Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The sides of the tank were 3 inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup, curving outward like the petals of a flower. The tank held about 15,000 gallons. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Now the thickness of it was a handbreadth, and the brim of it was like the brim of a cup, or of a crisped lily: and it held three thousand measures. with flowers of lilies. 3000. But, as we have already seen that the Babylonish cubit was less than that of the ancient Hebrews, it might be the same with measures of capacity, so that 2000 of the ancient jewish baths might have been equal to 3000 of those used after the captivity. The Targum cuts the knot: ` It received 3000 baths of dry measure, and held 2000 of liquid measure.' See 1 Kings 7:26 And the laver was a hand breadth thick: and the brim thereof was like the brim of a cup, or the leaf of a crisped lily: it contained two thousand bates. 1 Kings 7:26 And the laver was a hand breadth thick: and the brim thereof was like the brim of a cup, or the leaf of a crisped lily: it contained two thousand bates. Context The Bronze Altar and Molten Sea…4And the oxen were cast: and the sea itself was set upon the twelve oxen, three of which looked toward the north, and other three toward the west: and other three toward the south, and the other three that remained toward the east, and the sea stood upon them: and the hinder parts of the oxen were inward under the sea. 5Now the thickness of it was a handbreadth, and the brim of it was like the brim of a cup, or of a crisped lily: and it held three thousand measures. Cross References Exodus 25:25 And to the ledge itself a polished crown, four inches high; and over the same another little golden crown. 1 Kings 7:25 And it stood upon twelve oxen, of which three looked towards the north, and three towards the west, and three towards the south, and three towards the east: and the sea was above upon them, and their hinder parts were all hid within. 1 Kings 7:26 And the laver was a hand breadth thick: and the brim thereof was like the brim of a cup, or the leaf of a crisped lily: it contained two thousand bates. 2 Chronicles 4:4 And the oxen were cast: and the sea itself was set upon the twelve oxen, three of which looked toward the north, and other three toward the west: and other three toward the south, and the other three that remained toward the east, and the sea stood upon them: and the hinder parts of the oxen were inward under the sea. Jump to Previous Baths Blossom Brim Capacity Containeth Cup Curved Edge Flower Flowers Hand Handbreadth Hand-Breadth Held Hold Lily Lip Open Received Rim Thereof Thick Thickness Thousand Three Work Worked WroughtJump to Next Baths Blossom Brim Capacity Containeth Cup Curved Edge Flower Flowers Hand Handbreadth Hand-Breadth Held Hold Lily Lip Open Received Rim Thereof Thick Thickness Thousand Three Work Worked WroughtLinks 2 Chronicles 4:5 NIV2 Chronicles 4:5 NLT 2 Chronicles 4:5 ESV 2 Chronicles 4:5 NASB 2 Chronicles 4:5 Bible Apps 2 Chronicles 4:5 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 4:5 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 4:5 French Bible 2 Chronicles 4:5 German Bible Alphabetical: a and baths blossom brim could cup handbreadth held hold in It its like lily made of rim the thick thickness thousand three was OT History: 2 Chronicles 4:5 It was a handbreadth thick (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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