Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars of the Lord’s temple, the water carts, and the bronze basin, , which were in the Lord’s temple, and carried the bronze to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 4:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then he made the cast metal basin, , 4.5 metres from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 2.25 metres high and 13.5 metres in circumference. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also he made a round Sea of molten metal, ten cubits from brim to brim and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured around it. American Standard Version (1901) Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. Common English Bible Then he made a tank of cast metal called the Sea. It was circular in shape, fifteen feet from rim to rim, seven and a half feet high, and forty-five feet in circumference. Catholic Public Domain Version as well as a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in its circumference. It had five cubits in height, and a line of thirty cubits went around it on all sides. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Also a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass. It was five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. |
Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars of the Lord’s temple, the water carts, and the bronze basin, , which were in the Lord’s temple, and carried the bronze to Babylon.
From Tibhath and Cun, Hadadezer’s cities, David also took huge quantities of bronze, from which Solomon made the bronze basin, the pillars, and the bronze articles.
The likeness of oxen was below it, completely encircling it, ten every 45 centimetres, completely surrounding the basin. The oxen were cast in two rows when the basin was cast.
He made all the altar’s utensils: the pots, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze.
He made the bronze basin and its stand from the bronze mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
‘On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.
he saved us #– #not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy #– #through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
I said to him, ‘Sir, you know.’ Then he told me: These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.