickness was a handbreadth; its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held two thousand baths.
This was the construction of the stands: they had borders; the borders were within the frames;
He made ten basins of bronze; each basin held forty baths; each basin measured four cubits; there was a basin for each of the ten stands.
Then King Ahaz cut off the frames of the stands and removed the laver from them; he removed the sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a pediment of stone.
The bronze pillars that were in the house of the Lord, as well as the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon.
As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the stands that Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weighing.
For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, the sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,
The pillars of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried all the bronze to Babylon.
As for the two pillars, the one sea, the twelve bronze bulls that were under the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weighing.