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.

1 Kings 7:43

7:43 the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

1 Kings 7:30

7:30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.

1 Kings 7:40

7:40 Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.


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.

tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

tn Heb “Hiram.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “Hiram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of the Lord.