2 Chronicles 4:15

4:15 the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

2 Chronicles 4:10

4:10 He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

2 Chronicles 4:4

4:4 “The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward. “The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 8:17

8:17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.

2 Chronicles 2:16

2:16 we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon ²  and bring it ³  in raft-like bundles ⁴  by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 20:2

20:2 Messengers ⁵  arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, “A huge army is attacking you from the other side of the Dead Sea, ⁶  from the direction of Edom. ⁷  Look, they are in Hazezon Tamar (that is, En Gedi).”

2 Chronicles 4:2-3

4:2 He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.” ⁸  It measured 15 feet ⁹  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet ¹⁰  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ¹¹  4:3 Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches ¹²  all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”

2 Chronicles 8:18

8:18 Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon’s men to Ophir, ¹³  and took from there 450 talents ¹⁴  of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

2 Chronicles 4:6

4:6 He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in “The Sea.”

2 Chronicles 20:37

20:37 Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, “Because ¹⁵  you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will shatter what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea. ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 4:5

4:5 It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons. ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 9:21

9:21 The king had a fleet of large merchant ships ¹⁸  manned by Huram’s men ¹⁹  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ²⁰  came into port with cargoes of ²¹  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ²² 

¹ tn Heb “all their hindquarters were toward the inside.”

¹ tn Heb “and we will cut down trees from Lebanon according to all your need.”

² tn Heb “to you,” but this phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons – it is somewhat redundant.

³ tn Or “on rafts.” See the note at 1 Kgs 5:9.

¹ tn Heb “they”; the implied referent (messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “the Sea”; in context (“from the direction of Edom”) this must refer to the Dead Sea, which has been specified in the translation for clarity (cf. NEB, NLT).

³ tc Most Hebrew mss read “from Aram” (i.e., Syria), but this must be a corruption of “Edom,” which is the reading of the LXX and Vulgate.

¹ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

² tn Heb “ten cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the diameter would have been 15 feet (4.5 m).

³ tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the height would have been 7.5 feet (2.25 m).

⁴ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

¹ tn Heb “ten every cubit.”

¹ tn Heb “and Huram sent to him by the hand of his servants, ships, and servants [who] know the sea, and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir.”

² tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold was 30,285 lbs. (13,770 kg).

¹ tn Heb “when.”

² tn Heb “to go to Tarshish.”

¹ tn Heb “3,000 baths” (note that the capacity is given in 1 Kings 7:26 as “2,000 baths”). A bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons (about 22 liters), so 3,000 baths was a quantity of about 18,000 gallons (66,000 liters).

¹ tn Heb “for ships belonging to the king were going [to] Tarshish with the servants of Huram.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

² tn Heb “servants.”

³ tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

⁴ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish came carrying.”

⁵ tn The meaning of this word is unclear; some suggest it refers to “baboons.” NEB has “monkeys,” NASB, NRSV “peacocks,” and NIV “baboons.”