1 Kings 7:31

7:31 Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.

1 Kings 7:35

7:35 On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.

1 Kings 10:19

10:19 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side.

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.


tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”

tn Heb “and on top of the stand, a half cubit [in] height, round all around” (the meaning of this description is uncertain).

tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”

tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

tn Heb “ten cubits.”

tn Heb “five cubits.”

10 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”