It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the petals of a lily; it held 11,000 gallons.
1 Kings 7:27 - Tree of Life Version Then he made ten bases of bronze—the length of each base was four cubits, the width four cubits and the height three cubits. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the petals of a lily; it held 11,000 gallons.
The structure of the bases was as follows: they had borders, and borders between the frames,
Then he made ten basins of bronze: one basin held 220 gallons. Each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten bases was one basin.
Then King Ahaz cut off the borders of the stands and removed the laver from them. He also took down the sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone pavement.
Now the Chaldeans broke into pieces the bronze pillars that were in the House of Adonai, the stands and the bronze sea that were in the House of Adonai, and carried their bronze away to Babylon.
The two pillars, the one sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the House of Adonai—the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.
For thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot concerning the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the vessels that remain in this city,
The Chaldeans smashed the bronze pillars of the House of Adonai, the stands and the bronze sea that were in the House of Adonai, and carried all the bronze to Babylon.
As for the two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls that were under the stands that King Solomon had made for the House of Adonai—all these articles had bronze beyond weighing.