7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet 6 high and 18 feet 7 in circumference.
7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” 8 It measured 15 feet 9 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet 10 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 11
1 tn Heb “he built.”
2 sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.
3 tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”
4 tn Heb “fifty cubits.”
5 tn Heb “thirty cubits.”
6 tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”
7 tn Heb “twelve cubits.”
11 tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”
12 tn Heb “ten cubits.”
13 tn Heb “five cubits.”
14 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”