1 Kings 7:34-35

7:34 Each stand had four supports, one per side projecting out from the stand. 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 7:38

7:38 He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand.


tn Heb “four shoulders to the four sides of each stand, from the stand its shoulders.” The precise meaning of the description is uncertain.

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 “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.