1 Raja-raja 7:23-24

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” ¹  It measured 15 feet ²  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet ³  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ⁴  7:24 Under the rim all the way around it ⁵  were round ornaments ⁶  arranged in settings 15 feet long. ⁷  The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.” ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 7:26

7:26 It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons. ⁹ 

[7:23]  ¹ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[7:23]  sn This large basin that was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves (2 Chr 4:6; cf. Exod 30:17-21).

[7:23]  ² tn Heb “ten cubits.”

[7:23]  ³ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[7:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

[7:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:24]  ⁶ tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”

[7:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

[7:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”

[7:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “two thousand baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).