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2 Chronicles 4:1-3
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2 Chronicles 4:1-3
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Furniture for the Temple
4 He made a bronze altar that was 20 cubits[a] long, 20 cubits wide, and 10 cubits[b] tall. 2 Then he made a large tank[c] from melted bronze. It was round and it measured 10 cubits across from edge to edge. It was 5 cubits[d] tall and about 30 cubits[e] around. 3 There were images of bulls under the lip of the large bronze tank.[f] They were in two rows that went 10 cubits around the tank. The bulls were molded in place when the tank was shaped.
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- 2 Chronicles 4:1 20 cubits 34' 1/8" (10.37 m).
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 10 cubits 17' 1/16" (5.18 m).
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 large tank Literally, “sea.”
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 5 cubits 8' 6" (2.6 m).
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 30 cubits 51' 3/16" (15.55 m).
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 large bronze tank Literally, “sea.” Also in verses 10, 14.
2 Chronicles 4:1-3
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2 Chronicles 4:1-3
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The Temple’s Furnishings(A)
4 He made a bronze altar(B) twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.[a] 2 He made the Sea(C) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits[b] high. It took a line of thirty cubits[c] to measure around it. 3 Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.[d] The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 That is, about 30 feet long and wide and 15 feet high or about 9 meters long and wide and 4.5 meters high
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
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