Berean Standard Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5

5It was a handbreadth thick,1 and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.2

2 Chronicles 4:5 in other versions

King James Version (KJV)And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
New International Version (NIV)It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.
English Standard Version (ESV)Its thickness was a handbreadth. And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held 3,000 baths.
New King James Version (NKJV)It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained three thousand baths.

Context of 2 Chronicles 4:5

3Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea. 4The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center. It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths. 6He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing. 7He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

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2 Chronicles 4:5 word by word

וְעָבְי֣וֹ טֶ֔פַח וּשְׂפָתוֹ֙ כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שְׂפַת־כּ֔וֹס פֶּ֖רַח שֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה מַחֲזִ֣יק בַּתִּ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים יָכִֽיל׃ סRead the interlinear

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:5

1 Kings 7:26It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.

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Notes

1. 2 Chronicles 4:5 A handbreadth is approximately 2.9 inches or 7.4 centimeters. ↩
2. 2 Chronicles 4:5 3,000 baths is approximately 17,400 gallons or 66,000 liters. ↩